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Maintenance

Lawn care that keeps a built yard looking built.

Weekly maintenance is not the headline of this business, but it is the reason the hardscape still looks sharp three summers after it went in.

Weekly & bi-weekly

What a visit includes

Every visit is the same list in the same order. Nothing is optional and nothing gets skipped because the crew is running late.

  • Mowing at the correct height for the season
  • String trimming around posts, trees, foundations and fences
  • Hard edging along drives, walks and bed lines
  • Blow-off of every hard surface before we leave
A front lawn cut and edged along the walkway.

Turf programs

A typical four-round season

RoundWhenWhat it does
Pre-emergent + early feedAprilStops crabgrass before it germinates.
Broadleaf controlLate May – JuneDandelion, clover and plantain while actively growing.
Summer feed + spot controlJuly – AugustSlow-release nitrogen that will not burn.
Fall feedSeptember – OctoberThe most valuable feeding of the year.

Ontario restricts cosmetic pesticide use, so what can legally be applied to a residential lawn here is narrower than in the US. We work inside those rules.

Soil cores pulled across a lawn after core aeration.

Aeration & overseeding

For lawns that stay thin on clay

If the turf is patchy and hard underfoot, the problem is usually compaction. Core aeration pulls plugs out so air, water and seed reach the roots.

  • Best in early fall, when seed establishes fastest
  • Paired with overseeding so new grass fills the holes
  • Ideal for the clay most GTA subdivisions sit on

Free estimate

Add lawn care to a build, or on its own.

Flat per-visit pricing, in writing.