What is lawn levelling?
Lawn levelling is taking the humps and hollows out of a lawn. Small dips are filled gradually with topdressing. Deeper hollows and high spots need the turf lifted, the ground underneath corrected, and the turf laid back down.
Why level a lawn?
- High spots get scalped by the mower, leaving brown patches after every cut
- Hollows hold water, and wet patches grow moss
- An uneven surface never mows well, no matter how good the grass is
If you run a robot mower, a level surface matters even more. They cut little and often, and they follow every bump you’ve got.
How we do it
Little and often is the rule. Grass can only grow through so much material at once, so bigger corrections are done in stages across the season rather than burying the lawn in one go. For deeper hollows we lift the turf, sort the levels underneath and lay it back, so the repair knits in rather than standing out.
When is the best time?
During the growing season, so the grass recovers quickly. Spring through to early autumn covers it.
How it fits into our service
Levelling is carried out on lawns already on our seasonal programme, planned in at the right time of year for your lawn.
Watch how it’s done
Straight from our YouTube channel. This is the work, step by step, on real lawns.
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