Lawn care questions, answered

Our featured service areas are Chattanooga, East Brainerd and Ooltewah. We also serve Hixson, Red Bank, East Ridge, Harrison, Collegedale and Apison. Routes vary by neighborhood, so share your address when you request an estimate — or measure your lawn first — and we’ll confirm availability. See all service areas.

It depends on the size of the grounds and how much you want done. A small, flat front yard that only needs mowing is a very different job from a large lot with slopes, beds and hedges. Instead of guessing with a one-size price, we learn about your property and give you an estimate for it. See what affects the cost of lawn care.

Yes. Tell us about your property through the estimate form or call 423-475-1731, and we’ll follow up to talk it through.

It helps to let us know about gate codes or locks, pets that will be in the yard, and anything fragile or hidden in the grass, like low sprinkler heads or landscape lighting. Just add it to the notes when you request an estimate.

A typical season here starts with a cut in February and another in early March, then weekly mowing from mid-March through October, with cuts spacing out in November as growth slows. Every-other-week schedules and appointment-based cuts are also available — your plan is built around your lawn and your budget.

It depends on the grass. Bermudagrass and zoysiagrass — common in sunny Chattanooga yards — are mowed lower, while tall fescue, which often fills shady yards, is kept noticeably taller. Either way we follow the “one-third rule”: never remove more than about a third of the grass blade in one mow. Scalping a lawn stresses it and invites weeds, so we don’t. Our Chattanooga lawn care guide explains more.

Trimming is a horizontal cut that catches grass the mower can’t reach — along fences, around trees, mailboxes and beds. Edging is a vertical cut that sets a crisp line where grass meets a driveway, sidewalk or bed. Both are part of our regular lawn service, and they’re what make a mowed lawn look finished.

Yes. Clippings get blown off driveways, walks and patios and cleared out of flower beds, and we pick up loose debris in the areas we work. You shouldn’t have to sweep up after us.

Yes — along with regular weekly and every-other-week service, we offer appointment-based cutting. It’s a good fit before an event, after a vacation, or when you’re getting a house ready to sell.

As general guidance: most evergreen hedges respond well to a main shaping in late winter or early spring, before new growth, with lighter touch-ups through the growing season. Shrubs that flower in spring — azaleas and forsythia, for example — are best trimmed right after they bloom so you don’t cut off next year’s flowers. We’ll look at what you have and time the work accordingly. More on hedge and shrub trimming.

Yes. In fall we clear leaves from lawns, beds and hard surfaces, or mulch lighter leaf cover into the lawn with the mower, and we clear trimmings after shrub work. It can be added to regular mowing or booked on its own. See leaf and seasonal cleanup.

Yes. We handle grounds upkeep for business properties as well as homes. If your site has particular requirements — service days, access, paperwork or insurance documentation — include them in your request so we can confirm the details before any work begins. See commercial lawn care.

Tell us. If there’s something you’d like done differently, we’re happy to fix it — that’s part of how we work.