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Land Clearing Before & After

Closed-in and unusable, opened back up in days. Examples from Cut Brush's own project archive.

Overhead shot of a brush and vine covered lot beside a road before clearing BEFORE
The same overhead view after mulching, with bare ground and the mature trees standing AFTER
Wooded parcel closed in by invasive growth BEFORE
Cleared parcel with the keeper trees still standing AFTER

What Cut Brush Customers Say

Real reviews from customers of Cut Brush's own crews in our home market. In Orlando, the clearing is done by the vetted local contractor we match you with.

★★★★★
"My 2-acre property was so thick you couldn't walk through it. One day later, it looked like a park."

– Jason M

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"Fast, honest, no drama. They quoted Tuesday, cleared Thursday. Done by Friday."

– Carrie D.

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"We didn't realize how much land we had until Cut Brush cleared it."

– Tony & Lisa R.

Tape First, Then the Machine

Because here the rules start at four inches and the burn barrel is not an option.

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Lot size, what is standing on it, access, and what you want the ground to do next. Orange County counts trees from four inches, so mention the big ones.

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We only work with the very best land-clearing experts in Central Florida. The most qualified one for your parcel walks it with a tape, flags what needs a permit, and gives you a written quote.

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Walk the Finished Ground

Your contractor grinds the growth into a mat on the spot, because burning is closed off on residential ground here. You get usable land, cover holding sandy soil, and the protected trees exactly where you left them.

What We Match Around Orlando

From a tallow-choked lot in Apopka to acreage out past St. Cloud, we connect you with the right local expert for the job.

Land Clearing

Land Clearing

Homesites and acreage opened across Orange, Osceola, and Seminole County by a local contractor who settles the tree permit question before anything is scheduled.
Forestry Mulching

Forestry Mulching

One machine, one pass, growth turned into ground cover instead of a debris pile the county will not let you burn.
Invasive Tree Removal

Invasive Tree Removal

Chinese tallow and camphor taken out and treated properly, so the stumps do not put the same problem back next season.
Lot & Homesite Prep

Lot & Homesite Prep

Build pads and drives opened on sandy Central Florida ground, with protected and specimen trees identified before the machine moves.

What a Proper Mulching Pass Looks Like

Watch forestry mulching equipment turn overgrown ground into usable land. It is the standard we hold every contractor we work with to.

  • Before & after project walkthroughs
  • Professional equipment on real jobs
  • See the land clearing process start to finish
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The Metro Is Growing at Its Edges

All four counties in the Orlando metro added residents in 2025, but the growth moved outward: Osceola and Lake were again among the state's fastest-growing counties while Orange and Seminole fell below the national rate, with both running net outflows to their neighbors. Osceola alone has grown 70% over twenty years and is projected to pass 700,000 residents by 2050. Sunbridge spans 27,000 acres across Orange and Osceola with nearly 30,000 homes planned, Horizon West carries over 10,000 approved homes across five villages, and roughly $5 billion of road work is underway around them.

That growth lands on ground that has to be opened first. Cut Brush connects Orlando property owners with local contractors for land clearing on homesites and acreage and forestry mulching as the single-pass method behind most of it. Ranges live on the Orlando pricing guide.

Three Things That Decide an Orlando Clearing Job

The four-inch line. Orange County requires a permit to remove any tree larger than four inches in diameter at chest height on private property. That is a low threshold, and it means the tree survey is not a formality here, it is the first real step. Fees run $25 per acre residential and $50 per acre commercial, specimen trees must be preserved where reasonable options exist, and approved specimen removals replace at two to one on caliper.

You cannot burn your way out of it. Burning yard waste and tree-cutting debris on residential property is prohibited here without an air curtain incinerator or a Florida Forest Service authorization, and the county's own Air Quality Management section will not authorize open burning of that material. Whatever comes down has to be processed or hauled, which changes the economics of every clearing quote in this county.

Which trees are actually the problem. Chinese tallow reached almost every county in Florida after arriving as an 18th-century ornamental, and camphor has been spreading since 1875. Neither responds to simple cutting: tallow needs the fresh stump treated and seedlings pulled before they seed, camphor needs herbicide on trees and stumps. Removing them properly is different work from clearing brush, and it is worth pricing as such.

Local Contractors Across Orlando & Central Florida

Orange County and the counties around it, from Horizon West and Sunbridge out to Sanford, Clermont, and St. Cloud.

Orlando Apopka Ocoee Winter Garden Windermere Christmas Kissimmee St. Cloud Harmony Poinciana Oviedo Sanford Geneva Chuluota Clermont Groveland Mount Dora Sorrento

Central Florida Land Clearing Guides

Orlando Land Clearing FAQ

Probably, and the threshold is lower than most people expect. Orange County requires a permit to remove a tree larger than four inches in diameter at chest height on private property, with fees of $25 per acre for private residential removals and $50 per acre for commercial. Specimen trees carry stronger protection: reasonable efforts must be made to preserve them, and where removal is approved the replacement ratio is two to one, cumulative caliper installed against cumulative diameter removed. Applications identify every regulated tree by location, diameter, and common name. The contractor we match you with measures and flags during the walk-through; the county makes the determination.
On residential property in Orange County, essentially no. Burning yard waste and tree-cutting debris is prohibited unless you use a permitted air curtain incinerator or obtain an open burning authorization from the Florida Forest Service first, and the county Air Quality Management section will not authorize open burning of that material. Florida Forest Service authorizations are requested after 4 p.m. the day before or on the day of the burn, through the Orlando District Field Unit, and only cover debris generated at the site. This is a large part of why mulching in place is the normal answer here.
Most work in the Orlando area lands between $1,500 and $4,500 per acre, with lighter understory near the bottom and heavy stands with protected trees to work around near the top. The Orlando pricing guide lays out every range and what moves it, and the local contractor we match you with turns a range into a written number after walking the parcel.
Usually the invasives. Chinese tallow was introduced as an ornamental in the 18th century, grows to about 30 feet, and is found in almost every county in Florida. Camphor has been spreading since it was brought over for cultivation in 1875 and is easy to identify by the smell of a crushed leaf. Both need more than cutting: mature tallow is cut and the fresh stump treated, seedlings are pulled before they set seed, and camphor responds to herbicide on trees and stumps. Cut and walk away and you get a thicket back.
Orange County plus the ring around it: Orlando, Apopka, Ocoee, Winter Garden, Windermere, and Christmas, then Kissimmee, St. Cloud, Harmony, and Poinciana in Osceola County, Oviedo, Sanford, Geneva, and Chuluota in Seminole County, and Clermont, Groveland, Mount Dora, and Sorrento in south Lake County. If your parcel is in the area and your town is not listed, ask anyway.

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