We Craft Vibrant, Natural Spaces via Landscape Gardening in Godalming | DR Bradbury

As trusted local experts handling all aspects of landscape gardening in Godalming, for domestic and commercial clients alike, we love nothing more than transforming properties with the careful implementation of plant life – from vibrant perennials, to shady trees and leafy hedges. One thing that’s seemingly simple but can often go neglected is the humble lawn. In this blog post, we look at how you can care for your lawn, whether it’s one that needs some TLC, or we’ve just left you with one that’s been newly turfed or seeded!

Landscape Gardening 101 – Fostering the Perfect Lawn

What to do With a New Lawn - Whether you’ve had a team of landscape gardening professionals in to lay a healthy new lawn, or if you are taking on the job on a DIY basis, keep in mind that you shouldn’t walk on it until it’s firmly rooted. In most situations, Godalming residents can expect to wait between a fortnight and a full month. Test it by attempting to lift a corner of the turf. It should be fixed to the soil below before you walk on it.

Another key tip is to prevent the lawn drying out, especially when the warmer months bless Godalming. Water it every day in these drier spells, all the way up to when the turf is fully rooted. Once rooted, you should also look to carry out that exciting and essential landscape gardening task – the first cut! If you use a mower, ensure blades are on a high setting.

Frequency of Mowing - In this day and age, where local environment, sustainability and re-wilding are all hot topics, you may wish to have a fairly long and shaggy lawn; this will encourage local wildlife: the birds and the bees, etc. But to get a thick and healthy growth you’ll want to mow it a few times regularly to start with, regardless. It’ll prevent patchiness and get it off to the right start. Once or twice weekly between April and November is a good metric, depending on how you like it in those intervals. Plenty of Godalming clients are a bit more liberal with the cutting, and this is fine as long as you keep an eye on it and don’t totally forget to get round to it.

Another tip that’s integral to proper landscape gardening is not removing more than 1/3rd of the grass height, and certainly not going down below one inch in length. Keep it a little longer for a healthy lawn and a thriving ecosystem. The clipped, patchy, totally devoid-of-life lawns we sometimes seearound Godalming are a very sad sight indeed!

Frequency of Watering - A rookie landscape gardening mistake is watering a lawn all year round. Once fully rooted and thriving, only water it in especially dry weather. Your lawn, even if it yellows a bit, will green up once the rain comes back around. Not only can excessive watering create health issues with a lawn as it waterlogs, with the recent droughts in Godalming and bans on hose pipe use, you’re doing the right thing by watering conservatively and only when really required.