Cannon Landscape
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Snow Canyon sandstone at dusk under a warm sky

Washington County, Utah

Landscaping and hardscaping, built for St. George.

Pavers, block walls, flagstone and water-wise desert yards. Owner on every job.

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Snow Canyon at dusk, near St. George

01 Cannon Landscape

Pavers, walls, flagstone and desert yards, built from the base up.

An 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

  1. 01Text a photoOf the yard, the wall, the side yard. A rough idea is enough.
  2. 02On-site visitI walk it with you, measure, and check the grade and the soil.
  3. 03Written quoteItemized: materials, base, labor. No surprises on the invoice.
  4. 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.

Close-up of tumbled concrete pavers in warm red and grey tones
01

Pavers & patios

Patios, walkways and driveways laid on a compacted base, edged and sanded so they stay flat.

Compacted baseEdge restraintPolymeric sand
Close-up of a stacked concrete block retaining wall in low evening light
02

Retaining & block walls

Block and CMU walls that hold a grade, drain behind the face, and sit on a footing sized for the soil.

FootingDrainage behindHeight checked
Red flagstone steppers set in rock mulch beside a strip of sod
03

Flagstone & hardscape

Flagstone paths and steppers, fire features, and the rock that frames them. Set so nothing rocks underfoot.

Set in screeningsEach stone leveledFire features
Rock mulch beds with shrubs along a house
04

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.

Drip to every plantRebate-eligibleTurf as part of a yard
Hand-drawn plan of a garden with paths, lawns and planting beds
05

Landscape design

A plan before anything is poured: layout, grades, drainage, materials and plants, drawn so the quote and the build match.

Plan before you pourGrades and drainagePlant list

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.

Walled side yard with red flagstone stepping pads set in dark rock
Fig. 02 · Walled side yard
Rock mulch beds with shrubs along the house and a low block wall
Fig. 03 · Rock beds
Narrow side yard with a strip of sod, flagstone steppers and a slatted privacy screen
Fig. 04 · Sod strip and steppers

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

After: finished rock mulch beds along the houseDuring: a compact track loader in the side yard, mid-jobDuringAfter

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.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Caliche

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.

Base depth

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.

Wall height

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.

Monsoon

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.

Zane Cannon, owner of Cannon Landscape, with his fiancée in a grassy field at golden hourZane Cannon, owner

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.”
More about Zane

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.

Rebate terms at wcwcd.govDesert landscaping
$2/sq ftBase rebate on removed lawn
+$1/sq ftSupplement on the first 1,000 sq ft
2027Supplement: projects completed by June 1, 2027
1stApply and get the site visit before any grass comes out

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 Questions about money and timing

The things people ask first.

What does an estimate cost?
Nothing. Text me a photo or fill in the estimate form. Every quote is written and itemized: materials, base, labor and haul-off, so you can see exactly where the money goes.
How soon can you start?
It depends on the season and what's already booked. Tell me your timeline in the estimate form and I'll be straight about mine. A small job can often fit in sooner than a full yard.
Do you take small jobs?
Yes. A side yard, a set of steppers, one wall, a strip of sod. They get the same base prep as the big ones.
Do I need a permit for a retaining wall?
Sometimes. It depends on the wall's height and which city you're in, and taller walls usually need an engineer's design too. I check with the city before I quote a tall wall, and I won't build one that needs a permit without it.
Can I keep some lawn?
Yes. Turf stays where it earns its place: a strip for the dog, a patch for the kids. The rest can go to rock, planting and drip, and that part may qualify for the water district's rebate.

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.

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