Orange County · Landscaping and lawn care
Landscaping and lawn care for managed properties in Orange County, Florida.
1Stop takes landscaping requests for managed properties in Orange County, Florida. Landscaping there is scheduled work, booked to a date. Cities on the board today: Orlando, Winter Park and Maitland.
- Response targetOrange County
- Scheduled
- Billed
- Per job
- Cities on the board
- Orlando, Winter Park and Maitland
- State license
- None; FDACS for fertilizer
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
On the board
Where in Orange County can I book landscaping?
The cities on the board today are Orlando (333,888 residents), Winter Park (30,444) and Maitland (19,511). 63% of the county's 1,528,002 residents live outside any city; for an address there, or in a city not yet on the board such as Apopka, send it first and HQ will say whether 1Stop can cover it.
Watering rules
When can a lawn be watered in Orange County?
Orange County's fertilizer ordinance bars fertilizer containing nitrogen or phosphorus from June 1 through September 30.
The rest of the year, fertilizer with phosphorus is barred unless a soil test shows the area needs it, at least 65% of any nitrogen has to be slow-release, and no more than 1 pound of nitrogen goes on per 1,000 square feet.
All year, no fertilizer within 25 feet of a waterway, and none while the National Weather Service has a severe thunderstorm, flood, tropical storm or hurricane advisory out. A commercial applicator needs the Green Industries Best Management Practices training and an FDACS limited commercial fertilizer applicator certificate.
Part of Orange County lies in the St. Johns River Water Management District, whose year-round rule bans watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and sets the days by the address: two a week in daylight saving time, one in standard time.
Part of Orange County lies in the South Florida Water Management District, whose year-round landscape watering restrictions set the days by whether the address ends in an odd or an even number.
- St. Johns River Water Management District
- Watering rules
- South Florida Water Management District
- Watering rules
Urgency
When is landscaping an emergency in Orange County?
Landscaping is never dispatched as an emergency. It runs on a calendar.
What a storm leaves behind can be one. A limb through a roof goes out as roof repair, marked Emergency if water is coming in, and the yard is cleared on the next scheduled visit or a one-off booking.
Licensing
What license does a landscaping vendor need in Orange County?
Mowing and bed work need no license; applying commercial fertilizer takes an FDACS limited certification.
Every vendor 1Stop sends to a Orange County property keeps a current certificate of insurance and a W-9 on file.
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Questions
Questions about landscaping in Orange County.
Which Orange County cities can book landscaping through 1Stop?
Orlando, Winter Park and Maitland are on the board today. Landscaping there is scheduled work, booked to a date. For an address elsewhere in Orange County, such as Apopka, send it first and HQ will say whether 1Stop can cover it.
Which water management district sets watering days in Orange County?
the St. Johns River Water Management District and the South Florida Water Management District, each for its part of the county. The county also bars nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer from June 1 through September 30.
Does a landscaping contractor need a Florida license to work in Orange County?
Mowing and bed work need no license; applying commercial fertilizer takes an FDACS limited certification.
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Where to go next.
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Sources
Where these facts come from.
Last updated
- St. Johns River Water Management District, Watering restrictions
- South Florida Water Management District, Landscape Watering Restrictions
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida's Water Management Districts
- Orange County Government, Fertilize Your Lawn Responsibly
- Section 489.105, Florida Statutes (contractor definitions)
- Section 482.1562, Florida Statutes (limited certification, urban landscape fertilizer)
- Section 482.156, Florida Statutes (limited certification, commercial landscape maintenance)
- Section 482.021, Florida Statutes (pest control definitions)
- Section 482.111, Florida Statutes (pest control operator's certificate)
- Section 373.62, Florida Statutes (automatic sprinkler systems)
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, license search
- Florida DBPR, Verify a Licensee
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