Garden Soon provides seasonal yard cleanup in Leetsdale, Allegheny County — $175–$400 / $200–$500 for most residential properties. Mix of older riverfront properties and hillside residential 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 Leetsdale specifically: mix of older riverfront properties and hillside residential lots. Some properties near the Ohio River waterfront have estate character with substantial grounds. The hillside streets have more modest older homes on irregular terrain. Mature tree canopy on many properties creates shade management as the primary ongoing lawn challenge.
A standard cleanup includes leaf removal from turf and beds, stick and branch pickup, bed cleanup (removing dead stems and debris), bed edging with a blade or stick edger, and blowdown of hard surfaces like driveways and walkways. Haul-away is included when a trailer is needed. What's not included: mowing, fertilizing, mulch installation, or gutter cleaning. Those are separate services we can quote if needed.
Before: It's early November. The lawn hasn't been visible for two weeks. Leaves are layered three to four inches deep across the turf, heavier along the fence lines where wind has piled them. The beds are buried. The edges between lawn and bed have disappeared under the mat. Twigs and small branches are mixed in from the last windstorm. The property looks abandoned even though it isn't.
During: We move through it systematically — blow, rake, load, edge. The turf comes back into view in sections. Beds get cleared down to soil. The edger cuts a clean line along every bed border. Heavy material goes into the trailer in loads.
After: The lawn is visible and breathing again. Turf that was smothered can now get light and air through late fall. The beds are clean, the edges are defined, and the property has that looked-after appearance that's hard to fake. Going into winter with the lawn uncovered means the grass crowns are in better condition, and come spring, the turf breaks dormancy without a mat of rotting leaf material sitting on top of 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 Leetsdale and throughout our service area. Call (724) 201-9484 or use the contact form to confirm your address and schedule.
The borough climbs steeply from the Ohio River waterfront up to the hillside residential streets. Properties on the hillside have significant grade changes, and some require walk-behind equipment on steeper pitches. River-level properties are flat but can have access constraints near the riverbank. We adjust our equipment and approach based on what's actually there.
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.
Yes, and for fall cleanup this is often the right call. Waiting for every tree to drop before scheduling means you're often waiting until late November, which can push into cold, wet conditions that make the job harder and the scheduling tighter. We'd rather clean up the main volume from maples and sycamores in late October and come back for a second pass after the oaks let go than try to do one perfect cleanup that never comes because there are always a few leaves still holding on.
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 Leetsdale — 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 Leetsdale, PA and surrounding areas.