PGA National, Mirasol, and BallenIsles have dozens of retention lakes iguanas burrow into. Here's how we run community programs and waterfront work in the Gardens.
Palm Beach Gardens is golf-community country, and that defines the iguana problem here. PGA National, Mirasol, BallenIsles, Old Palm, Evergrene — every one of those has retention lakes, and every one of those lakes has soft banks iguanas burrow into and fairway edges they graze. The volume in the Gardens is on the lake banks, not the individual backyard.
That said, the Intracoastal on the east side and the community waterways feed iguanas into the residential streets too, so we run community programs and single-family waterfront work side by side. The ZIPs and communities we cover are at /service-areas/palm-beach-gardens.
The golf communities are the story
PGA National and Mirasol alone have dozens of retention lakes between them, and the pattern repeats across BallenIsles, Old Palm, and Evergrene: soft banks, sun-warmed and easy to dig, with fairway edges and clubhouse landscaping that iguanas graze to stubs. A community with that much shoreline is a continuous supply — clear one bank and the next one refills it.
This is club and HOA work, and it needs a managed program: map the banks, run monitored trapping, and report catches back to the club or association. The strongest case to a board isn't the lizards — it's the lake banks and shoreline the association is already obligated to maintain, which is exactly what the burrowing undermines.
- Dozens of retention-lake banks across the major golf communities.
- Fairway edges and greens damaged by grazing and burrowing.
- Clubhouse and entrance landscaping that prospective buyers see first.
The Intracoastal and the C-17 canal
East of Alternate A1A the Intracoastal seawalls and docks get the same bank-burrowing and basking pressure as the rest of the county's waterfront. The Thompson River and the C-17 canal, along with Lake Catherine and the community waterways, thread water through the residential side and give iguanas a route off the lakes and into the streets.
On the waterfront homes it's the standard sequence — clear the cap and bank, pack the burrows, guard the pilings. The canal system is why prevention along the water's edge matters as much as removal.
Protecting greens and landscaping
For a club, iguana damage to greens, fairway edges, and clubhouse beds is a presentation problem as much as a maintenance one. We combine removal with prevention — bank work and plant protection — to cut the grazing and burrowing that tears up the course. Keeping it documented lets the grounds committee show members the work being done and fold it into the maintenance schedule.
How we scope Gardens work
Community and club programs are priced to the property — the shoreline, the number of lakes, and the pressure drive the number. Single-family waterfront clear-outs start at $189, and monitored programs from $99 a month. Everything stays FWC-compliant and humane, with service records and a COI for the board or club so the program reads as reserve protection, not an optional line item.
Questions we hear
Do you handle golf-community lake banks in PGA National or Mirasol?
Yes — golf-community retention lakes are the core of our Palm Beach Gardens work. We map the banks, run monitored programs, and report catches to the club or association.
Can you protect landscaping and greens from iguana damage?
We combine removal with prevention — bank work and plant protection — to cut the grazing and burrowing that tears up greens and clubhouse beds. Removal alone won't stop the damage if the banks keep refilling.
Do you cover the Intracoastal homes on the east side?
We do. The seawalls and docks east of Alternate A1A get the same bank-burrowing and basking pressure as the rest of the county's waterfront, and we handle them as single-family or community work.
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