Inspired Outdoor Living
Gorgeous Colorful Landscapes
Inviting Commercial Spaces
Our Origin Story
For nearly 40 years, Great Outdoors has been growing relationships by providing high-quality residential and commercial landscaping services for the greater Southeast Michigan area. Specializing in full-service lawn care and creative outdoor living solutions, we utilize state-of-the-art equipment, high-end materials, and quality workmanship. We’ll help create the perfect yard to accent and complement your home.
Residential Services
Commercial Services
Join Our Team
Come work with a dependable, friendly, and passionate group of individuals who prioritize maintaining a work-life balance and cultivating camaraderie in the workplace. We appreciate our hard-working employees, and provide competitive pay and benefits, including full-time work opportunities, paid time off, holidays, and extensive training. If you’re ready to take the next great step in your career, consider joining our growing company.
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Award-winning Portfolio
Take a look at our custom landscape designs and get inspiration for your next project.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Great Outdoors serves Ann Arbor and the surrounding Washtenaw County and Southern Livingston County communities, including Scio, Lodi, Dexter, Saline, Chelsea, Pittsfield Township, Webster Township, Hamburg Township, Pinckney, Brighton, and nearby Michigan areas. Our team handles both residential and commercial properties from our Ann Arbor base, covering lawn care, landscape design and installation, and snow management across the region.
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Great Outdoors is a full-service lawn and landscape design-build company offering landscape design and installation, lawn care and maintenance, and snow and ice management. That includes paver patios and walkways, retaining walls, fire features, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, landscape lighting, ponds, and plantings, along with mowing, fertilization, weed control, aeration, tree and shrub care, mulching, and seasonal cleanups for both homes and businesses.
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Great Outdoors has been serving the Ann Arbor area since 1983, when founder Michael Kowalski started the company as a young man. More than four decades later, the team continues to provide residential and commercial lawn care and landscaping across Southeast Michigan. That longevity and experience is a large part of why homeowners and businesses trust us with their properties.
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Great Outdoors works with both residential homeowners and commercial properties, tailoring services to each. Residential clients turn to us for lawn care packages, plant health, and landscape design and installation, while commercial clients rely on us for grounds maintenance, fertilization, tree and shrub care, and snow removal. The same standards of quality and reliability apply across both.
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Getting started begins with scheduling a consultation, where we learn about your property, your goals, and how you use the space. From there, we recommend the right services or design approach and provide clear pricing before any work begins. Whether you are planning a new outdoor living space or setting up ongoing lawn care, the process starts with that first conversation.
“Great Outdoors installed a permeable paver patio for us, and they also shaped and mulched the border gardens along our fence line. We have worked with a lot of contractors over the last few years, and this was one of the best experiences we've had.”
— Nicole V. via Google
“We had a great experience installing a stone walkway and stairs! When Mike came out to quote the job, he took time to listen to what we wanted for the space, and offer us suggestions that incorporated what we wanted.”
— Laura via Google
“Jake Cullen and his team came out to do a last-minute late-season project and as usual did a wonderful job! We have worked with Great Outdoors on landscaping projects since we moved into our home 20+ years ago and I highly recommend them.”
— Pat R. via Google