Hill-country soil is thin and acidic, which is a genuine advantage if you plant to it — it suits a palette that struggles on the clay flats — and a constant fight if you ignore it.
Where we work from: our shop is at 7980 OH-249, Hicksville, OH. Lebanon sits outside our home counties — call and we will confirm scheduling before you commit to anything.
Soil and drainage in Lebanon
Erosion is the constant on these slopes. Bare ground on a hillside loses material with every storm, and mulch on a grade simply becomes something for the next rain to carry away. What holds is structure plus deep-rooted planting — a shaped swale or stone-lined channel that spreads concentrated flow, terraces where the grade is severe, and species whose roots reach far enough to matter.
Access dictates the budget more than material choice does on hill ground. Where a machine can reach the work, walls and drainage runs are affordable; where everything is hand-carried up a slope, the same scope becomes days of labour. We look at access before quoting and say plainly what it means.
What Lebanon Township properties need
Deer pressure on properties backing to woods decides the plant list before anything else does. Arborvitae and yew are the two most commonly planted shrubs in Ohio and the two deer strip first. Spruce, juniper, boxwood, ornamental grasses, catmint and Russian sage hold up.
We are happy to bid against an incumbent. Send the existing specification and we will price it line for line so the comparison is genuinely like for like — and if something in it is unnecessary, or missing, we will say so rather than quietly matching it.
Winter in Lebanon
A typical winter here produces more ice events than deep snow, which changes what matters in an agreement: material selection by pavement temperature, calibrated application rates, and pre-treatment ahead of forecast freezes rather than reaction afterward.
The most valuable winter preparation happens in November — leaves off the turf so it does not mat under snow and grow snow mold, evergreens watered deeply before the ground freezes, drive and walk edges staked, and drainage outlets cleared so meltwater has somewhere to go.
What Lebanon Township properties call us for
These are the services this ground actually needs, ordered by what the soil and terrain in Meigs County demand rather than by what is easiest to sell.
- Retaining Walls & TerracingEngineered walls with real drainage behind them — turning slopes you cannot mow into space you can use.
- Drainage Solutions & Yard GradingFrench drains, swales and regrading that move water away from your foundation before it costs you a basement.
- Lawn Mowing & Property MaintenanceWeekly mowing, trimming and edging on a schedule you can set your watch by — residential and commercial.
- Snow Removal & Ice ManagementPlowing, shoveling and salting on a trigger you set — residential drives and commercial lots, all winter.
- Landscape Design & InstallationA drawn plan before a shovel moves — so the beds, grades and plant choices still make sense in year ten.
- Mulching & Landscape Bed MaintenanceCrisp cut edges, correct mulch depth, and beds that stay clean instead of needing a rescue every July.
Why Lebanon property owners choose us
We know Meigs County ground
Meigs County sits in the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, where thin soil over shale that slips readily where slopes are cut for driveways and building pads. We plan around that rather than applying a template written for another part of the state.
We fix the water before anything else
Every dollar spent on plants or hardscape sitting on ground that stays wet gets spent twice. On Meigs County soil we diagnose drainage first — and often the honest answer is two downspouts rather than a system.
46 Google reviews, licensed and insured
Verbatim reviews from neighbours across the region, full coverage on every crew and machine, and financing available so a full plan can be built in one season.
One contractor for all four seasons
Landscaping April through November and snow and ice through the winter, from the same crews. The people who stake a drive in November are the people who mowed it in July.
Nearby places we also serve
Lebanon sits in Meigs County. We cover these neighbouring communities too:
