About SNYDER Landscaping & Lawn Care

Mission Statement: We will provide the highest quality of service and maintain a local convenience. We will be your lawn care provider for life. We will offer prompt issue resolution. Most importantly, we will Do It Right The First Time!

Hello, I am Chad Snyder. I manage and own SNYDER Landscaping & Lawn Care. I unexpectedly started my business many years ago as a young kid. I grew up in a little town in Southeast Iowa near Ottumwa called Bladensburg. I always loved to be outside working in the yard or helping on the farm. My parents farmed approximately 300 acres in 1988 so there was always plenty to do. I mowed our acreage every chance I got using an old Snapper riding lawn mower.

It wasn’t until 1990 when I started to mow other folks yards for money so I could buy my first car. By this time my parents had purchased a brand new John Deere riding lawn mower. I drove the mower ¼ of a mile into town while holding a John Deere weed wacker on my lap. I mowed one residential lawn for $20.00 every two weeks and a one room community building and utility building for $12.00 every two weeks.

Throughout more of my younger years I was active in the local 4-H club (Bladensburg Sodbusters) where I did gardening for competition. I helped my mom and dad landscape our new home over a period of many years. I took ownership over a newly planted Redbud tree and I looked forward to showing my two brothers how my tree was growing bigger and faster than their trees. My mom designed detailed drawings with intricate plans for our garden each year that she expected us to help plant, maintain, and harvest. Through ongoing years we planted and cared for at least 1500 pine tree seedlings amongst our home and farms.

As I grew older I found other interests while leaving myself wandering what I wanted to do when I got older. I’m still not really sure what I want to do when I grow up. I helped with odd landscaping jobs here and there for several years up until 2001 when I moved to Mitchellville, Iowa. I then at that point started to realize what direction I wanted to go. During my travels up to now I worked 3 months for a professional landscaping company in Pekin, Illinois. I worked in the Retail industry for over 12 years.  Both types of jobs have taught me many different aspects of people, cultures, lifestyles, personalities, and attitudes. Which is a major key to the success and dedication of Snyder Landscaping & Lawn Care.

I love doing art work with the lay of the land and watching the smile on peoples face as they come home and see what used to be a brown weed, is now a beautiful green landscape. Many folks do not have the time nor the motivation to care for their lawn as much as they would like. This is great for me because I absolutely love doing it!

My business and relationships are growing stronger as the years pass thanks to all my previous and current customers loyalty to SNYDER  Landscaping & Lawn Care. Thank you to everyone once again. Please call or email me if you have any questions or concerns. I want to hear from you! My personal mission statement is: Do it right the first time. If you are not happy I want to know about it and I will personally attempt to resolve the issue.

A special thank you to these people for helping SNYDER Landscaping & Lawn Care become what it is today.

My Mom: For teaching me how to manage my personal and financial affairs in the most efficient and effective ways. For showing me how to be organized and show respect for all. For being there through all life’s battles.

My Dad: For complaining about me using his equipment while teaching me to have the greatest respect for other people’s belongings.

My Brother Kevin: For always being bigger and stronger than me, which in turn made me strive to be better and smarter. For always making me realize there are two sides to every story.

My Brother Nathan: For helping me with multiple jobs. For always looking up to me in an unspoken voice and believing in me.

My Daughter Lauryn: For always reminding me why I am here while constantly giving me emotional and physical support. For carrying more bricks, pushing more little wheelbarrows of dirt, scooping more snow, working on more equipment, doing more paperwork, asking more questions, and being there more than any other young girl could ever do!

My motivation for running SNYDER  Landscaping & Lawn Care as an Affordable Quality/ Local Convenience Lawn Care company is dedicated to all my Family, Customers, Community, and to raise the bar for the Competition. Thank-you for your support and loyalty.


Chad Snyder
SNYDER  Landscaping & Lawn Care