Polk County · Landscaping and lawn care
Landscaping and lawn care for managed properties in Polk County, Florida.
1Stop takes landscaping for managed properties in Polk County, Florida, as scheduled work: booked to a date, with no same-day or emergency target. Lake and Polk are the counties that take scheduled work only.
- Response targetPolk County
- Scheduled work only
- Billed
- Per job
- County seat
- Bartow
- State license
- None; FDACS for fertilizer
- Last updated
- October 7, 2026
Scheduled work
Where in Polk County can I book landscaping?
Polk County takes scheduled work: jobs booked to a date. Landscaping can be booked here that way. Same-day and 48-hour targets apply in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties.
The county's largest cities are Lakeland (125,520 residents), Winter Haven (62,313) and Haines City (45,973), and 59% of its 874,790 residents live in unincorporated areas, so put the full street address on the request.
Watering rules
When can a lawn be watered in Polk County?
The Southwest Florida Water Management District has extended its Modified Phase III water shortage restrictions through March 31, 2027, and they cover all of Polk County. Lawn watering is limited to one day a week, set by the last digit of the address, and the district tells residents to check their city or county first, since many set their own day and hours.
Part of Polk 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.
- Southwest Florida Water Management District
- Watering rules
- South Florida Water Management District
- Watering rules
Licensing
What license does a landscaping vendor need in Polk County?
Mowing and bed work need no license; applying commercial fertilizer takes an FDACS limited certification.
Every vendor 1Stop sends to a Polk County property keeps a current certificate of insurance and a W-9 on file.
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Questions
Questions about landscaping in Polk County.
Can I book landscaping in Polk County?
As scheduled work, yes: booked to a date, with no same-day or emergency target. Polk County takes scheduled work only, as Lake does.
Which water management district sets watering days in Polk County?
the Southwest Florida Water Management District and the South Florida Water Management District, each for its part of the county. The Southwest Florida district's one-day-a-week restrictions, extended through March 31, 2027, cover all of Polk County.
Does a landscaping contractor need a Florida license to work in Polk County?
Mowing and bed work need no license; applying commercial fertilizer takes an FDACS limited certification.
Related
Where to go next.
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Sources
Where these facts come from.
Last updated
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, District Water Restrictions
- South Florida Water Management District, Landscape Watering Restrictions
- Southwest Florida Water Management District, Florida's Water Management Districts
- 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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