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Lawn Restoration

Treatment Services

Aeration, dethatching, and top-dressing for lawns that need more than a cut and a feed. We open compacted soil, lift excess thatch, and top-dress to improve the surface.

A core aerator on a striped residential lawn

What you get

  • Core aeration to relieve compacted soil
  • Dethatching when the dead layer is choking the lawn
  • Top-dressing with compost or soil to level and improve the surface
  • Timed for Niagara springs and falls, when the lawn can recover
  • Can be paired with overseeding and a fertilization program
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Benefits

  • Aeration lets water, air, and fertilizer reach the roots instead of sitting on a hard surface.
  • Dethatching removes the spongy layer that keeps the lawn from rooting and drying properly.
  • Top-dressing smooths low spots and gives seed and existing grass a better soil to grow in.

When it helps

  • Lawns that feel hard, puddle, or bounce back thin no matter how often they are mowed.
  • Turf with a thick brown mat of thatch, often more than about half an inch.
  • Yards that need leveling, a soil refresh, or a stronger recovery after summer stress.

The value

These are the jobs that make mowing and fertilizer actually work. One well-timed treatment in fall, or a planned spring visit, does more for a tired lawn than another year of cutting the same weak grass.

Why Picture Garden

  • We tell you which of the three the lawn needs. Not every yard needs all of them.
  • We time the work for moist, growing turf so the lawn recovers instead of sitting torn up.
  • Treatment services sit alongside weekly mowing and fertilization, so the follow-up is already handled.

When we should not do this work

  • Do not aerate frozen, bone-dry, or soaking wet soil. The machine either will not pull plugs or it will rut the lawn.
  • Do not dethatch a thin, weak lawn just to be thorough. Aggressive dethatching can scalp what little grass is left.
  • Do not top-dress so thick that it buries the grass. A light, even layer is the point.

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