8 Questions to Ask Any Hedge Contractor (Including Us)

Hedge installation has a low barrier to entry and a wide range of outcomes. These eight questions surface the difference fast — ask them of everyone who bids, including us.

The eight

1. How much do you want up front? A small, refundable deposit should reserve your install, with the balance due as the work happens. A contractor asking for half the job before a shovel moves is a red flag.

2. Where do the trees come from, and can I see them tagged? Hand-tagged wholesale stock beats whatever-the-yard-has.

3. What exactly is included — soil amendment, staking, haul-off? Get it itemized in scope, not in price mystery.

4. What's your plan for my hardscape? Near a pool or driveway, the words 'root barrier' should come up unprompted.

5. Is irrigation included, priced, or ignored? Hedges fail from thirst more than anything else.

6. What's the warranty, in writing? Establishment coverage on every tree is the professional standard.

7. When is the balance due? The right answer: after you walk the finished line, never before.

8. What's the exact price? Not a range, not 'depends' — a number. If a contractor can't compute one from measurable footage, the surprise arrives later, on the invoice.

Our answers

Published pricing, satellite-measured footage, one fixed number online in two minutes, a small refundable deposit, warranty on every tree, balance on walkthrough. That transparency is the business model.