The compensation for difficult ground is that a well-built landscape here looks better than anywhere in Ohio — terraces, stone and mature hardwoods do work that no flat lot can match.
Where we work from: our shop is at 7980 OH-249, Hicksville, OH. Rendville sits outside our home counties — call and we will confirm scheduling before you commit to anything.
Soil and drainage in Rendville
Thin soil over sandstone and shale changes the order of work completely. Level ground has to be built rather than found, which means retaining structures come before planting on most properties here. Anything cut into a hillside needs drain tile and clean angular stone behind it with a positive outlet, because water moving through shale is what walks a wall forward long before the block itself gives up.
Anything cut into a hillside needs drain tile and clean angular stone behind it with a positive outlet. Water moving through shale is what walks a wall forward, and no amount of block quality substitutes for somewhere for that water to go.
What Rendville properties need most
Older village housing stock has usually had decades for soil to settle toward the foundation, reversing the slope the original builder set. That is the most common cause of the damp basements we get called about. Correcting the grade so the ground falls roughly six inches within ten feet of the house, and burying the downspouts in solid pipe, is inexpensive relative to what it prevents.
Timing does more work than technique in this climate. Hardscape wants dry ground that will compact, planting wants early fall, seeding wants mid-August through late September, and pruning follows each plant's bloom cycle rather than whichever Saturday is free.
Winter in Rendville
Walks and entries deserve their own line item even on a residential drive agreement. They are where people actually fall, and they are the surfaces a plow truck cannot reach.
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 Rendville properties call us for
These are the services this ground actually needs, ordered by what the soil and terrain in Perry 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.
- Tree & Shrub TrimmingPruned at the right time of year, to the right cut — so plants stay in scale instead of getting sheared into boxes.
- Mulching & Landscape Bed MaintenanceCrisp cut edges, correct mulch depth, and beds that stay clean instead of needing a rescue every July.
- Paver Patios & HardscapingPatios and walkways set on eight inches of compacted base — the reason ours are still flat after ten Ohio winters.
- Lawn Mowing & Property MaintenanceWeekly mowing, trimming and edging on a schedule you can set your watch by — residential and commercial.
Why Rendville property owners choose us
We know Perry County ground
Perry County sits in the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, where thin acidic soil over sandstone and shale, with disturbed and compacted fill on reclaimed sites. 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 Perry 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
Rendville sits in Perry County. We cover these neighbouring communities too:
