Built to Last.
Not Just to Look Good.

We're based on West Cerritos Ave in Glendale and cover Los Angeles County from there — Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge, South Pasadena, Los Angeles including Eagle Rock and Highland Park, West Hollywood, Alhambra, the San Fernando Valley, Monterey Park, Arcadia, Beverly Hills, Culver City, San Gabriel, and Sierra Madre, along with the communities around each of them.

No. Estimates are free, and we do them on site rather than over the phone. Landscaping prices depend on things you cannot describe down a phone line — the grade, the access, what is already in the ground, and where the water goes when it rains — so we come out, walk the property with you, and come back with a price in writing.

Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 5 PM. We start early because most of this work is outdoors and Los Angeles afternoons in summer are no use to anybody. Weekend work can be arranged in advance where a job needs it.

It depends on size, access, and what is already there — which is exactly why the estimate is free and done on site. A retaining wall on a flat back yard with driveway access is a very different price from the same wall on a hillside lot where every block is carried in by hand. Whatever the job, you get the scope and the price in writing before we start, so the invoice matches what you agreed to.

A fence or a small patio is usually a few days. A retaining wall runs longer because the footing has to be dug, poured and left to cure before anything is built on it. A complete front and back yard build is typically two to four weeks depending on size and how much has to come out first. We give you a realistic timeline with the estimate, including the waiting parts — concrete curing is not us being slow, it is the job.

We handle it, and it is included in the price rather than added later. Breaking out old concrete, taking down a failing wall, or stripping a dead lawn is the easy half; getting the material off the property and disposed of is the expensive half, and it is where quotes quietly differ from each other. Ours includes it.

Depends on the yard, and we will tell you honestly which one we would put in. Real sod is cheaper to install, feels like a lawn, and repairs itself — but it wants water every summer for the rest of its life, and it will not survive deep shade or a dog that runs the same line every day. Synthetic turf costs more up front, pays it back on the water bill, and stays green through August — but it needs a properly compacted, free-draining base or it will hold odour and go lumpy. Sun, shade, traffic and pets decide it, not preference.

Water, almost always — not weight. Soil behind a wall saturates in a wet winter, hydrostatic pressure builds with nowhere to go, and it pushes the wall over. That is why the parts you cannot see once the job is done matter most: a proper excavated footing, free-draining rock behind the wall, a perforated drain line with a real outlet, and backfill compacted in lifts. A wall built without those looks identical on day one and leans within a few seasons.

Usually, yes. Most systems we are called to have the same two faults — heads spaced too far apart, so there are dry rings between the arcs, and everything on one zone, so the lawn and the shrubs and the pots all get the same water. Both are fixable without starting over. Where a system is genuinely past saving we will say so, but we are not going to sell you a new one to avoid a repair.

Both. Plenty of our customers have us build the yard and then keep it — mowing, edging, pruning, seasonal cleanups, and keeping the irrigation adjusted through the year. It runs on a fixed day so you can plan around it. There is no obligation to take maintenance with a build, and no premium for taking it later.

No, and you should be wary of anyone who offers to. Topping a tree — cutting the crown back to stubs — does not control its size. It triggers a flush of weak regrowth that is more likely to fail in wind than what was removed, and it leaves wounds too large to seal. Proper reduction works to the branch collar and takes limbs back to a lateral. It costs about the same and does not damage the tree.

Millan's landscaping operates as an independent business — it is not a registered company, and we do not claim a contractor's licence number. If your project needs a permit or a licensed contractor's sign-off, tell us at the estimate and we will be straight with you about what we can and cannot take on.

Call (323) 697-8198 between 7 AM and 5 PM Monday to Friday, or send your details through the form on this site and we will come back to you. The estimate is free, it happens on site, and you get the price in writing before anything starts.