Why one trimming standard
In a condominium community every building shares the same plant palette, so the fastest way to make the property look uneven is to trim to resident requests. Tarpon Gardens runs on a single written height standard: every hedge, shrub and blooming plant on the property is trimmed to the height it was planted to hold, on the same Saturday, community-wide. No per-unit changes.
The October trim is deliberately the last of the season. Mulch week follows it, after the rainy season ends and right before most winter residents return, so the beds are fresh when the community fills up.
Why the mow calendar changes with the season
Southwest Florida turf grows hard from April through September and slows to almost nothing in the cool months. The agreement puts the visits where the growth is: weekly Mondays in season, bi-weekly the rest of the year, for 40 mows across the calendar. The switch to bi-weekly lands on the Monday after mulch week so the crew never mows into fresh mulch.
What the board holds us to
The board received a printed calendar with every trim Saturday and mulch week marked through the following year. The management company receives one invoice a month that names the service month, and enhancement work shows up as its own line rather than folded into the base number. Irrigation is the master association's responsibility on this property and is excluded from BCQ's scope in writing.