Lawns, beds & trimming
Flowerbeds, Sod & Landscape Cleanup in Ouachita & Lincoln Parish
Beds get away from you fast in this climate. We clean them out to the dirt, treat the weeds, trim back what’s overgrown, and finish with fresh pine straw or mulch. Bare ground gets new sod. Either way, the front of your house looks looked-after again.
What flowerbed work includes
Most bed jobs are some mix of the following. You can book the whole thing or just the part you need.
Not sure what your beds need? Send a couple of photos to Jase at 318-805-8288. We’ll tell you what we’d do, roughly what it costs, and whether it’s worth doing now or waiting for the season.
Laying sod
If the ground is bare — a patch that never took, ruts from a build, somewhere a tree used to be — we lay new sod over it. It is genuinely hard work in a Louisiana summer, which is most of the reason people call rather than do it themselves.
Tell us roughly how much ground you’re covering and we’ll quote it. The same visit can take in a driveway wash and a haul-off of whatever came out of the yard.
Why beds go downhill here
Long growing season, heavy summer rain and plenty of shade mean three things happen to a north Louisiana flowerbed:
- Weeds outrun you. The season effectively runs most of the year, so a bed that was clean in April is unrecognizable by July.
- The straw or mulch disappears. It breaks down, gets stepped on, and washes toward the low side of the yard after a hard rain. Beds end up thin and patchy with bare dirt showing through.
- Shrubs swallow the house. Foundation plantings grow into the siding and over the windows, which traps moisture against the wall — and that’s exactly where mildew starts.
A cleanout plus fresh straw resets all three at once, and it’s the single cheapest thing you can do to change how a house looks from the street.
How it works
1. We look at the beds
Photos are usually enough for an estimate. For bigger jobs we’ll come by and measure so the straw or mulch quantity is right.
2. Clean out
Weeds pulled, old straw and debris removed, dead and overgrown material cut back or taken out.
3. Treat and edge
Beds get sprayed so the weeds don’t come straight back, and the bed line gets cleaned up.
4. Dress and haul off
Fresh pine straw or mulch goes down, and everything we pulled leaves with us.
Pairs well with a wash
Clean beds next to a mildewed wall look half-finished. Most customers have us wash the house, driveway and walkway in the same visit, and a lot of them add a haul-off for the limbs and junk that turn up once the beds are cleared.
Proof
Beds we’ve reworked — drag to compare
Real flowerbed jobs in Ouachita Parish. Drag across each photo to see before and after.
In their words
What customers said about the bed work
Both of these are real Facebook comments from customers in Ouachita Parish.
“Jase come to our house to clean up our flower beds, trim bushes, and wash the exterior of our house. He came early, worked through the rain, and did an excellent job!”
“Looks clean and fresh, love the pine straw addition!”
Questions
Flowerbed questions we get asked
Pine straw or mulch — which should I use?
Pine straw is the north Louisiana default for good reason: it’s cheaper to cover a large bed with, it locks together so it doesn’t float away in a hard rain or wash off a slope, and it suits the pines and azaleas most yards around here already have. Mulch gives a darker, more formal look and holds moisture better, so it tends to win on smaller front beds you see up close. We’ll tell you which we’d use on your beds and why.
When is the best time to redo my beds?
Late winter to early spring, before everything leafs out, is the easiest time — you can actually see what you’re working with, and fresh straw or mulch is in place before the weeds start. Fall is the other good window. That said, a bed full of weeds in July still looks better cleaned out than left alone.
Do you haul off what you cut and pull?
Yes. Trimmings, pulled weeds and removed plants leave with us — it’s the same truck we use for junk removal and hauling.
Can you do the beds and wash the house in the same visit?
That’s the most common way we get booked. We’ll wash the house and driveway first so the rinse-off doesn’t land on fresh straw, then clean out and re-dress the beds. One trip, one estimate.
Do you handle jobs beyond flowerbeds?
Tell us what you have in mind. Beds, trimming, planting and cleanup are our bread and butter; for anything outside that, call or text and we’ll give you a straight answer about whether it’s something we take on.
Other things we do
Get a free estimate
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Send a photo of the beds and we’ll tell you what they need and what it costs.