HOA & commercial landscaping in Fort Myers Beach.

Fort Myers Beach is the hardest place to keep a landscape alive in our entire footprint, and every scope we write for the island starts from that fact. Salt spray, constant wind, storm surge exposure, and sandy soil work against nearly everything on Estero Boulevard from the Times Square district down the length of the island — plus the San Carlos Boulevard approach that carries every visitor onto it. Material that thrives two miles inland burns out here in a season, so plant selection is the program: salt-tolerant palms and natives, wind-firm placement, and honest advice when an association asks for something the exposure will kill.

The island is also still rebuilding. Hurricane Ian in 2022 reset entire streetscapes on Fort Myers Beach, and years later much of the landscape work here is re-establishment — condo associations and resorts rebuilding entries and amenity areas from bare ground, often alongside rebuilt irrigation. That work rewards a vendor who documents everything: line-item proposals the board can phase across fiscal years, establishment watering plans that respect assigned watering days, and photo records that support both warranties and insurance files. It also demands realism about sequencing — hardscape and irrigation before plants, salt-tolerant structure before showpiece color.

Operationally, beach properties run on a different clock. Season traffic on Estero Boulevard makes staging and timing part of the job, so crews schedule high-traffic properties for the quietest windows and haul debris the same day rather than staging it curbside. Storm readiness is not seasonal garnish here — it is the core of the contract: palms cleaned and canopies secured before the June-through-November peak, loose material policed continuously, and written post-storm priority for maintenance clients, because after a storm an island property competes with the whole coast for every crew in the region.