from $3,800
Artificial turf installation
Pet-rated and walk-rated synthetic turf over compacted aggregate base. Drainage cut for the monsoon, edges nailed flush against pavers or block. Stays green at 115°.
Tonopah, AZ — far-west Maricopa
Turf, pavers, and block walls — built for the Sonoran exurb.
Family-run landscaping out of Tonopah since 2018. We roll east on I-10 and north on Sun Valley Pkwy — Buckeye, Goodyear, Avondale, Tartesso, Surprise. Truck leaves at 5:00 AM to beat the slab heat. Hablamos español.
Martinez Landscaping & More
Martinez Landscaping & More
Martinez Landscaping & More
About Martinez Landscaping & More
Eight years working the far-west exurb — where most Phoenix crews won't drive.
We started in 2018 out of Tonopah, fifty miles west of central Phoenix. Most landscapers stop at Loop 303 and call it the West Valley. Our morning starts on the other side of it.
The book is mixed on purpose. Half the work is hardscape — paver patios, CMU block walls, concrete extensions, decomposed-granite paths. Half is the soft side — artificial turf, sod, drip irrigation, tree trimming. A new-build in Tartesso or a re-do in Litchfield Park usually wants both, and a family-run crew that can quote both keeps the job tight.
We roll out at five in the morning. Concrete sets, pavers go in, and irrigation trenches get cut before the slab hits a hundred and ten. By noon on a July day we're done outside and the customer is standing in something that's already cool.
Same crew quotes the patio and the irrigation. That's why the numbers don't drift.
— Francisco Martinez, owner
What we do — far-west Maricopa
Six things, done well, under one phone number.
Hardscape and lawn quoted together. No subcontractor hand-offs.
- from $3,400
Paver patios
Belgard or Pavestone units set on 4" compacted base and 1" bedding sand. Running-bond, herringbone, or basket-weave. Polymeric joints — re-swept after the first monsoon at no charge.
- from $2,200
Block walls
CMU block walls — garden walls, pool surrounds, retaining work. Footings to West Valley code, dry-stack or grouted, stucco-capped or left raw. We pour before the heat.
- from $950
Sod installation
Bermuda sod on prepped, graded subsoil with irrigation tie-in handled the same day. First mow before we leave so it's already settled in.
- from $680
Drip irrigation
Pressure-regulated drip systems sized for zone 9a — emitters per plant, timer programmed for the month you're in. We replace cracked lines and dead valves too.
- from $180
Tree trimming
Palo verde, mesquite, Sonoran-native shade trees pruned for shape and structure. Storm-prep cuts before monsoon. Hauling included.
Hardscape — drawn by hand
Three paver patterns and the wall that holds them in.
Every paver job comes down to two questions — what pattern goes on top, and what holds the field in. Below is the short version of how we sketch a job on the back of an estimate sheet before we write the number.
Running bond
Classic offset · the cheapest cut
Herringbone
45° interlock · best for traffic
Basket-weave
Old-world · pairs alternate H/V
CMU block wall
Cross-section · footing to cap
From the field — Francisco Martinez
“Most calls start with ‘how much for a patio’ — but the answer depends on whether the field needs a wall to hold it in. We quote both on the same sheet so the number doesn't move after we start.”
Call (602) 471-5258 for a walkthrough. Same person quotes the patio and the wall.
How a job goes
Phone call, walk the yard, written number, scheduled work.
- 01
A phone call
Tell us the address and what you're after — turf, patio, wall, irrigation, or some mix. Five minutes is enough to know if we're a fit.
- 02
Walk the yard
Francisco drives out, measures, checks drainage and grade. Same person who'll quote and supervise — no junior estimator hand-off.
- 03
Written estimate
Line-itemed by material and labor. Hardscape and irrigation quoted as one number so the schedule doesn't drift.
- 04
Scheduled work
Most installs land within 2–4 weeks. Patio + wall + turf runs 3–7 working days depending on access and square footage.
- 05
Walkthrough
We don't pack out until you've walked it with us. Polymeric joints swept, irrigation tested, debris hauled.
That’s it. No portals, no logins — a phone call or an email is all it takes.
Where we work
Tonopah out — east on I-10, north on Sun Valley Pkwy.
