Large back lawn freshly mowed in straight light and dark stripes
Champaign County · Douglas County · Illinois

Lawn Care Service in Champaign & Douglas Counties, IL

Mowing, cleanups, landscaping and hardscaping in season. Snow removal and holiday lighting in winter. For homes across Champaign and Douglas counties.

  • Open 24 hours, Mon–Sat
  • Champaign & Douglas Counties
A back lawn mowed by the crew

Year-round service

Mowing and landscaping in season, snow removal and holiday lights in winter.

Two counties

Yards across Champaign County and Douglas County.

Quoted per yard

Call or text with the address. Every quote fits the yard.

Open 24/6

24 hours a day, Monday to Saturday. Closed Sunday.

Our main services

Russel's Mowing and Services works on residential yards across Champaign and Douglas counties. The job photos on this site are from real jobs.

Freshly mowed back lawn with even light and dark stripes

Lawn Mowing

Mowing and trimming on a regular schedule, with clippings kept off drives and walks. Stripes like these come from mowing in straight, alternating passes.

Lawn Mowing details
Freshly mulched bed with young shrubs along a wooden picket fence, with a mowed lawn in front

Landscaping

Flower beds, shrub arrangements, planting and fresh mulch, like this bed of young shrubs along a picket fence.

Landscaping details
Gray gravel bed with boulders and potted yellow mums, held in by a curved row of stone edging

Hardscaping

Patios, walkways, retaining walls and rock beds. This front bed has a curved border of stone edging and boulders set in the gravel.

Hardscaping details

More yard services

Smaller jobs, booked on their own or added to a regular mowing visit.

Spring Cleanup
Fall Cleanup
Gutter Cleaning
Mulch Installation
Small Tree Trimming
Brush Removal
Planting
Fertilizer Application
Grass Seeding

See every service

Winter services

When the mowing season ends, the work keeps going. Snow removal and holiday lighting are two of the biggest jobs of the year.

Illustration of a cleared driveway and walkway in front of a snow-covered houseIllustration

Snow Removal

Snow removal is one of the biggest parts of the winter work. Driveways, walkways and steps cleared across Champaign and Douglas counties, with the business open 24 hours Monday to Saturday.

  • Driveways, walkways and steps
  • Homes across both counties
  • Open 24 hours, Monday to Saturday
Illustration of a crew member on a ladder clipping warm white holiday bulbs along the roofline of a house at dusk, with lit shrubs belowIllustration

Holiday Lighting

Leave the ladder in the garage this year. The crew clips lights along the gutters and peaks, frames the windows and wraps the shrubs and trees, so the house is lit for the season without you climbing an icy roofline.

  • Rooflines, gutters and peaks
  • Windows, porches, shrubs and trees
  • Call or text to plan the display
How it works

From first call to finished yard

  1. 1

    Call or text

    Call or text (217) 729-1112, or send the quote form with your address and what you need.

  2. 2

    Get a quote

    Talk through the property and the work, and get a quote for the job.

  3. 3

    The work gets done

    The crew handles mowing on a schedule, one-off jobs like a cleanup or rock bed, and snow removal in winter.

The owner and the crew

Owned by Russel Surtees

“I love transforming ordinary spaces into beautiful, inviting areas—whether it's a backyard perfect for gatherings or a front lawn that turns heads.”

Russel Surtees

Russel owns the business. His crew handles the mowing and the yard work, working from the truck, trailer and commercial mowers in the photo.

About Russel
Russel with the pickup, trailer and commercial mowers the crew works from
The truck, trailer and mowers
Inside a rock bed job

How a stone-edged rock bed goes in

Three stages from the crew's rock bed work, from setting the edge to the finished bed.

  1. Close-up of a stone edging block set on a sand base, lined up to a pink string line along the lawn1

    Set the edge

    Edging stones go down on a sand base, lined up to a string line so the border runs straight and level.

  2. Row of stone edging beside a striped lawn, with landscape fabric laid down and gravel being spread2

    Fabric and gravel

    Landscape fabric goes down behind the edging to hold back weeds, then the gravel is spread over it.

  3. Finished gray gravel bed across the front of a house, with boulders and a curved stone edging border3

    The finished bed

    Boulders set in, the gravel raked level and a clean curved border between the bed and the lawn.

Hardscaping details

Through the year

What a Central Illinois yard needs, season by season

Spring

  • Spring cleanup
  • First mows
  • Mulch & planting

Summer

  • Regular mowing
  • Trimming
  • Hardscaping projects

Fall

  • Grass seeding
  • Leaf & fall cleanup
  • Holiday lights go up

Winter

  • Snow removal
  • Holiday lighting
  • Plan next season

The full lawn care calendar

Recent work

Photos from recent jobs

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Areas we serve

Champaign and Douglas Counties

The crew mows and cares for yards across both counties, and clears snow there in winter. If your address is in either one, call or text to check it's on the route.

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Illustration, not to scale.

Russel's Mowing and Services

Russel's Mowing and ServicesVilla Grove, IL 61956
(217) 729-1112
russelmows@gmail.com

Hours

  • Monday – SaturdayOpen 24 hours
  • SundayClosed
Ready when you are

Call or text for a quote

Share the address and what you need. Mowing, cleanups, landscaping, hardscaping, snow removal and holiday lighting across Champaign and Douglas counties.

  • Open 24 hours, Monday to Saturday
  • Champaign and Douglas counties
  • Every yard quoted on its own
Illustration of a house with a striped lawn, a stone-edged rock bed, a shade tree, a mower and a Russel's Mowing yard signRussel's Mowing217-729-1112