from $220
Tree trimming + crown reduction
Mesquite, palo verde, ironwood, citrus, and the occasional Aleppo pine. Pulled back off the roof, thinned for monsoon wind, shaped so the structure holds through August.
Tucson, AZ — Craycroft + Grant, 85712
Fifteen years of trees, storms, and Tucson yards.
Tree trimming, post-monsoon cleanup, yard hauling, drip repair, and gravel work — done by the same guy who answers the phone. Central-east Tucson out through the Foothills, Tanque Verde, Oro Valley, and Vail.
JJ's Landscapes
JJ's Landscapes
JJ's Landscapes
The mark
One saguaro, one rake, and fifteen years of work behind both.
The yard work isn't complicated. A rake, a saw, a pickup, and someone who knows the trees. That's what JJ's Landscapes has been since 2010 — and what it still is. The same person you call is the one who shows up.
Owner-operatorTucson, AZ — 85712Tree + storm specialty
About JJ's Landscapes
Fifteen years working Tucson dirt — and the trees that grow in it.
I started JJ's because I got tired of watching big companies run hard-working people in circles — a different estimator each visit, a price that never matched the bid, a crew that didn't know mesquite from palo verde.
Fifteen years in, the formula's the same. One truck. One phone. One person who shows up, walks the yard, and gives you a real number. Most of what I do is tree work — preventive trims before monsoon, crown reductions on mesquite and ironwood, storm cleanup after the wind takes a limb down. The rest is everything else a Tucson yard needs to live through a Sonoran summer: drip lines that actually emit, gravel and DG that holds grade, bermuda pulled out the right way.
I answer the phone myself. If I'm on a saw I'll call back inside the hour.
I got tired of big companies taking advantage of hard working people. So I built something smaller.
— Jesse Leahy, owner
What I do — Tucson yards
Tree work first. Everything else a yard needs second.
Fifteen years of mesquite, palo verde, ironwood, and citrus has taught me one thing: most of what hurts a Tucson yard is structural, not cosmetic. So that's where I start.
- from $180
Storm damage + limb removal
Post-monsoon cleanup — downed limbs, split trunks, debris haul, hazard assessment. Same-day for existing clients during monsoon season.
- from $240
Yard cleanup + hauling
Overgrown lot, post-tenant cleanout, or months of neglect. I clear it, haul it off, and leave the yard ready for a normal schedule.
- from $95
Drip irrigation repair
Cracked lines, dead emitters, timers that lost the wall battery. Most repairs done in one visit — drip is sized for the plants on the line, not the pressure at the meter.
- from $1,400
Gravel + decomposed granite
Compacted DG paths and gravel beds that hold grade through monsoon runoff. Pre-emergent in the base. Edged so it stops at the curb.
- from $140
Weed removal + bermuda pull
Hand-pull, spray, pre-emergent calendar. Bermuda gets pulled out properly — sod removed, stolons chased, gravel re-set — not just sprayed and forgotten.
The ledger
Fifteen years on Tucson yards.
JJ's Landscapes has been running out of central-east Tucson since 2010. The route grew. The trees grew. The monsoons came and went. Below is the shorthand version.
2010
Started JJ’s.
One truck, one phone. The Craycroft route was three yards.
2014
First big monsoon week.
Three weeks of back-to-back limb calls. Learned mesquite structure the hard way.
2017
Tanque Verde regulars.
Foothills word-of-mouth picked up. Most of the route became repeats.
2020
Pulled bermuda out of forty front yards.
The right way — sod up, stolons chased. Not the spray-and-pray version.
2023
Eastside outage.
Monsoon storm took down power for fifty thousand. Eight straight days of tree work.
2025
Fifteen years in.
Three hundred fifty-one Yelp photos. Same phone. Same person.
Sources for the monsoon events: Tucson.com 2023 monsoon coverage, KGUN9 Eastside reporting, and University of Arizona's post-storm tree count. Everything else, the truck odometer remembers.
The specialty
After the monsoon comes the cleanup.
