The Team

Family ownership,
hands-on management.

Smith Landscape Services has been family-owned since the day it was founded. The owners are still on most major job walks. The phone gets answered. The decisions get made by the same people whose names are on the door.

Ownership Family-owned since 1999
Leadership Frank K. Smith
Headquarters 13790 49th Street N, Clearwater, FL
Tenure 27 years of continuous operation
Fort Harrison courtyard landscape installation in downtown Clearwater — work delivered by the Smith Landscape Services team
Leadership

Leadership,
hands-on.

Frank founded Smith Landscape Services in 1999 and still runs the field side. Sharon oversees business operations — bidding, contracts, and client coordination. Both are active in day-to-day work.

Frank K. Smith, President and Founder of Smith Landscape Services
President & Founder

Frank K. Smith

Founded Smith Landscape Services on March 5, 1999 to do commercial landscape work the way he thought it should be done — with the same crew on the bid as on the job, the same accountability from estimate to turnover, and the same number to call when something needs attention. Twenty-seven years in, Frank is still on most major job walks and still the primary relationship for the company's general-contractor and developer clients.

He's the reason GCs keep his number — and the reason he answers it.

Licenses & Certifications
  • FCLC #53  Florida Certified Landscape Contractor
  • FCHP #HC0-4701  Florida Certified Horticulture Professional
  • PCCLB #C-10149  Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board
  • MOT Certified  Maintenance of Traffic
Sharon Palomino, Vice President of Smith Landscape Services
Vice President

Sharon Palomino

Vice President. Sharon runs the business side of the company — bidding, scheduling, contracts, AIA paperwork, and the day-to-day client communication that keeps projects on track. If a Smith bid is in your inbox, Sharon put it there. If a payment application needs revising, Sharon is your contact.

She's the operational backbone that lets Frank stay in the field.

Operations Team

The managers
running the work.

The day-to-day operations of every Smith project run through these four people. Together they cover landscape construction, maintenance, estimating, and office operations.

Landscape Manager

Robert See

Runs landscape construction operations and coordinates crew assignments across active install jobs.

Maintenance Manager

Brett Rittenhouse

Oversees recurring maintenance contracts and post-install care for installed properties.

Estimator & Sales

Greg Petta

Quantity takeoffs, material pricing, and bid preparation. First point of contact for GCs submitting plans.

Office Manager · Notary

Ashley Gunter

Office operations, AIA processing, and document support. Notary services for project paperwork.

The crew.

Behind every Smith project is a field crew of landscape installers, irrigation technicians, equipment operators, and project leads. They're Smith employees, not labor brokers' crews. They work on Smith equipment. They answer to Smith leadership.

That structure is what makes the rest of the business work. If the crew on your jobsite is unfamiliar to the office, the schedule gets vague, the punch list grows, and someone has to find a new sub. We don't have that problem — same people, same standards, same accountability across the full project lifecycle.

On a typical commercial install, you'll see Smith's own trucks, Smith's own skid steers, Smith's own grade lasers and tree spades. The plant material comes from the same growers we've worked with for years. The irrigation product is brand-consistent across our jobs. None of that is outsourced.

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Talk to the
people doing the work.

Send us your project. The same people you talk to on the bid are the same people running the install — no sales layer, no handoff to someone you've never met.

Request a Quote →
  • 01
    Call Frank directly (727) 440-6565 — that's the line that goes to the people in charge.
  • 02
    Send paperwork through the form Bids, COIs, W-9, AIA — our contact form routes straight to the office.
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    Or send a quote request Our form goes straight to the office — and we respond within two business days.