Forestry Mulching
A forestry mulching head on our skid loader grinds brush and small trees where they stand. The mulch stays on the ground and covers the soil.
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Land clearing in Gardner means working ground that stays wet for much of the year. The NRCS soil survey maps most of the city as Woodson silt loam, which drains slowly. Gardner is also growing, and new homes go up every year. Inside city limits, clearing and grubbing fall under the city's Land Disturbance Permit.
Nickell's Land Management is a land clearing company in Parker, Kansas, and Gardner is part of our service area. We clear building lots and overgrown ground with a skid loader and an excavator. For brush and small trees, forestry mulching grinds the growth in place and leaves the mulch on the ground. Call or text (620) 252-9314, and we will look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Tell us what the land needs and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Woodson ground is gently sloping, at 1 to 3 percent. The official NRCS series description calls the soil very deep and somewhat poorly drained, with very slow permeability. In normal years, a perched water table sits 6 to 24 inches down from November to June.
The NRCS soil survey rates Woodson soil very limited for homes, with or without basements. It gives two reasons: the wet layer near the surface and clay that shrinks and swells. On the creek bottoms, the map shifts to silt loams that the survey lists as frequently flooded.
For land clearing, that means the timing matters. Woodson ground has low strength, and the survey rates its rutting hazard as severe. We check the ground when we look at the job and set the timing with you.
Inside city limits, Gardner treats clearing and grubbing as land disturbance. The city's Land Disturbance Permit is what allows that work to begin on a site. Its permit page draws the line at 5,000 square feet of disturbed ground, far below an acre. The permit follows Chapter 14.01.600 of the Gardner Municipal Code.
Erosion and sediment controls come first. The city's rule is that no land disturbing activity begins until those controls are installed and approved. The page adds that the type of work decides whether an Erosion Control Plan is required.
The city's stormwater page warns that even small amounts of dirt in storm drains can affect water quality. Gardner's Community Development Department at City Hall, on Main Street, answers what a lot needs.
The 2020 Census counted 23,287 people in Gardner. The Census Bureau's estimate for July 2025 is 26,154. Its building permit survey counts 701 single-family homes permitted in the city from 2021 through 2025. On Census maps, the city's land area grew from about 11.7 square miles in 2020 to about 14.9 in 2025.
The housing is young. The American Community Survey puts the median year built at 2003. About six in ten homes date from 2000 or later, and about two in three are single-family detached houses.
A lot with trees on it starts with the clearing. Lot clearing for a new home site pulls the trees and stumps with the excavator. Then site preparation levels the cleared ground and rough grades the building area for the builder. On acreage, fence rows and old tree lines come out with the excavator and the skid loader.
Gardner sits on a divide between two river basins. On Johnson County's watershed map, part of the city drains through Kill Creek and Cedar Creek to the Kansas River. The rest drains through Bull Creek and Little Bull Creek, in the Marais des Cygnes basin.
Gardner Lake, north of town, covers about 125 acres behind its dam, by the city's count. Celebration Park, at 159th Street and Kill Creek Road, holds a 10-acre lake. On acreage near Gardner, a new pond starts with the soil.
For the pond basin itself, the NRCS rates Woodson ground not limited. As fill for the dam, it rates the same soil very limited. The survey's reasons are a wet layer near the surface and soil that is hard to pack. Under state law, dams past set height and storage limits fall under the state's Division of Water Resources.
Communities and areas we serve around Gardner: Main Street, Gardner Lake, Celebration Park, Gardner Junction Park, Gardner Golf Course, Johnson County Fairgrounds, New Century AirCenter, Big Bull Creek Park, Moonlight Road, Kill Creek Road, Waverly Road, U.S. 56.
Gardner ZIP codes served: 66030.
Gardner is part of our service area. We look at the job first, then put the quote in writing.
(620) 252-9314 A forestry mulching head on our skid loader grinds brush and small trees where they stand. The mulch stays on the ground and covers the soil.
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We open up pasture and yards that brush and young trees have taken over. A forestry mulching head grinds the brush, and the excavator pulls bigger stems by the roots.
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We clear building lots and parcels around Parker, Kansas, with an excavator and a skid loader. The stumps get pulled, roots and all.
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We level and rough grade cleared ground for a new home or a shop. Then we cut in the access so the builder can start.
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We clear volunteer cedars and hedge out of fence rows and tree lines with an excavator and a skid loader. The line opens back up so a new fence can go in or a field edge can come back.
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We build new farm and home ponds with an excavator and a skid loader. We dig the basin and build the dam, then shape the banks and the spillway.
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We dig the silt and muck out of old farm and home ponds with an excavator. Then we clear and reshape the overgrown banks and the dam.
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We build retaining walls where a bank or a grade change needs holding. The base under the wall and the drainage behind it are part of the job.
Learn MoreA few of the questions we hear most around Gardner. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
Send the form with the town and a few words about the land. You can also call or text (620) 252-9314.
Tell us what the land needs and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.