The Fortnightly
Visits: 12Season: Mar to OctFrom: £22
Fernhill
Reading and west Berkshire
A Lawn Is a Schedule, Not a Job
Twelve visits between March and October, on the same week every time. Cut, edge, feed when it needs feeding, and the clippings leave with us. Nothing about it is a surprise, including what it costs.
Since 2009
The plans
Pick the One That Suits the Garden
Prices are per visit for a typical Reading back garden. Bigger lawn, more access, and the number moves with it before anyone turns up.
Hedges and Borders
Visits: 4Season: Apr to SepFrom: £95
The Weekly
Visits: 24Season: Mar to OctFrom: £18
The Autumn Clear
Visits: 2Season: Oct to DecFrom: £110
Lawn Treatment Year
Visits: 5Season: Feb to NovFrom: £34
One Off Rescue
Visits: 1Season: Any timeFrom: £160
Every visit
The Five Things We Never Skip
None of these are extras and none of them get dropped when we are running late.
Blown down, not left
Paths, patio and drive blown clear before the gate shuts
Borders kept, not just mown round
Weeded and edged so the lawn has a line to finish against
Clippings leave with us
No bags by the bin and no pile behind the shed
Never more than a third off
Which is what keeps a lawn green instead of yellow after a cut
A note through the door
What we did, what we noticed, and what needs doing next
Through the year
What Happens and When
A lawn does different things in different months. The plan follows the grass rather than the invoice date.
March, the first cut
High blade, no stripes, nothing taken off the crown. The first cut of the year is about waking the lawn up rather than making it look sharp.
December, hedges and hard pruning
The month the mower stays in the van. Hedges get their shape back and anything that needs cutting hard comes down while it is dormant.
July, drought watch
We raise the blade and cut less often. A lawn going brown in July is doing exactly what it should, and scalping it is what kills it.
May, weekly from here
Growth doubles and a fortnightly cut starts taking too much off at once. Most gardens move to weekly until the end of June.
April, spring feed
A granular feed and a selective weed while the grass is growing hard enough to use it. Do it too early and it just feeds the moss.
September, scarify and overseed
The most useful week of the year. The thatch comes out, seed goes down into the gaps, and the lawn goes into winter thick instead of bare.
October, last cut and leaves
One final cut a little higher than usual, then leaves off the lawn every visit until they stop falling. Leaves left on grass are what kills patches over winter.
Get a price
Get on Next Season’s Round
Send the postcode and roughly how big the lawn is. We price off the area and the access, and the number holds for the whole season rather than creeping up in August.