Landscaping, Concrete & Home Remodeling in South Jordan, Utah

South Jordan is the second-newest large city in Salt Lake County: the median home was built in 2007, and construction hasn’t slowed. Daybreak alone — 4,200 acres begun in 2004 with more than 20,000 homes planned — is a city within the city, with small lots, alleys, front porches and a community association that reviews fences, landscaping and exterior changes. Outside Daybreak, neighborhoods like Glenmoor and the areas along the Jordan River Parkway run to bigger lots and more conventional yards.

New-home work dominates: finishing a backyard that was handed over as graded dirt, finishing the basement the builder left unfinished, adding a fence, pouring the patio and RV pad. But the first wave of 2000s homes is now 20 years old, and bathrooms, flooring and paint from that era are coming due too.

Water in South Jordan is worth understanding before you plan a yard. The city buys all of its culinary water from Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District and delivers secondary irrigation to parts of the city from four canals — some gravity-fed, some pressurized, with sprinkler pressure capped at 40 psi. That low pressure changes head selection and zone sizing. Water is also hard (7–10 grains), which shows up on fixtures and tile. The city’s Water Smart SoJo program gives away rock, weed barrier and drip kits for park-strip conversions and adds up to $300 for plants, stackable with state rebates.