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What to Expect During a Seasonal Landscape Cleanup in Central Texas

As the seasons change, your landscape’s needs change too, but what does that actually look like here in Texas? How often should your beds be cleaned up? When should you cutback your plants? Unlike a one-time cleanup that makes your property shine...
Barry Marusak
Written By Barry Marusak

As the seasons change, your landscape’s needs change too, but what does that actually look like here in Texas? How often should your beds be cleaned up? When should you cutback your plants? 

Unlike a one-time cleanup that makes your property shine briefly, seasonal landscape cleanups should happen all season long. In Texas, seasonal cleanups should be a series of thoughtful, ongoing tasks that keep your plants healthy, your beds neat, and your lawn thriving. 

Let’s break down what seasonal care really involves, outline a year-round seasonal checklist, and explain why regular, professional maintenance can make all the difference for your landscape. 

Landscape maintenance crew raking landscape beds cleaning up

What Seasonal Landscape Cleanups in Central Texas Look Like

When you hear the term seasonal landscape cleanups, you might picture a single big event like cleaning up your leaves or cutting back all your plants at once. In Texas, that idea doesn’t really match how our landscapes behave or what they actually need to stay healthy. 

Since our landscapes are active year-round, plants do not all slow down at the same time, trees shed on different schedules, and growth patterns shift gradually rather than all at once. Because of that, seasonal cleanups are not something that happens just once. At Green Ackors, seasonal cleanups are an ongoing process that unfolds through every visit and every season. 

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Typical Central Texas Yard Cleanup Services to Complete

Instead of waiting for things to pile up and tackling everything at once, seasonal cleanups are built into our regular landscape maintenance plans. Beds are continually tided, debris is managed as it appears, and plants are trimmed and adjusted based on how they are responding to the season. One week might focus more on leaf drop, another on trimming back overgrowth, while another resets the areas that are starting to look tired. 

The goal of this approach for us at Green Ackors is that your property always has that wow factor. Instead of cycling between just cleaned up and overgrown and messy, it looks tidy all the time. This also helps to prevent small issues like creeping weeds, crowded plants, or excess debris from turning into bigger problems later on. 

Overall, these are some of the typical seasonal cleanup services we provide throughout the year:

  • Mulching
  • Plant trimming and pruning
  • Overseeding
  • Aeration
  • Leaf Cleanup
  • Plant cutbacks
  • Irrigation system adjustments
  • Fertilization
  • Annual planting rotations

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Your Seasonal Lawn Care Checklist and Plant Health Guide

Because landscapes here in Texas don’t follow a strict on-and-off schedule, seasonal cleanups work best when they are approached as a rhythm through the seasons rather than a rigid to-do list with deadlines. Each season brings its own priorities, and understanding what seasonal tasks should happen throughout the year helps set clear expectations for what seasonal landscape care should actually look like. 

The seasonal guide below calls out the tasks often seen as ‘cleanup’ tasks as opposed to routine maintenance performed in the summer months. 

Spring Landscape Preparation in Texas

Spring is all about refreshing the landscape after the winter months and setting the foundation for the growing season ahead. This is when seasonal flower displays are updated to bring new color into beds, mulch can be refreshed to improve appearance and moisture retention, and spring fertilizer with pre-emergent is applied to support healthy growth while helping manage weeds early. 

Plants can also be trimmed and pruned as needed at this time. 

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Fall Garden Maintenance in Texas

Fall focuses on strengthening the landscape before cooler weather arrives. Seasonal color can be changed out again to match the season, and mulch can be replenished where needed or installed if it was not done in the spring months. Tree care becomes a priority during this time, along with targeted trimming and pruning. 

Lawns may be overseeded and aerated in the fall, depending on turf type and property needs, and winterizer fertilizer with pre-emergent is applied to support root health. 

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Winter Landscape Services

Winter maintenance in Texas is quieter, but it does not stop. Tree care and plant trimming continue as needed and based on your preferences. Mowing typically shifts to a bi-weekly schedule, which also helps manage ongoing leaf drop without the need for separate cleanups. Irrigation systems are also adjusted as conditions change. 

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Partnering with Green Ackors for Year-Round Landscape Maintenance Services in Waco, TX

Texas landscapes thrive on consistency. With shifting seasons and plants that never truly pause, regular care is far more effective than trying to squeeze everything into a long weekend of DIY work. While a one-time cleanup can make a yard look great for a moment, that shine fades quickly when weeks go by without attention. 

Professional landscape care is built around steady, routine maintenance, not just occasional resets. By caring for your property week after week, small issues are addressed before they grow, seasonal tasks are handled at the right time, and your landscape stays balanced as conditions change. The result is a yard that looks polished and intentional all the time. 

At Green Ackors, we take a proactive approach to seasonal landscape care. Our team manages ongoing details that keep your property looking its best, adjusting services throughout the year to match what your landscape actually needs. From bed maintenance and plant care to mowing, irrigation adjustments, and seasonal transitions, everything is handled with consistency and care. 



Tired of feeling like your yard care is always one step behind? Get started with professional landscape maintenance that keeps your landscape looking great week after week by filling out our contact form.  

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Barry Marusak

About Barry Marusak

Barry Marusak graduated from Tarleton State University in 2011 with a background in Marketing & Landscape Management & Horticulture. He’s worked in the golf course industry as well as the landscape industry before starting his career with Green Ackors in 2019.
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