Seasonal Cleanups | Dartmouth, NS

It can be easy to overlook seasonal cleanups or dismiss them as unimportant. Keeping up with these tasks actually has many benefits for your yard, however. Here are just a few of them:

Improve Your Yard’s Appearance

Spring and fall cleanups are one of the best ways to keep your outdoor space looking neat and tidy. While there is nothing wrong with allowing fallen leaves to decompose and feed your grass, this process isn’t incredibly attractive (some neighborhoods even prohibit it!). Weeds in your garden beds greatly detract from the beauty of your flowers, and dead limbs offset the joy brought by new growth in your shrubs. By cleaning up these types of things twice a year, you keep your entire outdoor space looking its best.

Maintain Your Plants’ Health

Removing leaves and other debris from your yard keeps them from stifling your plants. The cleaner your planting spaces, the more airflow and sunlight your plants will get. Removing dead organic material also helps to prevent disease from spreading to your living plants and discourages pests from taking up residence near them. Keeping weeds under control ensures that no invasive species take over your yard, and pruning trees and shrubs makes room for new growth. Just like you are happier and healthier in a clean home, your plants will be happier and healthier in a clean yard!



Looking for more ways to maintain your landscape's health all year long? Check out this blog post!

Support the Local Environment

One of the best ways you can do your part to take care of our ecosystem is by keeping your own small part of it clean and well-maintained. When done properly, fall cleanups not only benefit your yard - they also provide valuable organic material for composting, which gives the next spring’s new growth the fertilizer it needs to thrive. A debris-free yard also reduces erosion and improves water retention by making it easy for water to soak into your soil. When you clean up your garden in the fall, you not only set yourself up for success in the spring - you help our entire community start the growing season right!