Tonopah sits about fifty miles west of central Phoenix — past the Loop 303, past where most metro crews stop. The truck heads out at five in the morning. Two corridors do the routing: I-10 east into Buckeye, Goodyear, Avondale, and Tolleson; Sun Valley Pkwy north to Tartesso, Waddell, and Surprise.
- Tonopah· home base
- Buckeye· I-10
- Goodyear· I-10
- Avondale· I-10
- Tolleson· I-10
- Tartesso· Sun Valley Pkwy
- Waddell· Sun Valley Pkwy
- Surprise· Sun Valley Pkwy
- Litchfield Park
Reviews — far-west Maricopa
What clients say after the dust settles.
- Facebook
Found Francisco when no one else would drive out to Tonopah for a small patio quote. He extended our slab, ran a low border in the back, and helped prep the yard so we could put grass in. Honest pricing, honest hours.
We had three quotes for a paver job in Buckeye. His was the only one that asked about the slope toward the foundation. That's the question that tells you who knows their work.
Bilingual family crew, showed up before the sun came up, and our front yard turf was down by 11. The first 115° day after install — still flat, still green, still cool to the feet.
- Yelp
Block wall and a small driveway extension — they poured before the heat, capped it in stucco, and the line is dead straight. Came back in October to add a drip system to the planter we put on top.
- Nextdoor
Reasonable, competent, reliable. Capable of bigger work than I'd assumed from the truck — concrete patio extension and driveway tie-in came out clean.
Recent work — Tonopah, Buckeye & Goodyear
Pavers, walls, turf, and Sonoran-native plant work.
Litchfield Park — front-yard refresh 
Buckeye — curved paver seat wall 
Goodyear — tan stone retaining wall 
Tonopah — DG path through cacti bed 
Avondale — stone path + plant tie-in 
Surprise — front-yard install 
Tonopah — rock-mulch + cacti 
Agave specimen — Sonoran native 
Tartesso — Bermuda sod install in progress 
Waddell — irrigation tie-in after sod 
Litchfield Park — xeriscape conversion 
Buckeye — drought-tolerant bed 
Surprise — xeriscape and palms
Drip irrigation — zone 9a
Twelve months on the timer, tuned for far-west Maricopa.
Tonopah sits in USDA zone 9a — hotter, drier, and a touch colder at night than the inner-Phoenix 9b. The timer doesn't care; it runs whatever you set. Below is the twelve-month rhythm we program when we install a drip system, with peak-heat months shaded and freeze-watch months flagged. Adjust for plant age and exposure — but the shape is right.
Peak heat · Jun–Sep
Two-day cycle, 60-minute run.
Pre-dawn run before sun hits the emitters. Monsoon storms in July–Aug can force a manual skip if a yard already pooled.
Shoulder · Apr–May / Oct–Nov
The planting and reseed window.
Anything you put in the ground in April or October roots without fighting the heat. Drip dialed to 30–50 minutes every 3–5 days.
Cool · Dec–Mar
Freeze-watch nights, weekly run.
Wrap young palms and tender natives if a cold snap is forecast. Drip goes to a 20-minute, weekly run — and we check valve boxes after the first freeze.
Call (602) 471-5258 and we'll program your timer the day we install. If the city changes restrictions, we'll come back and re-tune at no charge for clients on the books.
Honest pricing
Starts at$3,400/paver patio
A standard 220 sq ft paver patio with compacted base, bedding sand, and polymeric joints starts at $3,400. Final number depends on access, slope, pattern (running-bond is cheaper than herringbone), and whether old slab has to come out.
Block walls, sod, turf and drip irrigation quoted separately. Free walkthroughs anywhere from Tonopah to Surprise.
Call (602) 471-5258Questions — Martinez Landscaping & More
Plain answers about turf, pavers, and the work in between.
Yes — that's our daily route. Tonopah is the home base, Buckeye and Goodyear are on the way to most jobs, and Sun Valley Pkwy takes us up to Tartesso, Waddell, and Surprise. We don't add a fuel surcharge for being out here.
Call us — Francisco answers
— Martinez Landscaping & More
If we're on a pour we'll call back same day. Tonopah, AZ — Sonoran exurb landscaping since 2018.
or send a quick email — martinezlandscaping82@gmail.com