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Landscape Installation Cost in Maine (2026)

Landscape installation in Maine typically runs $4,200–$17,800 for a front-and-back-yard residential landscape install, with forest-edge native-shrub and shade-perennial design as the dominant residential approach across USDA hardiness zone 3b-6a. Maine's combination of 140-day growing season in interior climate zones 3b-5a, acidic coniferous forest-soil substrates across the entire state, and 60-inch frost depth supports forest-edge landscape design with native white pine, balsam fir, and lowbush blueberry as dominant Maine residential plant palette — and Maine's coastal salt-spray on Penobscot Bay, Casco Bay, and Mount Desert Island restricts shoreline residential landscaping to salt-tolerant beach plum, bayberry, and northern bayberry hedging, with imported topsoil + 4-inch peat amendment standard on every coastal Maine bed prep.

State Maine
Cities Covered 1
Typical front-and-back-yard residential landscape install $4,200 – $17,800
BLS landscape worker wage $17.42/hr

Maine climate, water & plant-palette drivers

  • USDA hardiness zone: 3b-6a — drives plant-palette selection and frost-survival ratings
  • Annual rainfall: 44 inches/yr — drives irrigation system sizing
  • Growing season: 140 frost-free days per year
  • Drought tier: Low — adequate residential precipitation, minimal drought stress
  • Irrigation dependency: None — established plants thrive on natural precipitation
  • Frost-line trench depth: 60-inch design minimum for irrigation backflow + bed prep
  • Dominant residential aesthetic: Forest-edge — native-shrub and shade-perennial design under mature canopy
  • Wildfire defensible-space rule: No WUI defensible-space requirement

Maine licensing, pesticide & permits

  • License status: Statewide license required
  • License board: Maine Board of Pesticides Control + Maine Board of Licensure of Landscape Architects (official site)
  • Permit: no permit required for landscape install; Maine Board of Pesticides Control Master Applicator required for any chemical lawn care

How landscape installation costs vary in Maine

State-specific code or insurance rule: Maine 22 MRS §1471-X (Maine Pesticides Control Act) imposes the most restrictive residential pesticide notification regime in New England — every Maine commercial landscape contractor must register with the Maine Board of Pesticides Control as a Master Applicator and provide 24-hour advance written notification to all adjacent property owners before any restricted-use pesticide application, plus Maine LD 1518 separately preempts municipal pesticide ordinances exclusively on commercial landscape contracting (residential homeowner application remains regulated by 30+ Maine municipalities).

Cities in Maine

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Pricing ranges reflect Maine market labor (BLS OEWS landscaping & groundskeeping mean $17.42/hr) and Woogoro regional cost modeling. For the most localized estimate, see your nearest city page above.