The ground is flat lake plain — familiar territory for us, and the same soil we work at home.
Getting here: South on OH-49 and US-127, about 45 minutes.
Established neighborhoods, aging landscapes
Van Wert's older residential streets have landscapes installed decades ago and pruned into submission ever since. Foundation shrubs that were meant to stay three feet are now six-foot masses shoving mulch against the siding. Renovation here is honest triage: yew, boxwood, lilac, forsythia, spirea, privet and viburnum tolerate hard cutback and can be brought back; junipers and most conifers cannot, because they will not push new growth from bare old wood. We walk the beds and tell you which category each plant is in rather than pruning everything and hoping.
Flat ground and foundation grading
Older homes here have had eighty years 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. The ground within ten feet of a foundation should fall roughly six inches; on many Van Wert properties it now falls toward the house. Correcting that grade and burying the downspouts in solid pipe is inexpensive relative to what it prevents, and it is where we start before quoting anything larger.
Commercial grounds along the highway corridors
The US-30 and US-127 corridors carry commercial and light industrial properties that need consistent grounds presentation and dependable winter service. We run those on written annual agreements — defined visit scope, single point of contact, and time-stamped documentation of snow clearing and de-icing material. Consistency is the entire product on commercial work.
What Van Wert properties call us for
These are the services this ground actually needs, ordered by what the soil and terrain in Van Wert County demand rather than by what is easiest to sell.
- Landscape Design & InstallationA drawn plan before a shovel moves — so the beds, grades and plant choices still make sense in year ten.
- Tree & Shrub TrimmingPruned at the right time of year, to the right cut — so plants stay in scale instead of getting sheared into boxes.
- Drainage Solutions & Yard GradingFrench drains, swales and regrading that move water away from your foundation before it costs you a basement.
- Paver Patios & HardscapingPatios and walkways set on eight inches of compacted base — the reason ours are still flat after ten Ohio winters.
- Commercial Landscaping & Grounds MaintenanceOne contractor for grounds and snow, with documented service and a contact who answers the phone.
- Snow Removal & Ice ManagementPlowing, shoveling and salting on a trigger you set — residential drives and commercial lots, all winter.
Areas we cover in Van Wert
We work throughout Van Wert and the surrounding Van Wert County townships, including properties near downtown Van Wert, the US-30 and US-127 corridors and the Van Wert County courthouse. Zip codes served: 45891.
Why Van Wert property owners choose us
This is our home ground
Van Wert sits inside the counties we work every week from Hicksville. That shows up most in winter, when distance decides whose driveway gets cleared first.
We fix the water before anything else
Every dollar spent on plants or hardscape sitting on ground that stays wet gets spent twice. On Van Wert 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
Van Wert sits in Van Wert County. We cover these neighbouring communities too:
