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Lawn Care & Landscaping in Plymouth, MI
Redwood Property Maintenance mows, trims, mulches and landscapes yards in Plymouth, Michigan, one of the seven towns we serve. The City of Plymouth is a small city of about two square miles with older housing, a Tree City USA listing and its own grass, leaf and brush rules, and it sits inside Plymouth Township, which has different yard waste rules.
4.9Google reviews · 24Plymouth is two governments, not one. The City of Plymouth covers about two square miles, and on Census boundaries it is surrounded by Plymouth Township, a separate government of about 16 square miles. The city's median home was built in 1961, about 62 percent of its homes are single-family houses and about 69 percent are owner-occupied. Nearly half of the city's homes were built before 1960, and about three in ten date from 1939 or earlier.
Plymouth Township has newer housing: its median home dates to 1977, about 70 percent are single-family houses and about 85 percent are owner-occupied. It also borders Livonia, one of the other towns we serve. Below, each rule is marked as the city's or the township's. In either, the regular work is mowing, trimming hedges and shrubs, and keeping beds and leaves in order: lawn mowing, hedge and bush trimming and seasonal cleanups.
Plymouth's grass, leaf, brush and boxwood rules
In the City of Plymouth, the code requires owners to cut grass and weeds before they exceed eight inches on average, and the city's property maintenance rule likewise says exterior property must be kept free of weeds or plant growth over eight inches. A city notice can require the cutting to be done within 24 hours. Sidewalks are the owner's job too: the code requires snow and ice to be cleared within 24 hours after it falls or forms. Check the city's current wording.
The city's compost program runs through Priority Waste, in brown Kraft bags or cans marked for compost. The city's page gives the 2026 season as April 6 to the week of November 30, and the hauler lists December 4 as the last day. Fall bulk leaf pickup is separate: leaves go loose at the curb, with grass clippings, small branches, dirt and stumps kept out of the pile, and the city says the program runs through about the first week of December. Brush chipping is a year-round city service for limbs at least three feet long and up to six inches thick, in piles no taller than five feet, and the city's page says it is not available to tree contractors.
The city's yard waste page also carries a boxwood blight notice, updated August 15, 2025. Infected plant material is to go in sealed contractor-strength bags labeled 'Boxwood Trash' in the regular trash cart, not in yard waste. That is worth knowing for anyone with a boxwood hedge. Under the lawn, the USDA soil survey maps the city mostly as loamy sand or fine sand at the surface, with a mix of well drained and somewhat poorly drained ground and some low spots mapped as frequently flooded. The state's DNR listed both the City of Plymouth and Plymouth Township among its 2025 Tree City USA communities.
Plymouth Township runs its own program. Its 2026 yard waste collection began the week of March 30 and ends the week of January 11, 2027. Leaves and grass go in paper yard waste bags or a marked container up to 35 gallons, branches are tied with string or twine in bundles no longer than three feet, and filled containers or bundles should stay under 50 pounds. The township page says no chipper is available and that downed trees are not part of curbside yard waste.
Sources: Plymouth Yard Waste (city); Plymouth Fall Leaf Collection (city); Plymouth Brush Pick Up (city); Plymouth Code of Ordinances (Municode); Priority Waste, City of Plymouth; Plymouth Township yard waste and compost; Michigan DNR Tree City USA release; Census ACS 2020-2024; Census TIGERweb boundaries; USDA-NRCS soil survey, Wayne County
The Plymouth yard calendar
In the city, the spring cleanup lines up with the compost season opening in early April, summer is mowing and trimming under the eight-inch limit, and fall closes with the bulk leaf program, which runs to about the first week of December. In the township, collection starts at the end of March and runs into January, which stretches the window for cleanups. Aeration and overseeding fit in late August to September.
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Plymouth lawn care questions
Do you serve the City of Plymouth and Plymouth Township?
Plymouth is one of the seven towns we serve. The city and the township are separate governments with different rules, so say which one your property is in when you send your address area, and we will confirm.
How tall can grass be in the City of Plymouth?
The city's code says grass and weeds must be cut before they exceed eight inches on average, and a notice can require the cutting within 24 hours. Check the city's current wording. Plymouth Township has its own rules.
How does leaf pickup work in the City of Plymouth?
City crews collect leaves loose at the curb during your area's designated week in the fall, and a mailer and posted signs give the weeks. Keep grass clippings, small branches and dirt out of the pile, and leave room for crews to reach it from the street.
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