Garden Soon is available for yard cleanup in Sewickley, Allegheny County at $175–$400 / $200–$500 per service. Mix of historic Victorian-era homes on large wooded lots and newer infill construction. That's the context every cleanup here starts from.
The case for hiring this out comes down to scale and timing. In a suburban Pittsburgh yard with two or three mature oaks, you're not dealing with a manageable leaf problem — you're dealing with what can be four or five inches of wet, matted leaves by mid-November. Mulch-mowing that is not an option. Bagging it by hand takes a full day for one person, assuming the bags don't keep tearing. We come with a truck, a trailer, blowers, and a crew that does this every week across dozens of properties. We move fast because we do it constantly. The timing issue is real too. There's a narrow window in fall after peak drop but before the ground freezes where cleanup is effective. Miss it and you're doing it in the cold or leaving the mat on through winter. In spring, every week of delay between snowmelt and cleanup is another week of smothering. Lawns that don't get cleaned up on time come out of winter thin, patchy, and vulnerable to crabgrass and weeds. We've seen the before and after enough times to know that the cleanup is almost always worth it.
For Sewickley specifically: mix of historic Victorian-era homes on large wooded lots and newer infill construction. Significant mature tree cover creates shade management challenges most new property owners underestimate. Some estate-sized properties near the river with grounds that need multiple equipment setups.
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 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 Sewickley and throughout our service area. Call (724) 201-9484 or use the contact form to confirm your address and schedule.
Rolling hills with steep pitches toward the Ohio River. Many properties have tiered yards with retaining walls and grades steep enough that mowing requires a walk-behind on some sections. Street access can be tight. We adjust our equipment and approach based on what's actually there.
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.
Yes, bed cleanup and edging are included in our standard cleanup visits — they're not an add-on you have to request separately. We rake beds clear, remove spent stems, and run a blade or stick edger along all bed borders. Edging is often the single thing that makes the biggest visual difference on a property, and we do it as part of every cleanup. If you want bed edging as a standalone service without a full cleanup, we can do that too for $85–$175 depending on the linear footage.
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 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 Sewickley — 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 Sewickley, PA and surrounding areas.