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Tallahassee Yard Drainage's Guide to the Best Yard Drainage Companies in Tallahassee
Four local options for drainage work, how we chose and ranked them, and what to ask whichever one you call.
- Tallahassee, Bradfordville and Crawfordville
- Written price before any digging
- Licensed, insured local contractors
- Priced for Red Hills clay and karst sand
Tallahassee Yard Drainage put this guide together for Tallahassee homeowners choosing who to call about drainage. It names real local businesses, so it follows strict rules: every company listed was checked against a public record or its own published information, nobody paid to be included, and this site's own service is listed last, with a note explaining why it appears at all.
How this list was made
Every business here had to pass three checks on 30 September 2026. It had to have a real, checkable physical presence: an address that resolves and a phone number that matches its public listings. It had to publish drainage work, such as French drains, grading, swales or erosion repair, as a service it offers. And it could not itself be a lead-generation website posing as a contractor.
The order is by how much of each company's trading history could be confirmed in a public record, then by how directly the business presents drainage as its own work. We did not use reviews to rank, because review counts are easy to game and hard to check. We did not publish anyone's prices. There are no paid placements on this page, and nobody was told they were being included.
Several businesses were left out because they could not be verified to that standard on the day of checking. That is not a judgment on their work.
1. Common Ground Earthworks, Inc.
Common Ground Earthworks is an earthwork and land company on Miccosukee Road in northeast Tallahassee. Florida's Division of Corporations shows it registered to do business in Florida since May 2013, active, with annual reports filed every year through 2026. That is the longest public-record history of any business we could verify for this list, which is why it takes the first slot.
Its own site lists erosion repair with berms, swales and retaining walls, lot development with grading and trenching, driveway grading and erosion control, and storm repair. For drainage problems that are really earthwork problems, such as a washed-out slope, a lot that needs reshaping or a swale across acreage, that mix is directly relevant.
Not sure which of these your yard needs? Describe it on the phone and get a straight answer.
Call (850) 604-58712. Fielder Landscapes
Fielder Landscapes publishes a corporate office on Timberlane Road and a field office on Bannerman Road in Tallahassee, and its phone number matches its public business listing. Its drainage and erosion page describes water control systems and French drain systems as part of its landscape work, and it also runs a tree service under the Fielder name from the same Timberlane Road address.
A landscape firm that also handles drainage suits a homeowner who wants the drainage and the planting designed together, for example regrading a back yard and relandscaping it in one job.
3. May Day Outdoor Services
May Day Outdoor Services operates from Apalachee Parkway in southeast Tallahassee, with a phone number matching its public listing. It describes itself as a landscape design and build company with a bulk materials yard selling soil, gravel and stone. Its site lists drainage solutions and states that it evaluates whether a regrade, a French drain or a swale fits a given property.
The materials yard is useful to know about even if you do not hire them: a homeowner doing their own small regrade or creek bed needs somewhere to buy fill and river rock.
Want a second opinion on a quote?
Call and describe the job and the price you were given. You will hear whether it sits inside the typical range for Tallahassee.
Call (850) 604-58714. Tallahassee Yard Drainage
Tallahassee Yard Drainage is the referral service that publishes this website, included here for transparency, since this article is published on this company's own website. It does not do the digging itself. It publishes typical prices and methods for drainage work in Tallahassee, Bradfordville and Crawfordville and connects callers with licensed, insured local contractors, who quote and perform the work.
It is listed last because it has no public trading history to rank on. If you want to compare what a job should cost before calling anyone on this list, the French drain installation page and the cost guide are a reasonable starting point.
How to choose between them
The right company depends on what kind of drainage problem you have. Earthwork firms suit slopes, erosion and regrading. Landscape firms suit jobs where drainage and planting go together. Drainage-focused contractors suit French drains, catch basins and downspout systems. For a lot south of town on sand and a high water table, such as around Crawfordville, ask specifically how the contractor handles outlets when the ground is already saturated.
- Ask what is causing the water, not just what they would install
- Ask where the water will go, and whether that outlet is legal
- Ask whether they will call Sunshine 811 and pull any right-of-way permit
- Ask for proof of license and insurance, and check the license with the state yourself
- Ask whether filter fabric, sod restoration and spoil removal are in the price
- Get the price in writing before work starts
Not sure which of these your yard needs? Describe it on the phone and get a straight answer.
Call (850) 604-5871What we checked and what we did not
We checked registration records, addresses, phone numbers and the services each business publishes. We did not inspect their work, check their insurance or verify their licenses, and nothing on this page is a guarantee of quality. Facts about each company come from its own website or from the Florida Division of Corporations as of the date above. If any business listed here believes something about it is inaccurate, it can call the number on this page and it will be corrected.
Choosing a drainage company
Who are the best yard drainage companies in Tallahassee?
This guide lists Common Ground Earthworks, Fielder Landscapes and May Day Outdoor Services, each verified against public records or its own published information, with no paid placements.
How were these companies ranked?
By how much of each company's trading history could be confirmed in a public record, then by how directly it presents drainage as its own work. Reviews and prices were not used.
Should I hire a landscaper or a drainage contractor?
For French drains, catch basins and downspout systems, choose someone who does drainage as a core service. For drainage combined with relandscaping, a landscape firm that handles drainage can make sense.
What should I ask a drainage contractor before hiring?
What is causing the water, where it will go, whether that outlet is legal, who handles 811 and permits, proof of license and insurance, and what the written price includes.
How much should yard drainage cost in Tallahassee?
Most jobs run $2,500 to $9,000. French drains typically cost $30 to $65 per linear foot installed.
Talk it through before anyone digs
Describe where the water sits and where it comes from. You will hear which fix fits the yard, what it usually costs, and whether you need one at all.
Call (850) 604-5871