Serving St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia & Surrounding Fox Valley
Landscaping & Outdoor Living Solutions
HLM Outdoor Services designs and builds paver patios, outdoor kitchens, retaining walls, and full landscape projects across St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia — with a fixed scope, itemized pricing, and weekly check-ins so you always know where your project stands.
Meet Alex Hadzima, Owner of HLM Outdoor Services
The Backyard You Picture Is the One We Build
Alex started in this industry at 14 and has been building outdoor spaces in the Fox Valley ever since. HLM runs on its own in-house crew out of Elburn, and every project gets a design built from your plot survey and elevation certificate so drainage is handled before the first shovel hits the ground. You get a text with the crew’s arrival time and a key account manager who knows your job in detail. Watch Alex explain how it works.
Our services
Landscaping Solutions for Homes and Businesses
Locally owned excellence, right in your backyard.
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Landscaping
Full-service landscaping for Fox Valley properties, from a single problem area to a complete redesign. Services include landscape design, planting, grading, sod and seeding, mulch and bed work, and ongoing property maintenance throughout St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and the surrounding area.
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Hardscape Design & Installation
Paver patios, walkways, driveways, retaining walls, fire pits, seating walls, and outdoor steps. Hardscaping is the structural side of a yard — the surfaces and walls that define how the space functions and how long it holds up.
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Softscape & Planting
Trees, shrubs, perennial beds, sod, seeding, native and pollinator plantings, and seasonal color. Softscape is what makes a property feel finished rather than just built. Plant selection for Northern Illinois depends on the light, soil, and drainage conditions of the specific yard, which is why the same design rarely transfers from one property to the next.
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Landscape Maintenance
Weekly mowing and edging, shrub and hedge trimming, bed care and mulch, and spring and fall cleanups on a seasonal plan, so the property looks finished all year, not just the week it was installed.
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Plunge Pool Design & Installation
A plunge pool offers the experience of a pool without the footprint, cost, or maintenance load of a full-size in-ground. Plunge pools fit smaller lots, integrate with surrounding patio or deck space, and suit cooling off, cold plunges, and low-impact exercise. Design, installation, and the surrounding hardscape can be coordinated as a single project. We are certified installers of The Little Pool Co. plunge pools!
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Snow & Ice Management
Snow removal across the Fox Valley, commercial first and residential driveways too. Plowing, shoveling, salting and ice management for lots, walks, entrances and driveways, all winter.
Outdoor Living, Built to Last
The Biggest Room in Your House Is Outside
Most yards get used for about six weeks a year. Not because people don’t want to be outside, but because there’s nowhere to sit, nothing to gather around, and no reason to walk out the back door once the grass is cut.
HLM Outdoor Services was founded by Alex Hadzima. We design and install paver patios, plunge pools, outdoor kitchens, retaining walls, planting, and full landscape projects for homeowners in St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, and across Kane County.
Every yard is a different problem. Where the sun lands, where the water goes, how the grade falls away from the house, how much space there is between what you have and what you pictured. The design starts with the property, not with a catalog.
The rest is what you actually live in. A place to grill. A table that stays out all summer. A reason to be back there in October.
Ready to get to work?
Request A Free Estimate
We’re here to assist you in designing the outdoor space of your dreams. Contact us today to receive a free quote or schedule a consultation.
Reviews
What Neighbors Say
Real reviews and testimonials from satisfied residential and commercial customers!
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Working with Alex from a business perspective has been awesome, he is doing the work to ensure his business is equipped with the best knowledge in order to perform at the highest level
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HLM designed our front flower bed. We are thrilled with their work and attention to detail. Neighbors and passersby all comment on how beautiful our front beds look. I've already hired them for more work next summer!
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Excellent quality of work. We are receiving a lot of positive comments from our neighbors. Everything that was done really does look amazing.
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Alex and his company were great to work with. They were very reasonably priced good quality material and we’re extremely efficient with their job. They were in and out done professionally in overall a excellent experience I would highly recommend Alex and his company.
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Easy to work with!
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