CORE AERATION
Core Aeration
Regular core aeration is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy, resilient lawn. When performed at the right times of year, aeration improves soil conditions and promotes stronger root growth.
What Is Core Aeration?
Core aeration allows air, water, and nutrients to reach the grass roots more efficiently.
It improves nutrient exchange in the soil, resulting in thicker, greener, and healthier turf.
When Aeration Is Recommended
Best performed in the spring and fall.
Typically recommended once per season, depending on soil conditions and lawn usage.
Why Aeration Matters
Over time, soil becomes compacted, restricting root growth.
Compacted soil increases susceptibility to drought stress, disease, and insect damage.
Aeration relieves compaction, allowing roots to grow deeper and stronger.
Our Aeration Process
Professional-grade core aeration equipment creates evenly spaced holes throughout the lawn.
Small soil and thatch plugs are extracted and left on the surface.
These cores naturally break down within approximately one week, returning valuable nutrients to the soil.
Open channels allow water, oxygen, and fertilizer to penetrate directly to the root zone.
Additional Benefits
Improves water absorption and reduces runoff.
Enhances fertilizer efficiency.
Encourages deeper root development and long-term lawn health.
- Seed to soil contact when over seeding
Pricing Considerations
Pricing for core aeration is determined by several practical factors beyond simple lawn size. Each property is evaluated to ensure accurate, fair pricing based on actual service requirements.
Factors that may affect pricing include:
Total lawn area
Overall square footage requiring aeration.Property access and layout
Gates, stairs, narrow side yards, slopes, or other access limitations that increase labor or setup time.Soil condition and compaction
Heavily compacted or clay-based soils may require additional passes to achieve effective results.Optional enhancements
Supplemental services such as overseeding, fertilization, or soil amendments that improve long-term outcomes.
One of the best things you can do for your lawn is to aerate it on a regular basis. Lawn aeration is best done in the spring and fall, and usually takes place once each of these seasons, depending on the need.
Lawn aeration is the process of insuring that air, water, and nutrients can get to the roots of your grass. This allows for a better exchange of nutrients, which promotes healthier grass and a more rich, lush lawn.
If you haven’t aerated your lawn in a while, your soil is probably highly compacted. Compacted soil hinders root penetration and development making the lawn more susceptible to damage through drought, disease, or insects.
The aeration process is simple. Our lawn care technicians use a specifically designed core aeration machine that bores evenly spaced holes in your lawn. The cores of dirt and thatch that are removed are then deposited on the surface. These will decompose back into the soil in about a week, recycling their nutrients into the lawn.
Meanwhile all those good things like air, water, and fertilizer can get down to the roots of your grass, strengthening your lawn and stimulating root growth.
Core aeration is also a great water saver, as it allows more water to be absorbed directly into the soil, rather than running off the surface.
If your lawn could benefit from a lawn aeration treatment, we would be happy to help.