Most of what JJ's Landscapes does between mid-June and late September is tree work after a storm. Mesquite limbs come down on walls. Palo verde lays out across the front yard. Ironwoods crack at the leader. Here's what I show up with — and what I leave with.
Yelp average
28 min
Documented response time on Yelp. During monsoon it's faster — the phone stays on the dashboard.
Limb removal
Broken mesquite or palo verde limbs, snapped trunks, hung-up branches. Cut down safely, sectioned, and pulled off the wall or roof.
Debris haul
Loaded onto the truck and gone. Yard left clear — not piled at the curb waiting on the city.
Hazard check
A walk-around the rest of the trees. Cracks in trunks, lifted root plates, leaders that didn’t make it. Better to know now than after the next storm.
Preventive trim — before the next one
Thinned canopies and structural cuts so the wind goes through, not against. The August storm is rarely the worst one.
Monsoon calendar — Tucson, USDA 9b
June
Preventive trims — first calls
July
Storm cleanup — peak week
August
Limb removal — second wave
September
Tapering — final hauls
Existing maintenance clients get same-day priority for post-storm cleanup. New clients — call before the season starts so we can get your trees pulled back first.
How a job goes
Plain steps, no upsell.
- 01
Call or text
Tell me the address and what you're looking at. A photo by text saves a visit if it's just a limb down.
- 02
Walkthrough
I come out, look at the trees, look at the irrigation, ask questions that change the price. Free, no pressure.
- 03
Real number
Plain estimate on the spot or texted same day. Line items, not a lump.
- 04
Scheduled work
We pick a morning. Most non-emergency jobs land within the week. Storm cleanup for existing clients is same-day.
- 05
Cleanup + walkthrough
I don't leave until the yard's clear and the haul-off is on the truck.
That’s it. No portals, no logins — a phone call or an email is all it takes.
Reviews — Tucson, AZ
Fifteen years, ten Yelp reviews, 351 photos, and a 28-minute average reply.
- Yelp
Jesse responded right away, came out to assess, and gave a fair quote. He started and finished the job promptly with meticulous care. Extremely pleasant and honest to deal with.
Took down a mesquite limb that came through the back wall after the storm. Cleared everything, hauled the debris off, didn't try to sell me a new tree on the way out.
- Nextdoor
Found him on Nextdoor — neighbors in the Foothills had recommended him. Professional, reliable, you can tell he takes pride in his work.
Pulled the bermuda out of our gravel front yard properly — sod removed, stolons chased down, gravel re-set. The neighbor's guy just sprayed and called it done. Two summers later, ours hasn't come back.
Trimmed three palo verdes before monsoon — pulled them back off the roof and thinned them so the wind goes through. No limbs down in July. First summer that's been true.
- Yelp
Honest estimate. Showed up when he said. Cleaned up like he was never here.
Recent work — Tucson yards
A few from the 351 photos.
85712 — gravel + native bed 
Catalina Foothills — front yard maintenance 
Tanque Verde — mature mesquite crown reduction 
Sabino Canyon — DG path + native border 
85712 — agave bed refresh 
Oro Valley — xeriscape maintenance 
Catalina — succulent + bark bed 
Post-storm — debris haul day 
Vail — saguaro + palm xeriscape
Honest pricing
Tree work from$220/tree
A standard mesquite or palo verde trim — pulled back off the roof, thinned for monsoon wind, debris hauled — starts at $220. Storm-damage limb removal starts at $180. Drip repair $95. Full xeriscape or DG installs are quoted on-site after a walkthrough. I won't quote sight-unseen.
Free walkthroughs anywhere in the regular service area. Cash, check, Venmo, or card.
Call (520) 633-7126Questions — JJ's Landscapes
Plain answers.
Yes — owner-operator. The same guy who answers the phone is the one on your yard. I've been doing this fifteen years.
Call or text Jesse
— JJ's Landscapes
If I'm on a saw I'll call back inside the hour. Tucson, AZ — 1520 N Craycroft Rd.