Lawndale, NC · Cleveland County
Full-service landscaping from Ethan Conley and the C4 crew — lawn care, mulch, patios, retaining walls, design install, outdoor lighting, and seasonal cleanup. Cleveland County local. Free estimates.
Ethan Conley — Shelby & Gaston roots, Lawndale-based
Full-property maintenance contracts for HOAs, neighborhoods, and managed properties across Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Rutherford counties. One vendor, one invoice, one crew that's on the property every visit — entrances, common areas, signage beds, fence lines, retention ponds, seasonal cleanups. We handle it.
From weekly mowing to a full design-and-install. C4 handles every step — measure, design, build, plant, maintain — so the yard you imagine and the yard you get are the same yard.
Weekly and bi-weekly mowing, edging, and string trimming — clean lines on every cut.
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Fresh mulch installs, bed edging, and seasonal flower changeouts that hold up to Carolina summers.
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Full design and install — pavers, patios, walkways, plus the plants, beds, and edging that pull it all together.
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Full-yard design + plant install — trees, shrubs, perennials, sourced from regional growers.
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Block, natural stone, and timber retaining walls — terraced gardens, slope solutions, planted backfill.
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Low-voltage path, accent, and uplighting — designed for evening use, installed clean.
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Backstops, target frames, and safe setback layout. We build private home shooting ranges from raw land — sited right, drained right, cleared for safe lines of fire.
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Raw lots cleared, overgrown pasture knocked back, dense brush mulched in place. Ethan's specialty — heavy-equipment work done right the first time, with the drainage and future use of the land thought through before the chips fly.
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That's Ethan with his sons Tanner and Jackson — the same four-person family crew (with Allen on tree work and construction) that shows up to every project. Ethan grew up in the Gastonia area and now runs the shop out of his home in Lawndale — he started C4 to do landscaping the way he wished other companies did it: show up on time, the same faces every week, finish what you start, leave the property better than you found it.
C4 doesn't run subs. The crew that quotes your project is the crew that builds it. When you call back six months later for a touch-up or a follow-on project, you're talking to the same people who put the mulch down the first time.
About the crewReal projects across Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, and Rutherford counties — lawns, mulch beds, land clearing, raised gardens, hardscapes, gun ranges, and food-plot setups. Every photo is our crew, our equipment, our work.
Four steps. Plain English at every stage. You know exactly what's happening from the first call to the final walk-through.
Call (704) 689-2567 or text a photo + your address. We'll book the walk-through within 2-4 days.
Ethan comes out, measures what we need to measure, talks through the project, answers every question.
Written quote with timeline, materials, and total cost. Fixed price — what we send is what you pay.
Schedule a start date. We show up, finish on time, clean up, walk you through. Pay when you're happy.
Free walk-through. Written quote in 48 hours. Fixed price. Deposit policy spelled out clearly in every quote.
We price per visit based on yard size, complexity (slopes, obstacles, bed edges), and frequency. Most quarter-acre lots run $45-65 per visit on a weekly schedule. Bi-weekly is slightly higher per cut since the grass is taller. We measure on the first visit and lock in a price — no hidden fees, no surprise upcharges.
We do both. One-time cleanups, vacation cuts, sale-prep mows — happy to handle them. Weekly + bi-weekly clients get priority scheduling and a slightly lower per-visit rate, but you don't have to lock into anything to get on the calendar.
Most new clients are on the schedule within 1-2 weeks of the first walkthrough. During peak spring rush (March-May) the wait can stretch to 3 weeks. For full design + install projects, plan 4-8 weeks from quote to start depending on materials.
Yes — $2 million general liability through NC Farm Bureau (double the typical landscape contractor policy). Workers comp on every crew member. Certificate of insurance available on request before any work begins.
Most weekly service has zero deposit — you pay after the work is done. Larger projects (hardscape installs, tree removal, forestry mulching, materials-heavy work) require a deposit so we can lock in the materials and schedule. Every quote spells out the deposit clearly — you'll never be surprised at the door.
Hardwood mulch (the dark or natural-color shredded bark) holds color about 6-9 months and decomposes into the soil. Pine bark nuggets last longer but float in heavy rain. Pine straw is the cheapest and the easiest to refresh — popular for properties with heavy beds. We'll talk through options at the walk-through and pick what fits your beds and budget.
We don't install full irrigation systems — that's a specialized trade. We coordinate with licensed irrigation contractors when a project needs it, and we know who in Cleveland County does it right. Smaller drip and bed-watering setups we can handle in-house.
About a 30-mile radius from Lawndale. That covers all of Cleveland County (Lawndale, Shelby, Boiling Springs, Kings Mountain, Casar, Belwood), Gaston County (Gastonia, Cherryville, Dallas, Mount Holly), Lincoln County (Lincolnton, Denver, Vale), Rutherford County (Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale), and northern South Carolina counties — Cherokee and York. Farther out we'll quote it depending on the project size.
Yes — every project gets before/after photos posted to our Facebook page. Follow C4 Landscaping on Facebook for current work in Cleveland County. We use them to show new clients what's possible.
