Our story · Since 1985
Locally owned, in blue button-downs, since 1985.
Colonial Lawn & Garden started in 1985 and has kept its lawn, tree, sprinkler and pest work in Yakima and the Tri-Cities ever since. Lance is CEO and president, a leadership team you can meet by first name runs the departments, and two offices, one in Yakima and one in Richland, answer the phones.
- Started
- 1985
- Offices
- Yakima and Richland
- WA contractor licence
- COLONLG022LA
- L&I register: active
The uniform
Why a landscaping company ended up in blue.
When Colonial opened in 1985, only a couple of landscaping companies put their crews in uniforms, which made Colonial stand out. The first shirts and hats were green. Over the years the company moved to blue button-down shirts and added charcoal pants later, and that is what the crews in every photo on this site are wearing.
“The blue was a nice, professional-looking color. It didn’t have to be green just because we’re in the green industry.”
As the article described it, lawn care and spray crews wear long sleeves and maintenance crews wear short sleeves unless they are pruning, all in the same style so the fleet looks consistent from one street to the next.
“By definition uniform means it’s the same, right? So we like to build teamwork and professionalism any way we can and it’s just one more way to set us apart from the sea of competition out there.”
Lance Forsee, president · Lawn & Landscape, “Dress for success,” December 2, 2015
On the record
Four figures, each from a published source.
- 1985
- The year Colonial Lawn & Garden began, as printed on its roadside sign.
- 25 to 35
- People on the Colonial crew during the season, as Lawn & Landscape reported in 2015.
- 2
- Offices, in Yakima and Richland, each with its own phone line lettered on the trucks.
- 7
- Names on the roster with a Washington State Department of Agriculture applicator licence number printed beside them.
What Colonial says it is after
Results, a fair price, and attention to the individual yard.
Colonial’s own description is short: positive results, fair value, and close attention to what each customer needs. The company says it keeps its landscape work hands-on so the details get covered, and that it works to build win-win relationships with the people it serves.
Customers back that up in their own words. Colonial holds a 4.8 on Google from 516 reviews, and several recent reviews name the technician who showed up and what he did that day.
- Applicators
Technicians carry Washington State Department of Agriculture applicator licences. - Contractor
Washington L&I contractor licence COLONLG022LA, active. - Ownership
Locally owned and operated.
Keep reading
The people, the jobs and the price of a visit.
- RosterMeet the teamEveryone on Colonial's roster by first name and title, with the WSDA applicator numbers that are printed beside them.
- CareersWork for ColonialWhat the jobs are, which office to call, and the uniform you would be pulling on.
- ServicesEvery service on the truckLawn care, tree and shrub care, sprinkler maintenance, perimeter pest control and the rest.
- EstimateRequest a free estimateEstimates are done in person. Tell the office where the yard is and they will line up a visit.
Two offices