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Lawn Care and Landscaping Work Around Villa Grove

Photos from real jobs: rock beds, stone edging, mulch, mowing and more. No stock photos.

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

Front rock bed

A gravel bed across the front of a house, with boulders set in and a curved border of stone edging along the lawn.

Hardscaping
Curved row of granite edging stones holding in a gray gravel bed with boulders and potted yellow mums

Curved stone edging

The same style of bed up close: granite edging stones set in a curve, with boulders and fall mums.

Hardscaping
Gravel bed with boulders and potted yellow and orange mums beside a concrete front step

Rock bed by the front step

Gravel run right up to the porch slab, with boulders and potted mums for fall.

Landscaping
Close-up of a stone edging block set on a sand base, lined up to a pink string line beside the lawn

Setting the edge

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

Hardscaping
Row of stone edging beside a striped lawn, with landscape fabric laid down and gravel being spread

Fabric and gravel going in

Landscape fabric down behind the new edging, with gravel spread over it. The lawn beside it is freshly striped.

Hardscaping
Narrow gravel bed between a sidewalk and house siding, with stepping rocks and a downspout extension

Rock bed along a walkway

A narrow strip between the sidewalk and the house, filled with gravel and set with rocks.

Hardscaping
White downspout draining onto a splash block in a dark gravel bed along the side of a house

Gravel under the downspout

Gravel along the side of the house, with the downspout draining onto a splash block.

Gutter cleaning
Close-up of fresh dark angular gravel in a bed along a wall

Fresh gravel

A close look at the dark angular gravel used in these beds.

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

Mulched shrub bed

Young shrubs in a fresh mulch bed along a picket fence, with the lawn mowed up to a clean edge.

Mulch installation
Russel's Mowing and Services yard sign with the phone number 217-729-1112 on a front lawn

Russel’s yard sign

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Large back lawn freshly mowed in straight alternating stripes, with mature trees in the background

Striped mowing

A spring mow on a large back lawn. The stripes come from mowing in straight, alternating passes.

Lawn mowing
Fresh dark brown mulch ring around a tree trunk with hostas, and a trailer and truck behind

Mulch ring with hostas

Fresh mulch spread around a tree and a bed of hostas, with a clean edge against the lawn.

Mulch installation
Dark gravel bed along tan siding with granite edging stones, a concrete birdbath and a boulder

Rock bed with stone edging

A gravel bed along the house, edged with stone, with a birdbath and boulder set in.

Hardscaping
New wood deck with wooden posts and black metal balusters beside a white house

Deck project

A wood deck with black metal balusters, from the business’s project photos.

Russel Surtees standing between a red commercial mower and a John Deere Z515E zero-turn, with the pickup and trailer

The equipment

The truck, trailer, John Deere zero-turn, second commercial mower, trimmer and blower the crew works from, with owner Russel Surtees.

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