Xeriscape design
Native and adapted layouts — agave, ocotillo, mesquite, desert willow — sized for our 8-inch rain year and built around real grade work.
Las Cruces, NM — Mesilla Valley
Yards built for the high desert.
Xeriscape, drip irrigation, rock and sod across the Mesilla Valley. The Saiz family — three generations on the same crew — since 1990.
G&A Landscaping & Yardwork
G&A Landscaping & Yardwork
G&A Landscaping & Yardwork
About G&A
Thirty-six years on Mesilla Valley dirt.
Joe Saiz Sr. started G&A in 1990 with a truck, a shovel, and a small route on the north side of Las Cruces. His son Joe Jr. — the one who answers the phone today — grew up on those jobs, and the next Saiz on the crew is already learning the trade.
We've never been a transplant operation running a coastal playbook in the Chihuahuan Desert. Native and adapted plants, drip emitters sized for July, decomposed granite that holds when it rains in August, and irrigation that survives a hard freeze in February. That's the work we do, and it's the work we've been doing for thirty-six years.
License #31887 with the New Mexico Construction Industries Division. Trabajo bien hecho desde 1989 — work done well, the way you'd want it done at your own house.
If a yard can't take 105° in June and a hard freeze in January, it doesn't belong in the Mesilla Valley.
— Joe Saiz Jr., owner
What we do — Las Cruces
The work, plainly.
Five things, done well, in the climate they have to live in.
Drip irrigation
Pressure-regulated drip systems sized to each plant. Quiet timers, freeze-protected manifolds, and parts you can actually find at the local supply house.
Rock & sod landscaping
Decomposed granite, river rock, gravel mulch — and where you want green, we install fescue or buffalograss the right way, with prepped soil and edging that holds.
Decomposed granite installs
DG paths, patios, and driveways — properly compacted so the monsoon doesn't carry them off and the wind doesn't take the top quarter-inch.
Ongoing maintenance
Monthly or seasonal yard care for clients we've already built — trimming, drip checks, pre-emergent, freeze prep. We keep the install looking like the install.
1990 → today
Three generations, one crew.
Same family, same name on the truck, three Saizes deep in landscape work.
1990
Joe Saiz Sr.
Started G&A with a truck and a north-side route.
First jobs were drip lines and rock yards on the new MacArthur Rd subdivisions, when xeriscape was still a niche idea in southern New Mexico.
Mid-2000s
Joe Saiz Jr.
Grew up on the crew, took over running the work.
By the time the second decade rolled around, Joe Jr. was running estimates and crews. He's the one who answers the phone today.
Today
Next Saiz
The third generation is already on jobs.
Same name on the truck, same trade, learned from the people who know it best. Thirty-six years and counting.
Trabajo bien hecho desde 1989 — work done well, the way you'd want it done at your own house.
How it works
What working with us looks like.
- 01
A phone call
Tell us the address and what you're looking at. Five minutes is enough to start. Hablamos español — pregunte por Joe.
- 02
Walk the property
We come out, look at sun exposure, soil, drainage, and what the previous owner left behind. Free.
- 03
Written estimate
Clear number, broken out line by line. License # on the paperwork. No surprise add-ons later.
- 04
Scheduled work
We book a window with you. Most installs land in 2–3 weeks; maintenance starts the next billing cycle.
- 05
Walk it together
When the work's done we walk it with you. Drip system tested, plants watered in, hardscape swept down.
That’s it. No portals, no logins — a phone call or an email is all it takes.
License & accountability
A real state license on every job.
Most landscape work in southern New Mexico happens without a license. We've held New Mexico CID License #31887 since the early years of the company — it goes on every estimate and every invoice.
What that means for you: bonded and insured, scope-of-work governed by the state, and a paper trail you can verify with a phone call to CID. If we ever walk off a job — we won't, but if — you have a board to call.
Verify directly at search.rld.nm.gov.
Construction Industries Division
Contractor License — Active
- License No.
- #31887
- Status
- Active & in good standing
- Issuer
- New Mexico Construction Industries Division (CID)
- Classification
- Lawn Sprinklers / Landscape Contracting
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Operating since
- 1990
This information is presented as the operator's record. Confirm current status through the New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department.
Recent work — Mesilla Valley
A few jobs we're proud of.
North Las Cruces — DG path with native border 
Picacho Hills — full xeriscape conversion 
Doña Ana — agave + DG accent bed 
Mesilla — succulent feature bed 
Sonoma Ranch — drought-tolerant install 
Mesilla Park — irrigation tune-up
Bienvenidos · Welcome
Hablamos español. Pregunten por Joe.
We speak Spanish. Ask for Joe.
Treinta y seis años trabajando en el Valle de Mesilla. Familia Saiz, tres generaciones — desde Hatch hasta Anthony. Estimados gratis, licencia del estado, trabajo bien hecho.
Thirty-six years working the Mesilla Valley. Saiz family, three generations — from Hatch down to Anthony. Free estimates, state-licensed, work done right.
(575) 805-7636
Llame directo. Joe contesta. — Call direct. Joe answers.
What we hear from clients
Quiet pride, long roots.
- Direct
Joe came out the same week, walked the whole yard, and the estimate was on paper two days later. We've used G&A for the irrigation tune-up every spring since.
- Direct
Pulled out the dead front lawn, regraded for the monsoon, and put in DG with desert willows and agave. Two summers in and nothing's moved.
- Direct
We needed the drip system rebuilt after a hard freeze took out three manifolds. Joe ordered the parts, was back the next week, and tested every emitter before he left.
- Direct
Llamé a Joe por un trabajo en la casa de mi mamá en Mesilla. Estimado claro, trabajo limpio, y cobró lo que dijo. Ya lleva años cuidando el jardín.
Questions — G&A Landscaping
Plain answers, no runaround.
Yes — New Mexico CID License #31887, current through January 2029. Insurance certificates available on request before any work starts.
Call us — Joe answers
— G&A Landscaping & Yardwork
If we're on a job, we'll call back the same day. Las Cruces, NM. Hablamos español.