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Schmalz Custom Landscaping, Inc. in Appleton, WI
Schmalz Custom Landscaping is an Appleton landscape design and outdoor-living company with roots dating to 1949. Its multi-generation local history, full-service landscaping operation, garden center, lawn-care capabilities, and expanded pool services give the company an unusually broad and well-documented Fox Valley footprint in Most Experienced Contractors (MEC) research.
77 years in business4.5 stars112 reviews
At a glance
- Founded
- 1949
- Best suited for
- Homeowners seeking an established Fox Valley company for larger landscape-design, outdoor-living, hardscape, planting, lawn-care, or pool projects under one organization.
- Research last reviewed
- August 12, 2026
Why Schmalz Custom Landscaping, Inc. is listed
Schmalz made the MEC list because it combines one of the longest documented landscaping histories in the Fox Valley with a broad current service operation. The company traces its start to 1949 and remains family owned and operated, while its present-day offerings span landscape design and installation, lawn care, a garden center, outdoor living work, and pool design, construction, and maintenance.
Company history
Schmalz says Kenneth R. Schmalz started the company in 1949 as primarily a land-surveying and landscaping business. His son Luke and Luke’s wife Donna took over in 1985, and later generations continued the family operation. The modern company serves the Fox Valley from Appleton with landscape design and installation, hardscapes, plantings, lawn care, a garden center, lighting, synthetic turf, and pool-related outdoor living services.
About
Schmalz Custom Landscaping serves Appleton, the Fox Valley, and Northeast Wisconsin with full-service custom landscaping, landscape design and installation, lawn care, garden center support, and pool-related outdoor living services. The company publicly traces its history to 1949 and offers homeowner-facing project work ranging from paver patios and retaining walls to outdoor kitchens, firepits, fireplaces, plantings, lawn seeding, sod, lighting, synthetic turf, seasonal cleanup, and pool design, construction, and maintenance.
Trust Summary
- Serving the Fox Valley since 1949
- 4.5-star public rating at last check
- 112 public reviews at last check
- Full-service custom landscaping and garden center
- Residential and commercial landscape services referenced by company
What stood out
- Company history page identifies 1949 as the founding year.
- Schmalz describes itself as family owned and operated.
- The company currently offers landscaping, a garden center, lawn care, and pool design/construction/maintenance.
- Current service materials cover both residential and commercial landscape work.
- MEC recorded a 4.5-star public rating and 112 public reviews at the last research check.
Our methodology
How this contractor was evaluated
Most Experienced Contractors compares operating history, public reputation, review strength, local relevance, and category fit when researching contractor listings.
Specialties
- Landscape Design
- Landscape Installation
- Paver Patios
- Outdoor Kitchens
- Firepits & Fireplaces
- Retaining Walls
- Plantings
- Lawn Seeding & Sodding
- Low-Voltage Lighting
- Synthetic Turf
- Seasonal Cleanup
- Pool Design & Construction
- Garden Center
- Lawn Care
Service Areas
- Appleton
- Grand Chute
- Fox Valley
- Neenah
- Menasha
- Kaukauna
- Kimberly
- Little Chute
- Northeast Wisconsin
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