Turn overgrown property into clean, usable land with forestry mulching, tallow thicket and overgrown lot clearing and homesite preparation across New Orleans and the South Shore.
Why Choose Us
Ground you could not walk through, turned into ground you can use.
Real Cut Brush customers, in their own words.
Amanda Elliott
Forestry Mulching
We hired Cut Brush for approximately three acres of forestry mulching and couldn't be happier. Communication was outstanding from the very beginning, the crew was professional and efficient, and we loved the regular updates and photos throughout the project. It's refreshing to work with a company that values communication and quality workmanship. Highly recommend!
Jessica Richardson
Brush Clearing
They did an amazing job getting rid of them pesky vines!
Stan Creech
Land Clearing
Greg did a fantastic job with our land that was overgrown with vines, brush and trees. It took about 1 1/2 days of constant work with the machine to get this 0.6 acres under control. Greg was here at 8am sharp, just as promised. Very professional and reliable. 100% satisfied customer! I highly recommend Cut Brush for land clearing.
A straightforward process from the first conversation to land you can use.
Whether it is an overgrown lot in Chalmette, a tallow thicket behind a house in Marrero or a wooded homesite near Luling.
Offered across all five parishes. Brush, vine and saplings on an overgrown lot are ground into a layer of chips where they stood, with nothing left to burn or truck away.
A wooded or overgrown parcel taken down to the finish you choose, with trees, brush and stumps mulched flush with the ground and nothing hauled away.
Chinese tallow thickets, vine and brush cut out from under the oaks and other trees you keep, timed to firm ground and planned around the treatment that follows.
A house spot, driveway and utility path opened on a wooded or overgrown lot, with the coastal and city permit questions answered before the machine arrives.
Watch our crew transform overgrown properties with professional forestry mulching equipment.
Cut Brush clears overgrown ground for owners around New Orleans, from Metairie and Kenner to the West Bank, Chalmette, Belle Chasse and up the river to Luling. Most jobs here are small: a vacant lot gone to brush, a tallow thicket behind a house, the wooded back half of a lot, or a homesite at the edge of town. This is lot and edge country, not big acreage, and we plan and price it that way.
Most of it is forestry mulching. Brush and small trees are ground into mulch where they grew, in one pass, so nothing is left to burn or haul. We also offer land clearing, tallow and understory clearing, and lot and homesite prep.
We serve five parishes: Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines and St. Charles. Much of this ground is low and slow to dry after rain, and our crew works it when it is firm enough to carry the machine. What our price includes: brush, small trees and stumps ground into mulch on site, stumps flush with the ground and nothing hauled away. Full stump removal and cut-and-haul of very large trees are discussed and priced in the quote; grading and build pads are not part of our price. Storm and hurricane cleanup is not a service we offer.
Ground here is soft, wet and quick to grow back, and the houses are close together. The method has to leave the lot covered and the debris question answered.
Most south shore jobs are measured in fractions of an acre. The New Orleans forestry mulching cost guide shows how the per-acre bands scale down to a lot, and how long the work takes. For ground elsewhere in the state, see the Louisiana land clearing cost guide.
Overgrown lots and city rules. New Orleans limits grass and weeds on private property to 10 inches. In April 2021 the city said a Notice of Violation gives the owner five days to fix it, after which the city cuts the lot and bills the owner, at least $300 for the first cut. Separately, development or redevelopment of a site of one acre or more comes under the city's Stormwater Code, and trees in the right of way or a neutral ground belong to the city and need a Parks and Parkways permit before anyone works on them. Requirements vary by parcel, scope and jurisdiction, and the governing authority makes the determination.
Soft ground and the Coastal Zone. Federal land cover data puts about half the ground within 15 miles of eastern New Orleans in wetland and most of the rest in development, with under one percent in upland forest. All five parishes we serve run local coastal management programs approved by the state Office of Coastal Management. A Solicitation of Views, with the fee waived, tells you whether a property sits in the Coastal Zone, and low ground that may be wetland gets that answer before a machine is booked. Clearing one acre or more also brings in state stormwater rules from LDEQ.
Tallow comes back from the root. The U.S. Geological Survey describes Chinese tallow as a common tree in the old fields and bottomland swamps of coastal Louisiana, and Louisiana law declares it a noxious plant that may be destroyed wherever found in the state. Mulching opens the ground; treatment of the regrowth by a licensed applicator keeps it down. The Chinese tallow removal guide sets out the order.
Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes, from Kenner and Metairie across the river to the West Bank and Jean Lafitte, east to Chalmette and Violet, and upriver to Hahnville.
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