# Sod Installation and Foundation Beds on a Baton Rouge New Build

> A brand-new white farmhouse with a dirt lot: pallets of sod staged, foundation beds planted and mulched, and the whole yard sodded in a day.

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Hernandez Lawnscape (Hernandez Lawnscape LLC) is Baton Rouge's drainage-first landscape company: owner-led, licensed for irrigation, and built on honest advice instead of upsells since 2013. Two locations: 16148 Confederate Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 and 10801 Yarlin St, Denham Springs, LA 70726. Louisiana irrigation contractor license IC #0866. Rated 4.9 stars across 191 Google reviews. Phone (225) 347-9540, Mon to Fri 7am to 7pm, Sat 8am to 3pm, Sun closed.

- Category: Sod installation
- Location: Baton Rouge area
- Photographed: March 2023
- Service: [Sod Installation Baton Rouge | St. Augustine and Zoysia](https://hernandezlawnscape.com/sod-installation.md)

## The problem

- A new-construction lot graded by the builder, with the usual soft spots.
- The homeowners wanted a finished yard for move-in, not a seeded one.

## What we built

- Checked the builder's grade and corrected the low spots before any sod went down.
- Planted and mulched the foundation beds along the front.
- Laid the full lot from pallets in a single day with the crew and a compact loader.

Most new builds come with a landscaper attached to the contractor, so a homeowner calling us directly usually means the builder's yard was not part of the deal or was not good enough. Either way the job starts with the grade the builder left, because a rushed final grade is the number one reason new yards flood.

With the grade checked, the crew planted the beds and sodded the lot from pallets staged in the driveway. The drone photos are from the same morning.

## Contact

- Hernandez Lawnscape, 16148 Confederate Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70817
- Hernandez Lawnscape Denham Springs, 10801 Yarlin St, Denham Springs, LA 70726
- Phone and text: (225) 347-9540
- Email: info@hernandezlawnscape.com
- Hours: Mon to Fri 7am to 7pm, Sat 8am to 3pm, Sun closed
- Contact page: https://hernandezlawnscape.com/contact-us/