Garden Soon provides seasonal yard cleanup in Clinton, Beaver County — $175–$400 / $200–$500 for most residential properties. Rural residential character predominates — older farmhouses, newer rural builds, and some mid-century ranch-style homes on generous lots. Property character like that shapes what a real seasonal cleanup involves and what it will cost.
It usually starts with embarrassment. You meant to get to the leaves in October, then November hit and it rained every weekend, and now it's February and there's a foot of matted brown leaves packed against your fence and smothering what used to be a decent lawn. Or you just bought the house and didn't realize that the three oaks in the backyard would drop a volume of leaves that genuinely takes a full day to manage. The older neighborhoods in western PA — Beaver, New Brighton, Sewickley, Cranberry — have mature tree canopies that can make fall leaf management feel like a second job. We hear from homeowners every spring who didn't know the leaves were still doing damage in March. They figured the lawn would bounce back. Sometimes it does. Sometimes there are dead patches under where the mat sat all winter, and the lawn needs real recovery work. A late fall or early spring call to us is almost always cheaper than what happens when the cleanup doesn't get done.
For Clinton specifically: rural residential character predominates — older farmhouses, newer rural builds, and some mid-century ranch-style homes on generous lots. Properties here typically have more open exposure than wooded suburban lots, but larger square footage to maintain.
Spring cleanups emphasize debris removal from winter — matted leaves, dead annual stalks, ornamental grass cutback, and bed edging to redefine borders after the freeze-thaw season. Fall cleanups are primarily about leaf volume management — bagging or mulch-mowing turf leaves, clearing beds, cutting back spent perennials, and edging. Spring cleanup is about uncovering the lawn. Fall cleanup is about protecting it going into winter.
Spring cleanup sequence: We walk the property first to assess debris load and note any areas where matting is severe. Then we blow out all beds, window wells, and corners where leaves have packed in over winter. We pull dead annual stalks and cut back ornamental grasses. We run a blade edger along all bed borders. Sticks and branch debris go into the trailer. Remaining leaf material is either mulch-mowed or bagged depending on volume. Final blowdown of hard surfaces and we're done.
Fall cleanup sequence: We start with a blower pass to move leaves off beds and turf edges to the center of open lawn areas. If the leaf layer is thin — under an inch or so — we mulch-mow it into the turf. If it's heavier, we bag it or load the trailer directly. Beds get raked out, spent perennial stems get cut back, and we run the edger along bed lines. Final pass with blowers to clean driveways and walkways. Leaf bags are left at the curb for municipal pickup or hauled if the customer needs it.
Spring cleanup starts at $175 for a smaller lot with modest debris and goes to $400 or more for larger properties with heavy winter accumulation, lots of ornamental beds, or significant stick debris from storms. Fall cleanup for a single visit runs $200–$500 depending on lot size and leaf volume — a yard with three mature oaks in a river valley neighborhood costs more than a newer subdivision lot with young trees. Haul-away is included in the price when we need the trailer; customers on streets with municipal leaf pickup don't need it and that keeps costs down. Two-visit fall cleanups — one after the main drop, one after the oaks finish — run $350–$700 for the pair depending on property size. Bed edging as a standalone service is $85–$175 depending on linear footage. Heavy leaf accumulation on a large wooded lot can push fall cleanup above $500 — we'll tell you the range before we start.
Yes — Garden Soon provides yard cleanup in Clinton and throughout our service area. Call (724) 201-9484 or use the contact form to confirm your address and schedule.
Rolling rural-to-suburban terrain. Larger lot sizes are common, and properties often have irregular boundary shapes abutting agricultural or unmaintained land. Equipment access on longer driveways and rural road frontages requires attention to staging logistics. We adjust our equipment and approach based on what's actually there.
Yes, and it's more important, not less, if the fall cleanup didn't happen. Leaves that sat on the lawn all winter form a mat that can smother turf and create dead patches that need recovery work in spring. Spring cleanup in that situation often involves more debris, heavier matting, and more ground-level work to uncover the lawn. We'll assess the damage when we arrive and let you know if there are any areas that look like they'll need extra attention beyond the cleanup itself.
A heavy leaf mat on the lawn over winter smothers the grass underneath — blocking light, trapping moisture, and creating conditions where turf crowns die off. When the mat finally comes off in spring, the lawn often has thin or dead patches where the coverage was thickest, typically along fence lines, under tree canopies, and in low areas where leaves collect. Those patches are then vulnerable to weed and crabgrass pressure when the growing season starts. In western PA where oak leaves persist late and can pile deep, this isn't a theoretical problem — we see the damage every spring.
We mulch-mow when the leaf layer is thin enough to do it properly — a light covering that a mower can grind fine and return to the soil is actually good for lawn health. When the accumulation is heavier — an inch or more of wet, matted leaves — mulch-mowing doesn't work. The material clumps, smothers in place, and does the same damage as leaving the leaves on. We assess the volume when we arrive and make the call based on what's actually there, not a one-size approach.
A cleanup resets how a yard looks, but the underlying turf condition going into winter — or coming out of it — depends on what happened in the soil all season. Compacted clay, missed grub control, and unaddressed pH issues show up in spring as thin patches and slow green-up that seasonal cleanup can't fix. A lawn care program addresses those causes across the growing season, so the next cleanup starts with turf that's actually in good shape to begin with.
We offer the following additional services in Clinton — most customers who do seasonal cleanup eventually add one or more of these:
Year-round turf health — fertilization, weed control, grub prevention, and winterizer timed to the western PA growing season.
Weekly or biweekly mowing with edge trimming and blowdown. We cut at the right height for cool-season turf and adjust for growth rate.
One-time reclamation for neglected or jungle properties. We bring equipment rated for heavy material and haul everything out.
Family- and pet-safe perimeter spray applied around the home exterior — foundation band, entry points, and window frames.
Vegetable garden design, site assessment, planting plans, and seasonal coaching.
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