Townhomes pack a lot of living onto a small lot, and Blake’s Seattle townhome had a familiar problem: a long patch of blackberry had taken over the narrow strip between the house and the fence, in a backyard that didn’t have room to spare. Blake, a software engineer, wanted his free time back — not weekends spent fighting thorny canes.
Our crew deep-cleaned the fenced backyard. We cut back and cleared the blackberry along the boundary, trimmed the shrubs, and cleared out the unwanted growth, hauling all the debris away. In a small yard, reclaiming that one strip made a substantial difference: it was a large share of the whole backyard.
Blake’s lawn was struggling too, so instead of keeping it as one more thing to maintain, we converted the lawn and the existing garden bed into a bark-covered area, finished with medium bark — one of our regular choices for beds because it looks clean and helps suppress weeds. One honest note from the job: bark slows weeds down, but blackberry roots left in the ground can send up new shoots, so the area still needs an eye kept on it. The result is a cleared fence line, trimmed shrubs, and a backyard Blake and his wife can enjoy with far less upkeep.
Project Features
- ✓Blackberry cut back and cleared along the fence line
- ✓Shrubs trimmed and beds deep-cleaned
- ✓Struggling lawn converted to a low-maintenance bark bed
- ✓Medium bark finish to help suppress weeds
- ✓All debris hauled away
Read the full customer story on our blog: Small Yard, Substantial Cleanup: Blackberry Removal at Blake’s Seattle Townhome.