Top Tips for Autumn Lawns

Outstanding Gardens Hobart recently spent a crisp autumn morning bringing this Sandy Bay backyard back into shape — and the difference a proper mow makes is easy to see the moment you look at the lawn stripes stretching out behind the mower.

This is a big block, the kind a lot of Sandy Bay homes have — established fruit trees along the fence line, a mature hedge holding its own corner, and enough open lawn that a weekend spent behind the mower stops feeling like a weekend at all. By the time we're through, the patchy, sun-stressed grass at the far end gives way to clean, even stripes all the way to the back fence.

Autumn is the best time get on top of your lawn care

‍ Late summer sun takes a toll on Hobart lawns — you can see it in the slightly yellowed, uneven patches that show up by the time the weather turns. Autumn is the window to fix that before winter dormancy sets in. Our top tips for lawn care are: ‍

• Mow a little higher as growth slows — a taller blade of grass photosynthesises better through the cooler months and bounces back greener in spring.

• Keep the frequency up through early autumn, even as growth slows, rather than letting the lawn get away from you and having to cut it back hard in one go.

• Clear falling leaves regularly — left to sit, they smother the grass underneath and invite fungal issues over winter.

• Tidy the edges while you're at it — a sharp line along garden beds and fence lines does more for how "cared for" a garden looks than almost anything else

• Feeding time! Give your lawns a health dose of lawn feed.

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Servicing Sandy Bay and greater Hobart

‍ Outstanding Gardens Hobart provides garden maintenance, lawn mowing, hedge trimming and pruning across Sandy Bay, Kingston, Blackmans Bay, Taroona, Mount Nelson, West Hobart and greater Hobart — as a one-off tidy-up or an ongoing weekly, fortnightly or monthly plan.

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