Rugg Valley, like most successful small businesses in Vermont, has to be diversified to include a wide variety of skill sets and offerings. The range of our services we include but are not limited to are snow plowing, care-taking, shrub and ornamental tree pruning, restoring old fruit trees, rebuilding old farm walls, vegetable gardens, and wreaths. Our primary function, however, is as a design/build/maintain landscape company.

Services At A Glance

Rugg Valley's owner and designer, Mark Wright graduated from Cornell with a degree in Landscape Architecture and has been designing and installing landscapes for the last 38 years. He encourages participation in the design process from the rest of the staff, and we are all essentially involved in the design process whether it is a decision about how to layout the striping on a lawn, the arrangement of a perennial bed, or the curve of a wall we are building. We often have group meetings to discuss our progress on projects. Our work has often been described as understated, which we think complements the Vermont lifestyle.

We have a full complement of landscape size machinery (tractor, loader, and excavator) and can tackle most any sized job. Donny, Jay and Jon have been running equipment all their lives and bring an amazing skill set to our company. When it is required, we use other local excavating companies with larger equipment.

We love working in stone and feel it brings great substance to our landscapes. We have many sources for different stone and chose our products carefully to complement the landscape and architecture. We also pride ourselves on finding the appropriate plant material that will not only look beautiful, but will flourish in its new environment.

From the necessary to the whimsical

Keeping your property looking first rate all the time.

We  have a complete line of mowing equipment and a full time mowing staff during the growing season. We pride ourselves on keeping your lawn clean and neat throughout the growing season, because we know that having your lawn professionally mowed will greatly affect the overall look of your property. Our crew prides themselves on their lawns and know that a poorly mowed lawn can negatively influence the look of the entire property.

In addition, our maintenance crews work throughout the season to plant, weed, and prune, keeping your property looking first rate all the time. We feel that it is very important to have a specific regimen for your gardens. All living organisms need regular nurturing. Comprehensive knowledge of all plant material is key to understanding what is needed to keep them looking their best. The accumulated knowledge of our group could fill many books!

Complete property services from house checking and garbage collection to snowplowing and firewood delivery are an important part of our work.  We essentially become responsible for your house when you are away and we take this aspect of our work very seriously.

We have a competent group of sub contractors, with whom we work regularly. We can arrange to have them do any projects that is out of our realm of expertise.

From vision to finish product

We do some growing, and have started exploring retail operations. We sell plants at the West River Farmer's Market in Londonderry, Saturdays from 9-1 (Memorial Day-Labor Day). We pride ourselves on a solid knowledge of plant material and can always make recommendations and usually find sources for even the most obscure varieties.

We have knowledgeable subcontractors who take care of all our tree spraying and lawn applications. We do not do any spraying but are always happy to take care of coordinating these services for our clients.

We strive to run an organic operation, but given the onslaught of insect problems over the recent years it is not always possible. We use only "over the counter" insecticides or herbicides.
We actively compost the material that comes back to our shop and use organic fertilizers as topdressing and bed amendments.

So as you can see, we cover a lot of territory. We try to do all this with attention to detail and treat every property as if it were our own.