Landscape beds are the first thing anyone sees at your property. They are also the first thing to go wild. Weeds move in, mulch fades, edges blur, and shrubs outgrow their spot. 937 Ground Worx brings beds back to sharp and keeps them there, with landscaping service across Clinton, Fayette, Greene, and Highland counties.
This is the highest-impact job we do. A full bed cleanup includes cutting back dead and overgrown growth, pulling weeds by the root instead of topping them, re-cutting a clean spade edge, and installing fresh mulch. Most residential cleanups finish in a single day. The before-and-after is dramatic, and it is usually the cheapest way to make a whole house look maintained.
Spring cleanups run March through April, before growth takes off. Fall cleanups run October through November and put the beds away clean for winter, which makes spring easier. Both windows fill up fast. Get on the schedule early.
Our soil is heavy clay. Our winters swing between freeze and thaw. Plenty of plants that look great at a big-box store in May are dead by August because they were never right for this ground. We plant shrubs, perennials, ornamental grasses, and small trees that actually survive here. Think proven performers: boxwood, hydrangea, viburnum, daylily, switchgrass, serviceberry. We also space plantings for their mature size, so the bed still works in five years instead of turning into a hedge fight.
Every planting job includes soil amendment where the clay needs it, correct planting depth, and mulch. Plant it right once and it takes care of itself.
The edge is what makes a bed look professional. We cut natural spade edges, install steel edging, or build stone and paver borders depending on the look you want and the maintenance you are willing to do. A spade edge is clean and cheap but needs recutting each year. Steel lasts. Stone borders cost more up front and cross into our hardscaping work, but they are permanent and they anchor the whole landscape.
We deliver and install hardwood mulch with the beds prepped first. Prep matters. Mulch dumped on top of weeds just grows healthier weeds. Our standard is a 2 to 3 inch depth, pulled back from trunks and stems so nothing rots. And we will tell you honestly how many yards the job needs. Most homeowners over-order by about a third, and that money is better spent elsewhere in the yard.
If your mulch ends up in the yard after every hard rain, the problem is not the mulch. It is grading and edging. Water is finding a path through the bed. We fix washout at the cause: regrade the bed, redirect downspout flow, raise the edge, or switch to heavier material in the flow path. This is the kind of thing we diagnose during a free walk-through, and it is a common problem in newer builds around Jeffersonville where the builder's final grade was rough.
Every property is different, so we quote from a walk-through rather than guessing over the phone. As a rough guide, typical bed cleanups with mulch run a few hundred dollars for an average front bed and scale with size and overgrowth. Planting projects depend on plant count and size. Walk-throughs are free anywhere in our service area, from Wilmington and Blanchester to Xenia, Washington Court House, Hillsboro, and Greenfield. Call or text 937-481-8354.
Everything we cut, pull, and dig leaves with us. No brush pile at the curb, no bags for your trash day. The job is not done until the property is clean.
Spring (March to April) before growth takes off, or fall (October to November) to put beds away clean for winter. Both windows book up fast, so call ahead: 937-481-8354.
Standard depth is 2 to 3 inches. One cubic yard covers roughly 100 to 160 square feet at that depth. We measure your beds during the free estimate and quote exact yardage.
Yes. Everything we cut, pull, and dig goes with us the same day.
That is a grading and edging problem, not a mulch problem. Water is running through the bed. We fix the cause: grade, downspout flow, or edge height.
Yes. We plant for southwest Ohio clay soil and freeze-thaw winters, using proven plants spaced for their mature size.