Stauffer Lawn & Landscape · Auburn, Kansas · Since 2001
A family run lawn and landscape company working Topeka, Lawrence and the surrounding area out of Auburn for twenty five years. Licensed applicators, a Topeka Master Irrigation Installer, and ICPI certified installers on the stone.
How a Stauffer job runs
Landscape work fails at the layer you cannot see once it is finished. This is the sequence the crews run, and it is the same on a back garden wall as it is on a commercial ground.
The walk
The first visit is a walk of the whole property, not a look at the one corner that bothers you. Where water leaves the roof, where it pools, how far the fall runs from the house to the line, what the soil is doing under the turf. Measurements get taken and photos get shot on that visit, because a wall priced off a guess at the grade is a wall that moves.
The build
Kansas clay holds water and moves with it, so the base under a patio or a drive is the whole job. Excavation, compaction and drainage go in before a single paver is set. Walls get built as drainage systems that happen to hold soil back, using natural stone, Unilock pavers or segmental concrete block depending on what the grade and the house are asking for.
The handover
Hardscape work finishes as somewhere you actually sit: a fire pit, a built in grill, seat walls at the right height. Then the same company keeps it. The mowing, the fertiliser programme, the irrigation start up and winterisation all run out of one office, which is why plenty of these properties have been on the books for years rather than seasons.
What Stauffer handles
The stone side designs and builds. The lawn side keeps it alive through a Kansas year. Most properties end up wanting both, which is the reason they sit under one roof.
Grade work
Cut stone, natural stone and segmental block walls that hold a grade, drain properly and hand you level ground to plant into. Built to the Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute standard the company is certified to.
Retaining walls details
Paver patios and walkwaysUnilock pavers and natural stone on a base built for clay, with seat walls, steps and fire features where the room needs them.Paver patios
Lawn care through the seasonMowing on a schedule set by how the grass is actually growing, a four season fertiliser and weed programme run by a licensed technician, aeration, overseeding and clean ups at both ends of the year.Lawn care
Job on file
Cedar posts carrying a covered roof, a paver floor laid to fall away from the house, a tiered wall holding the drop to the lawn, and lighting set into the wall courses so the steps read after dark. This is what the three courses above produce when the grade, the stone and the planting are handled by the same company.
They installed two retaining walls in our backyard and did a fantastic job! We appreciated their attention to detail and taking the time to walk through the plans. They were very organized, stayed on schedule, and would communicate with us if there were any updates. The walls look amazing and we are so excited about our new backyard!
Stauffer Lawn & Landscape provides excellent service and care for lawn and landscaping needs. I've had firsthand experience with them on two large commercial properties over many years and they are top notch. You won't find anyone better! Pete and his team are true professionals and do an amazing job caring for your property.
Are we glad we called these guys! They did an Awesome job from start to finish. If a problem arose, they were very creative in solving it. Our yard looks GREAT! Wonderful customer service, communication and creativity. Very polite and professional too.
4.7 out of 5 across 30 Google reviews.
Licensed and certified
Chemical applications, irrigation tie ins and backflow all carry legal requirements in Kansas. These are the licences and memberships the company holds, and the list is complete. Ask to see any of them.
Irrigation is built from Rain Bird and Hunter Industries irrigation parts. All of our plant material is sourced locally and is brought in on a weekly basis, so what goes in the ground already handles a Kansas summer.
The full list
25 Years In Business
Serving the Greater Topeka Area Since 2001
Family run and owned the whole time, working out of the same shop in Auburn.
Before you ring
The office runs Monday to Thursday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and Friday mornings. Crews are out well before the phone gets picked up, so a message usually moves faster than a second call.
Auburn, Kansas
A slope that will not hold, a patio that never dried out right, or a lawn that gave up in July. Someone will come and walk it with you.
1150 Washington Street, Auburn, KS 66402