Addison Township is the northeast corner of Oakland County and the least crowded part of it: rolling moraine hills, Lakeville Lake and Lake George, Addison Oaks County Park, the Polly Ann Trail through Leonard, and five- to forty-acre parcels with horse fence along Rochester, Hosner, Brewer and Leonard roads. It is where Oakland County starts to look like Lapeer County, and the work is the same: pasture, fence lines, trails and hunting ground.

Pasture that stops being grazed here goes to autumn olive and hawthorn in a handful of seasons, starting at the fence line and moving in. The oak-hickory woods fill in with cherry and honeysuckle, and the low ground between the hills turns to dogwood and cattail. Leonard is about forty-five minutes from Royal Oak. We grind all of it into a chip layer in place, so there is nothing to stack or burn on a property that is mostly lawn, pasture and woods.

Where we work in Addison Township: Leonard, Lakeville, Campbells Corner and the Rochester, Lakeville, Leonard, Hosner and Brewer road corridors.

Common Jobs in Addison Township

  • Horse pasture and paddock reclamation, with fence lines opened for new board or wire and the work scheduled around turnout.
  • Hunting trails, stand approaches, shooting lanes and food plots on the larger parcels, cleared in late summer.
  • Wooded building sites off the dirt roads, cleared to the house footprint and drive with the mature oaks left.
  • Fence line and property line clearing on the big parcels, so the survey line can be fenced or mowed.
  • Driveway and road-frontage clearing for sightlines on Rochester and Lakeville roads.
Hardwood ridges in northern Oakland County: the woods we clear under, leaving the mature trees standing.
Hardwood ridges in northern Oakland County: the woods we clear under, leaving the mature trees standing.
Horse pasture and board fence, Southeast Michigan. Pasture edges are where autumn olive takes hold first.
Horse pasture and board fence, Southeast Michigan. Pasture edges are where autumn olive takes hold first.

Questions We Hear in Addison Township

Can you keep the mature oaks and clear everything under them?

Yes, that is the typical Addison job. Flag the trees you want, and we grind the understory, saplings and brush flat around them. The chip layer breaks down into the soil and the woods open back up.

What about the wet lowland between the hills?

We schedule it for a hard freeze or the driest part of August, when the tracks float over it and leave no mark. The hills and pasture can be done any time of year.

Overgrown Ground in Addison Township?

Send the address and a few photos through the quote form, or call. You will get one project price for the whole job, travel included.

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