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Avatar for Roger's Landscaping and Remodeling

Roger's Landscaping and Remodeling

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Roger's Landscaping and Remodeling

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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
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With over 15 years of landscaping experience, here to help you with all your landscaping needs and dreams.

"He was very friendly and worked diligently. From the outside, the repair looks perfect, and I look forward to seeing how it holds up over time. Overall, excellent work."

Dong L on August 2025

With over 15 years of landscaping experience, here to help you with all your landscaping needs and dreams.

"He was very friendly and worked diligently. From the outside, the repair looks perfect, and I look forward to seeing how it holds up over time. Overall, excellent work."

Dong L on August 2025

Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services

1001 Croxton Ave
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Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services

1001 Croxton Ave
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Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services offers a wide variety of commercial & residential lawn care, landscaping services and snow removal services in Bloomington, Illinois and the surrounding communities. We service multi-family housing, business complexes, offices, commercial development, HOAs and single family homes.

Core 3 Landscaping & Snow Removal Services offers a wide variety of commercial & residential lawn care, landscaping services and snow removal services in Bloomington, Illinois and the surrounding communities. We service multi-family housing, business complexes, offices, commercial development, HOAs and single family homes.

Curly Q's Home Improvements

207 Magnolia Dr.
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Curly Q's Home Improvements

207 Magnolia Dr.
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Curly Q's Home Improvements is a family owned business of 3 people. Mother, son & daughter. We strive for quality not quantity. Cost is determined by the job, Travel charge $25. Like us on www.Facebook.com/23curlyqs

Curly Q's Home Improvements is a family owned business of 3 people. Mother, son & daughter. We strive for quality not quantity. Cost is determined by the job, Travel charge $25. Like us on www.Facebook.com/23curlyqs

Lawn Magic

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Lawn Magic

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Recommended by 100% of Angi customers
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At Lawn Magic, we make your lawn and exterior look perfect all year long with routine lawn, landscaping, snow removal and exterior maintenance services. Contact us to maintain a well-manicured lawn with our lawn care services. We also offer landscaping, painting, snow removal & salt, pressure washing, mulch & rock installation, tree & hedge trimming, seasonal & storm clean-up, weed control and fertilizer. Your exterior maintenance provider. " LET US REFRESH YOUR EXTERIOR "

At Lawn Magic, we make your lawn and exterior look perfect all year long with routine lawn, landscaping, snow removal and exterior maintenance services. Contact us to maintain a well-manicured lawn with our lawn care services. We also offer landscaping, painting, snow removal & salt, pressure washing, mulch & rock installation, tree & hedge trimming, seasonal & storm clean-up, weed control and fertilizer. Your exterior maintenance provider. " LET US REFRESH YOUR EXTERIOR "

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Lane's End Construction

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Lane's End Construction

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Lane's End Construction is your local remodeling and home maintenance specialists. Call Lane's End today for all your home improvement needs. (309)842-9042

Lane's End Construction is your local remodeling and home maintenance specialists. Call Lane's End today for all your home improvement needs. (309)842-9042

Hedrick Home Improvement

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Hedrick Home Improvement

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Anything and everything that needs fixed, repaired, removed, added, painted, or made for your home inside and out and on your property. Call for free estimates and questions I do all the estimates and perform all work.

Anything and everything that needs fixed, repaired, removed, added, painted, or made for your home inside and out and on your property. Call for free estimates and questions I do all the estimates and perform all work.

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Stone Timber Brush

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Stone Timber Brush

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- BRUSH & LEAF CLEANUP & REMOVAL - SHRUB, PLANT, TREE CUTBACK/REMOVAL AND/OR PLANTING - GARDEN TILLING AND SERVICES - GUTTER CLEANING AND/OR REMOVAL - DECK/PATIO & FENCE REMOVAL AND/OR INSTALLATION - PLANT/SOIL TREATMENT - PROPERTY PRESERVATION - FLOWER AND/OR SEED TRANSPLANTING AND/OR GERMINATION - STORM CLEANUP/RECOVERY AND/OR POWER WASHING - FOREST RESTORATION & HABITAT CONTROL - FARM SCRAP CLEANUP AND POWER WASHING - MOWING, SEEDING, FERTILIZER SPREADING - EDGING, TRIMMING AND/OR LAWN MAINTENANCE Serving Central IL. Commercial, residential, small and large properties. Call, text or email for free quotes and/or estimates.

- BRUSH & LEAF CLEANUP & REMOVAL - SHRUB, PLANT, TREE CUTBACK/REMOVAL AND/OR PLANTING - GARDEN TILLING AND SERVICES - GUTTER CLEANING AND/OR REMOVAL - DECK/PATIO & FENCE REMOVAL AND/OR INSTALLATION - PLANT/SOIL TREATMENT - PROPERTY PRESERVATION - FLOWER AND/OR SEED TRANSPLANTING AND/OR GERMINATION - STORM CLEANUP/RECOVERY AND/OR POWER WASHING - FOREST RESTORATION & HABITAT CONTROL - FARM SCRAP CLEANUP AND POWER WASHING - MOWING, SEEDING, FERTILIZER SPREADING - EDGING, TRIMMING AND/OR LAWN MAINTENANCE Serving Central IL. Commercial, residential, small and large properties. Call, text or email for free quotes and/or estimates.

Total Lawn Perfection

905 Dresser Dr.
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Total Lawn Perfection

905 Dresser Dr.
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35 years of experience

We are a Complete Lawn Care and Landscaping Maintenance business with over 20 years professional experience using only reliable and quality equipment and serving the Bloomington / Normal and Decatur markets. Your lawn deserves to look its best; do not settle for anything less than "Total Lawn Perfection!"

We are a Complete Lawn Care and Landscaping Maintenance business with over 20 years professional experience using only reliable and quality equipment and serving the Bloomington / Normal and Decatur markets. Your lawn deserves to look its best; do not settle for anything less than "Total Lawn Perfection!"

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Mulch and Topsoil questions, answered by experts

Yes, rubber mulch allows water to seep through and reach the soil underneath. Rubber mulch is not as absorbent as organic mulch, which allows the soil underneath to stay moist and hydrated. Keep in mind that the permeability of rubber mulch can get clogged by landscape fabric and other additional materials.

It depends. High-end colored mulch can be fairly costly. However, you'll have to replace less-expensive natural mulches, like pine needles and cedar mulch, more frequently. 

The cost is balanced out somewhat, though, as although you'll have to replace colored mulch less often, you'll have to replenish nutrients in your soil more frequently to make up for the decrease in organic matter and nitrogen from the mulch.

Permits depend on local regulations concerning street use and public spaces. Check requirements with community authorities to avoid fines or logistical issues.

Mulch is best used in garden beds and yards, not in your driveway as pothole filler. It is meant to stimulate plant growth. Upon repeated pressure, it turns into compost, which also serves as fertilizer for weeds to take over. The roots will then break into your driveway, leading to more material loss and structural collapses.

The hydroseed mix—known as a slurry—helps grass seed take root in many ways. Water combines with the mulch, allowing the grass seed to stay moist while grounded in the soil. The extra fertilizer then provides the boost the seed needs to flourish. In just a few weeks, you'll be ready to break out the lawnmower again.

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