Lawn mowing services in Sydney's Hills DistrictMowed, edged and blown clean

Through the warm months, roughly October to March, most Sydney lawns need a mow every one to two weeks, and weekly for kikuyu after a run of summer storms. Through the cool months, every three to four weeks is usually plenty, because couch slows right down and can go dormant. If you would like us on a repeat visit, tell us how often you are thinking when you request a quote and we will suggest what suits your grass.

Under the NSW noise rules for power garden tools, a mower should not be used before 8am or after 8pm on Sundays and public holidays, or before 7am or after 8pm on any other day, if it can be heard inside a neighbour's home. Our crew works Mon to Fri 7am to 6pm, Sat 8am to 4pm, so an early start stays inside the rules and never means waking the street on a weekend.

It means never cutting off more than a third of the grass blade in a single mow. Take more and you shock the plant, expose the brown stems, let the soil dry out and give weeds room to move in. If a lawn has got very long, the right fix is to bring it down over two or three cuts a week or so apart. It is the main reason regular mowing gives a thicker lawn than an occasional rescue mow.

If it is hot and the lawn is dry, a deep water helps the grass recover, but early the next morning is better than the heat of the afternoon. A deep soak once or twice a week does more for a Sydney lawn than a light sprinkle every day, because it pushes the roots down into the clay. Leaving the grass a little longer through summer also helps it hold moisture between storms.

We avoid it. Wet grass tears instead of cutting cleanly, clumps under the mower deck and leaves wet clippings smeared over the lawn and the paths. On the heavy clay soils across the Hills District, a mower on a soaked lawn also leaves ruts and compacts the soil. After heavy rain we would rather move the visit back a day or two and tell you, than damage the lawn to keep to a date.

Yes. A lawn that has been left for months is cut back in stages, so the grass recovers green instead of being scalped to brown stems in one hit. The first visit takes the height down and gets the edges back, and a follow-up cut a week or two later finishes the job. If the beds and hedges have gone too, a garden clean-up on the same visit gets the whole yard back.

Clippings are always blown off the paths, driveway and patio before we leave. Whether the clippings on the lawn are taken away or left as a light layer depends on the job and what you prefer, so tell us when you book and we will confirm it in your quote. If there is a bigger pile of garden waste to deal with, our garden clean-ups page covers that.

Lawn mowing is priced job by job, because the size of the lawn, how long it has grown, the slope, the access and the amount of edging all change the time on site. We aim to stay competitive with other Hills District crews, and the exact price is locked in before we start. Send a photo of the lawn and your suburb through our free quote form and we will come back the same day.

Usually not. As long as we can get through the side gate and the dogs are inside or shut in another part of the yard, we can mow and edge while you are at work. Leave the gate unlocked or tell us where the key is, and let us know about anything to avoid, like a new garden bed or a sprinkler line. We can send a photo when we are done, or contact us to talk it through first.

Yes, acreage mowing is part of what we do. Many blocks in Dural, Kenthurst, Glenhaven and Annangrove have a mown area around the house and paddock or bush beyond it. Tell us the rough size of the area you want cut and send a photo of the slope and the gates, and we will tell you straight how we would do it and what it involves.

Acreage mowing is mowing for big rural and semi-rural blocks, where there is more open grass than a normal suburban lawn. In the Hills that means places like Dural, Kenthurst and Annangrove, with a mown area around the house, long verges and paddock beyond. It often mixes a mower for the open ground with a line trimmer for banks, fence lines and around tanks and sheds. Send photos through our quote form and we will tell you what your block needs.

As a general guide, the NSW Rural Fire Service suggests keeping grass in the area closest to the home mown short, around 10 centimetres or less, with leaf litter and bark cleared away. On bush-edge blocks in Glenhaven and Kenthurst that zone matters most through summer. Check the RFS website for what applies to your property. We can keep that area mown on a regular visit, and a garden clean-up clears the leaf and bark from the beds.