How Much Does Landscape Maintenance Cost in the Portland Area?
Two national cost guides put monthly lawn care at $100 to $410 in 2026. One of them puts a single mowing visit at $43 to $70 for most homes. An online lawn care marketplace’s Oregon data puts the average Portland mow at about $50. Lot size, beds, hedges and trees decide where your yard lands.
These are market numbers, not our price list. Green Tree Landscape and Maintenance keeps yards up on a 12-month landscape maintenance program. We serve Tualatin and the south and west side of the Portland metro. We look at the yard and put the quote in writing.
What does lawn care cost per visit and per month?
The ranges below come from national cost guides updated in 2025 and 2026, plus that marketplace’s Oregon price data.
| Service | Typical market range | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mowing visit | $43 to $70 per visit | National range for most homes |
| Mowing visit, Portland | About $50 per visit | Average yard near 9,800 square feet |
| Full-service lawn care | $100 to $410 per month | Lot size and add-ons set the level |
| Lawn fertilizer | $67 to $405 per application | Priced by lawn size |
| Core aeration | $107 to $202 per visit | National average of $154 |
| Leaf removal | $160 to $290 per cleanup | For a quarter-acre yard |
| Yard cleanup | $216 to $462 per cleanup | Raking, bagging and haul-away |
| Hedge trimming, 6 feet or shorter | $2.50 to $4 per linear foot | Priced by hedge length |
| Hedge trimming, over 6 feet | $4 to $6 per linear foot | Taller hedges take longer |
| Hand weeding | $35 to $105 per hour | Weeds pulled by hand |
Lot size moves the price of a mow the most. In that marketplace’s Oregon data, a weekly mow averages about $27 on an eighth of an acre. It runs about $62 on a half acre and about $101 on a full acre.
Visit frequency matters too. On a quarter acre, the same data averages about $37 a mow weekly, $41 every other week and $47 monthly. In Portland, 67 percent of that marketplace’s mowing customers book every other week.
What drives the price of landscape maintenance?
A mower covers open lawn fast. Planting beds take hand work, and hand weeding runs $35 to $105 an hour at market rates. A small yard with big beds can take longer than a bigger yard that is mostly lawn.
Every shrub and hedge adds trimming time. One national guide prices hedges over six feet higher per foot, because taller hedges take more time and effort. Our program draws the same line: we trim shrubs and small trees below six feet. Anything taller is quoted as additional work.
Trees set the fall bill, and leaf season runs long here. In 2026, Portland’s Leaf Day street pickup runs November 9 to December 21 in parts of the city. Lake Oswego’s city code bars blowing or raking leaves into the street. Leaves go into a bin or get hauled away, and that takes time.
Fertilizer adds trips. An OSU Extension Master Gardener handout says a healthy lawn should be fed 2 to 4 times a year. For four feedings, it names April, May to June, August to September, and October. Core aeration opens compacted soil and helps water soak in, OSU Extension says.
Weed and pest treatments are a separate trade in Oregon. State law counts products that kill weeds, moss or insects as pesticides. A business that advertises applying them needs a pesticide operator license from the Oregon Department of Agriculture. Plain lawn fertilizer is not a pesticide under that law. Our program covers fertilizing and weeding the beds.
Why do some companies bill a flat monthly rate?
Lawn work follows the weather. OSU’s Master Gardener handout says to mow at least weekly from March through October, then monthly. One national guide counts about 34 weeks of mowing a year in the West and Northwest.
Per-visit bills follow that curve. They run high through the growing season and the leaf drop. Winter bills run low.
A 12-month program adds up the year’s work and splits it into equal payments. One national guide totals a year of full-service lawn care on a quarter to half acre at $2,435 to $4,600. Spread over 12 months, that comes to about $203 to $383 a month.
Our program works this way. The monthly rate stays flat, so a winter month costs the same as a month in leaf season. The program runs 12 months without a signed contract.
What do weekly, biweekly and monthly visits cover?
In market price examples, a basic visit is mowing plus cleanup. Grass gets trimmed along fences and edges, and clippings get blown off the drive and walks. Full programs add work between mowings, like shrub trimming, weeding the beds, fertilizer and cleanups.
Weekly visits fit the growing season. OSU Extension says to cut no more than a third of the blade at once. At peak growth, that means weekly mowing.
Biweekly visits, every other week, cost more each time but less over a year. One national guide lists $40 to $70 a visit for weekly mowing and $60 to $100 for biweekly. It notes overgrowth charges of $20 to $100 once grass passes about 10 inches.
Monthly visits fit the slow months from November through February.
What does a western Oregon lawn need each season?
About 89 percent of Portland’s rain falls from October through May, per NOAA normals for the airport.
- Spring (March to May): Weekly mowing starts in March. The first fertilizer goes down in April. Spring is a good time to aerate and overseed thin spots.
- Summer (June to August): July and August each average about half an inch of rain. OSU says a lawn needs 1 to 1.5 inches of water a week in a dry summer. A lawn left dry turns straw brown, then greens up with the fall rain. If yours browns out every August, an automatic sprinkler system can keep it watered.
- Fall (September to November): The third feeding comes in August or September, and the last one in October. OSU calls mid-August to mid-September almost perfect for seeding. Then the leaves come down.
- Winter (December to February): Mowing drops to about once a month. OSU’s pruning handout says to prune in late winter, before new growth starts, as a general rule.
What should you ask before signing up?
- What does the monthly rate cover in December and January?
- Are a spring cleanup and a fall leaf cleanup included?
- How tall a shrub or hedge does the program trim?
- How many fertilizer applications come each year?
- Who handles weed or pest treatments, and does that business hold a pesticide operator license?
- Is there a signed contract, and how does the service end?
- Will the quote come in writing?
How does Green Tree price landscape maintenance?
Green Tree prices each yard after we look at it. The program covers mowing, edging, trimming shrubs and small trees below six feet, and debris pickup. It adds four seasonal lawn fertilizer applications and weeding, plus a spring cleanup and a fall leaf cleanup.
If the beds are worn out, a landscape makeover may come first. We work about 10 to 15 miles around Tualatin. Call or text (971) 772-9892 to find out what the maintenance program includes for your yard.