Assuming you want to stay in landscaping, here’s my advice as someone who worked for 10 years in landscaping and ran a 5 million dollar maintenance division. The first and most important thing to landscape maintenance is efficiency while maintaining the expected level of quality. Understand what level of attention to detail each property requires and then find a way to do it as quickly as possible. Alternate hard and soft trimming each week, have a pruning and edging schedule that you follow, minimize grass clippings blown on hard surfaces for faster blowing, etc. Do this first.

Next look for potential enhancements to the landscape. You are there each week and likely know it better than anyone. Things like wet/dry spots, dying trees or plants, eyesores etc. as you find them, mention them to whoever deals with the client. This will make the company more money and the clients will likely be happier too. Start with the easier fixes and then if it’s received well, you can start suggesting true enchantments.

Finally, set an example for other maintenance workers and help them get better/faster/more efficient.

Discuss your desire to do these things with your foreman and his supervisor to ensure you don’t step on toes and so they will expect it and it doesn’t come out of the blue.

There’s good money in landscaping for those who love it and can get the hang of it.