Punta Gorda • Charlotte County
Decorative Curbing in Punta Gorda, FL
On a canal lot, the most useful curb is often the one that marks where fertilizer stops. Punta Gorda has its own fertilizer ordinance, separate from the county's, that bars nitrogen and phosphorus on lawns and beds from June 1 through September 30 and keeps fertilizer back from canals and other water. Plenty of waterfront owners answer that with a poured concrete border: turf on the house side, a mulched or groundcover strip on the seawall side where the spreader never goes. Hodges forms and extrudes the curb on site, so it can follow a curved bed or swing around a palm instead of running in straight stock sections. Before pouring we walk the slope with you, because a continuous curb laid across the path rainwater takes will hold a puddle against the bed or the slab. Where runoff has to cross, we drop the profile or leave a gap so water still gets out to the swale or the canal.
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Where it comes up in Punta Gorda
Burnt Store Isles
Seminole Lakes
Bal Harbor
Plants and materials that suit it in Punta Gorda
- Perennial peanut
- Blue daze
- Liriope (lilyturf)
- Coontie
- Stamped slant-face concrete curb
- Tinted mower-edge curb
Questions
Can the curb run right up to my seawall?
We usually stop it short. Seawalls in Punta Gorda Isles and Burnt Store Isles fall under the city's canal maintenance assessment districts, and repair crews need room at the cap. A strip between the curb and the wall also makes a natural no-fertilizer zone under the city ordinance.
My yard holds water after summer storms. Will curbing make it worse?
It can if it is laid without looking at the grade. We check where water leaves your lot first, then lower the curb or leave openings at those points so a heavy afternoon rain drains through instead of pooling behind the concrete.
Does my subdivision have a say in curb color or style?
If your home is in a deed-restricted subdivision or a villa or condo association, read its rules on edging and exterior colors before choosing. Hodges can match the profile and tint to whatever those documents allow.