Washington County, Utah
Landscaping and hardscaping, built for St. George.
Pavers, block walls, flagstone and water-wise desert yards. Owner on every job.
Text Zane · (208) 570-8215 Hi Zane, here’s my yard…Send a photo and what you’re thinking. Zane answers his own phone.
01 Cannon Landscape
Pavers, walls, flagstone and desert yards, built from the base up.
A new, owner-run landscaping and hardscape company in Washington, Utah. No sales team, no crew you never meet: owner-operator Zane Cannon quotes the yard, builds it and does the final walkthrough himself.
St. GeorgeWashingtonSanta ClaraIvinsHurricaneLa VerkinToquervilleVirginMesquite, NV
How it works
- 01Text a photoOf the yard, the wall, the side yard. A rough idea is enough.
- 02On-site visitI walk it with you, measure, and check the grade and the soil.
- 03Written quoteItemized: materials, base, labor. No surprises on the invoice.
- 04Built and cleaned upI do the work myself and leave the yard ready to use.
02 Materials and services
Pick the material. That’s the service.
Each one starts with what goes under it. Softscape, turf and planting are part of every yard, never an afterthought.
Pavers & patios
Patios, walkways and driveways laid on a compacted base, edged and sanded so they stay flat.
Retaining & block walls
Block and CMU walls that hold a grade, drain behind the face, and sit on a footing sized for the soil.
Flagstone & hardscape
Flagstone paths and steppers, fire features, and the rock that frames them. Set so nothing rocks underfoot.
Desert landscaping & lawn conversions
Rock mulch, desert planting on drip, and lawn-to-desert conversions that can earn the water district’s rebate. Turf stays where it earns its place.
Landscape design
A plan before anything is poured: layout, grades, drainage, materials and plants, drawn so the quote and the build match.
03 Project 001
Side-yard makeover, Washington UT
A tract-home side yard against the red hills: rock mulch beds, red flagstone steppers, a strip of sod and a walled run along the house.
Spec
- Location
- Washington, UT
- Scope
- Side yard: rock mulch beds, flagstone steppers, sod strip
- Hardscape
- Red flagstone steppers set in rock
- Planting
- Existing shrubs kept; sod strip; rock mulch
During → After
These two frames are not from the same spot. Matched before-and-after pairs start with the next job.
04 How I build
How I set flagstone so it never rocks.
The stone is the last thing that goes in. Everything that matters is underneath it.
- Dig to depth, not to the stone.The hole is as deep as the base needs, plus the stone. Shallow digs are why steppers tilt after one summer.
- Compact the base in lifts.Road base goes in a few inches at a time and gets compacted each time. One thick lift never compacts all the way down.
- Set each stone in screenings.A thin bed of fines, tap the stone in, check it with a level, then stand on every corner. If it rocks, it comes back out.
- Edge the field.Rock mulch stays where it was spread only if the edge holds it. The edge gets set before the rock is poured.
Depths vary with the soil and the use (a path takes less than a drive). The numbers for your yard are written into the quote.
05 The ground here
What’s under a St. George yard.
General notes from working in it, not code. The specifics for your lot go in the quote, and anything that needs the city gets checked with the city.
The hard layer.
A hard calcium layer sits under much of the county. Hitting it changes how we dig, what we backfill with, and how water drains. We plan for it rather than discover it.
The first number in any quote.
Pavers and flagstone only stay flat if the base under them is deep enough and compacted. A patio and a driveway need different depths, and both need more than most people expect.
Taller walls, more paperwork.
Past a certain height a retaining wall usually needs an engineered design and a permit, and the rules depend on the city. I check before quoting, never after.
Most of the rain, in a few storms.
A large share of the year’s rain arrives in summer storms. Grading, drains and a dry creek bed decide whether a yard sheds it or holds it against the house.
06 The owner
Meet Zane.
“I started Cannon Landscape in Washington and I’m on every job myself: the estimate, the dig, the walkthrough. Text me a photo of your yard and I’ll tell you what I’d do with it.”
07 Lawn-to-desert rebate
Get paid to take out the lawn.
The Washington County Water Conservancy District pays homeowners to replace living lawn with water-wise landscaping, and Santa Clara adds its own amount. Apply and get the district’s site visit before any grass comes out. I build the conversion; the district runs the rebate.
Figures as of October 2026, from the district’s own pages. Terms change: the district’s site is the source.
08 Service area
Where I work.
- 01St. George
- 02WashingtonHome base
- 03Santa Clara
- 04Ivins
- 05Hurricane
- 06La Verkin
- 07Toquerville
- 08Virgin
- 09Mesquite, NV
Somewhere else in Washington County? Ask. Travel is quoted honestly.
09 Reviews
Not yet. Soon.
Cannon Landscape is new. The first reviews will come from the first clients, and they’ll be shown here in full with a link to where they were posted. Nothing here is invented.
10 Questions about money and timing
The things people ask first.
What does an estimate cost?
How soon can you start?
Do you take small jobs?
Do I need a permit for a retaining wall?
Can I keep some lawn?
Start with a photo
Send me the yard as it is. I’ll send back what I’d build.
A text with two photos is enough to start. Or take two minutes on the estimate form and I’ll have everything I need before I come out.
Send a photo and what you’re thinking. Zane answers his own phone.