We handle yard cleanup in Imperial, Allegheny County — $175–$400 / $200–$500 depending on lot size, tree count, and debris volume. Suburban residential with highway corridor influence. Property character like that determines what each cleanup actually covers.
If you do cleanups in western PA long enough, you learn the tree calendar by feel. Norway maples go early — they're dropping by early October in a lot of Allegheny and Beaver County neighborhoods. Then the sycamores, which drop in stages and heavy. Maples peak in late October. Then you wait on the oaks. Red oaks and pin oaks in these river valley neighborhoods hold their leaves well into November, sometimes past Thanksgiving if it stays mild. That staggered drop is why a lot of our customers do two fall visits — one after the main drop and a second after the oaks finally let go. The Pittsburgh suburbs and river towns like Beaver Falls, Ambridge, and Ellwood City have neighborhoods where every yard has a 60-year-old oak or two. The leaf volume in those blocks is serious. On the spring side, we're usually targeting late March through mid-April in this region — before consistent soil temps climb past 50°F and before the pre-emergent window closes. Anyone who waits until May to do spring cleanup in western PA is already late.
For Imperial specifically: suburban residential with highway corridor influence. Mix of 1970s–1990s subdivisions and some newer construction. Lot sizes are moderate — most properties are workable single-equipment setups. The community has grown significantly with the Pittsburgh suburbs' westward expansion.
When we leave, the lawn is uncovered and the beds are clean. You get a property that looks like it's been properly maintained — defined edges, clear turf, no debris packed against the house or fence. Beyond the visual, the real benefit is lawn health: turf that goes into winter without a smothering leaf mat breaks dormancy better in spring, with less thin patching and fewer areas where the grass simply didn't survive.
You pull up to a property in early November and the lawn is completely buried — you can't see a blade of grass anywhere. There are oaks along the back fence line that haven't finished dropping and a thick layer of wet maple leaves from two weeks ago plastered flat across everything. This is a haul job, not a mulch-mow job. We start at the back, running blowers to push the leaves toward the center of the lawn in rows we can load from. The wet ones peel up slow. We work through the beds next — raking out the accumulated leaf pack, getting down to the soil, pulling out the dead annual stems from summer. Then the edger comes out. Running a clean edge along a bed border after a full leaf cleanup is the moment a property goes from looking worked-over to looking sharp. It's a visible line that tells the eye the yard is under control. We load the trailer, blow down the driveway, and leave it cleaner than it's probably looked since September.
Spring cleanup typically runs $175–$400 for a standard suburban lot. Fall cleanup runs $200–$500 for a single visit. What drives variation: lot size, number of mature trees, how heavy the accumulation is, and whether we need to haul debris or can leave bags for municipal pickup.
Yes — Garden Soon provides yard cleanup in Imperial and throughout our service area. Call (724) 201-9484 or use the contact form to confirm your address and schedule.
Rolling terrain with some grade changes typical of western Allegheny County. Most suburban lots are manageable with standard equipment. Properties near the highway corridors sometimes have irregular rear lot lines abutting commercial areas or transportation infrastructure. We adjust our equipment and approach based on what's actually there.
The best window is after the main leaf drop but before a hard freeze sets in — in western PA that's typically late October through mid-November for most neighborhoods. Because oaks hold their leaves later than other trees, many of our customers do two visits: one after the main drop from maples and sycamores, and a second after the oaks finish. Waiting until every leaf is down often means waiting too long, and doing it too early means you'll have a second layer come down right after.
Yes, haul-away is included when we bring the trailer — we load leaves and debris and remove them from the property. If your municipality offers leaf bag pickup at the curb, we can bag and leave them there instead, which keeps the cost a little lower since we don't need to make a dump run. We'll ask about your municipal service when you schedule so we plan the job correctly.
No, you don't need to be home for us to do the cleanup. As long as we have access to the areas we're working — back yard gate unlocked, no dogs left out — we can do the full job and send you a message when we're done. Most of our customers aren't home when we come. If there's anything specific about your property we should know, just tell us when you book.
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 Imperial — 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.
Garden Soon
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Providing Yard Cleanup in Imperial, PA and surrounding areas.