Whether it's been a few months or a few years, we'll bring your landscaping back to a clean, maintained baseline you can keep up from there.
Tell us about your property and we'll follow up within one business day.
Landscape cleanup is usually where new clients start with us, especially if a property's been neglected, you just moved in, or you're getting ready to sell. It's a heavier, more thorough visit than routine maintenance: trimming overgrown shrubs, pulling weeds out of beds, edging that's been ignored, and hauling away the debris.
Most clients move to regular mowing or maintenance service afterward, but a cleanup works fine as a standalone job too, with no obligation to sign up for anything ongoing.
There is a real difference between routine maintenance and a true landscape cleanup, and understanding that difference helps set the right expectations for what a visit will involve and how long it might take. Routine maintenance assumes a baseline of upkeep already exists, meaning shrubs have been trimmed reasonably recently, beds are not overrun with weeds, and the property is not fighting months of neglect. A cleanup starts from a very different place, and the work reflects that. We are not just mowing and moving on. We are actively correcting months, sometimes years, of deferred maintenance in a single visit.
Overgrown shrubs and hedges are usually the most visually obvious problem, and they require a different approach than routine trimming. A hedge that has not been shaped in a long time often has significant dead or woody growth underneath a newer green layer, and cutting it back properly means going deeper than a quick surface trim, sometimes cutting well into old growth to reset the plant's shape for future maintenance. This is more time intensive than trimming a hedge that gets regular attention, and it is one of the main reasons a cleanup visit runs longer than a standard maintenance appointment.
Flower beds and mulch areas that go unmaintained for even a few months in our climate can become almost unrecognizable, and there is a straightforward reason for that. Florida's heat and humidity create ideal germination conditions for weed seeds nearly year round, unlike cooler climates where a dormant winter naturally suppresses weed growth for several months. Once weeds establish a root system in a bed, they compete directly with whatever ornamental plants are there for water and nutrients, and left unchecked long enough, they can genuinely choke out intentional landscaping. A thorough cleanup means pulling weeds by the root rather than just cutting the visible growth, since cutting alone leaves the root system intact and the weed simply regrows within days.
A good cleanup goes beyond just cutting back what is visibly overgrown. We look for dead or dying plants that need to be removed entirely rather than trimmed, since a dead shrub in the middle of an otherwise healthy bed will not recover no matter how it is pruned. We check for branches or debris that have accumulated from wind or storms, which is extremely common in Southwest Florida given how often we get significant rain and wind events even outside of hurricane season. We also look at edging that has completely grown over, where grass has crept several inches into what used to be a defined bed line, since restoring that edge properly sometimes means recutting the entire border rather than a quick touch-up.
We mentioned that a lot of new clients start with a cleanup, and there is a practical reason for that beyond just addressing an overgrown yard. Starting a new maintenance relationship on a property that is already a mess makes it hard to establish a clean baseline. If we start routine mowing on a lawn that already has overgrown beds and neglected edges, those problem areas do not go away, they just get slowly worked around week after week. A cleanup resets everything to a genuinely maintained state, so ongoing service from that point forward is actually keeping the property looking good rather than perpetually trying to catch up on old neglect.
A significant number of our cleanup requests come from two specific situations: homeowners preparing to list a property for sale, and new homeowners who just moved in and inherited someone else's neglected landscaping. Both situations benefit from the same thorough approach, but the priorities can differ slightly. For a property going on the market, curb appeal matters enormously since it is often the first impression a potential buyer has, so we pay particular attention to what is visible from the street and the front entry. For a new homeowner, the priority is usually establishing a clean, workable baseline they can maintain going forward, whether that means switching to our regular service or taking it over themselves.
There's no minimum. Some cleanups are light trims, others are full resets after months of neglect. Send a photo with your quote request and we'll scope it accurately.
No. Plenty of clients book a one-time cleanup with zero obligation to continue, though many do end up switching to regular maintenance once the yard's back in shape.
It depends on the property and how overgrown it is. A standard residential lot usually runs a few hours, and larger or heavily overgrown properties can take a full day.
We haul it away as part of the service. You will not be left with piles of trimmings, dead plants, or branches to bag and dispose of yourself.
Yes. Severely overgrown hedges sometimes need to be cut back into old, woody growth to properly reset their shape, which takes longer than a routine trim but gets the plant back to a maintainable state.
If a plant is dead or dying beyond recovery, we will remove it entirely rather than trim around it, since trimming will not bring a dead plant back.
Yes. A landscape cleanup is one of the most effective ways to improve curb appeal before listing a property, and we pay particular attention to what is visible from the street and front entry for these jobs.
Get a free quote today. Most requests are answered within one business day.
