How much do you pay your lawn service and what do they do for that cost?

[Anonymous]

$35/week in Vienna for mowing/edging. 3/4 an acre.

[Anonymous]

OP here- would you pay more, the same, or less for an organic / non chemical solution, even if you woul have some weeds - assume non-chemical to be less effective, but more green? Trying to weigh our options and whether we should be treating lawn.

[Anonymous]

$40/wk, 1 acre, mowing/edging.
In Oak Hill.

[Anonymous]

So that's a lot of edging/mowing information but what do you do about the landscaping? Even established landscaping grows weeds and need to be kept under control. I'm not talking manicured looking just not unkempt and unsightly.

[Anonymous]

I'm 19:17 from yesterday and I'm in Chevy Chase. I didn't say as OP didn't give her location.

[Anonymous]

OP here - we are in Kensington and don't pay anything currently - DH does it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In addition to grass cutting, what other landscaping services are typically required? We just bought a house on .7 acres and won't have time (or expertise) to take care of the landscaping ourselves. All the yards in the neighborhood look so manicured, not a weed in sight. If we wanted to hire someone to keep our landscaping in comparable condition - i.e., immaculate flower beds with pretty seasonal plantings, well-maintained trees and shrubbery, etc. - what services would we need, and roughly how much would it cost?

NP here. Bump. Please, can someone elaborate on this? We are new homeowners, no expertise in lawn care, all the neighbors have manicured lawns/trees, we don't want to stay too far behind. We had a quote for deep root tree fertilization, 5 fertilizer applications, insect application, aeration/overseeding, etc. Adding up everything amounts to like $300/month (including mowing). Are all these services necessary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In addition to grass cutting, what other landscaping services are typically required? We just bought a house on .7 acres and won't have time (or expertise) to take care of the landscaping ourselves. All the yards in the neighborhood look so manicured, not a weed in sight. If we wanted to hire someone to keep our landscaping in comparable condition - i.e., immaculate flower beds with pretty seasonal plantings, well-maintained trees and shrubbery, etc. - what services would we need, and roughly how much would it cost?

NP here. Bump. Please, can someone elaborate on this? We are new homeowners, no expertise in lawn care, all the neighbors have manicured lawns/trees, we don't want to stay too far behind. We had a quote for deep root tree fertilization, 5 fertilizer applications, insect application, aeration/overseeding, etc. Adding up everything amounts to like $300/month (including mowing). Are all these services necessary?

I recommend you start a new thread. Few people are going to read down to your post and answer. I have no particular knowledge about lawn care, but I am a tree/shrub/perennial gardener and can tell you that trees don't usually need regular fertilization. It sounds like they are trying to sell you more than you need.

[Anonymous]

Alexandria. Postage stamp lot (.1) we pay $35/every other week for weeeding, edging, mowing, basic clean up. Spend $450 for mulch and massive yard clean, in Fall $60/every other week with added leaf pick up since we have two large trees.

[Anonymous]

1 acre, $50 every two weeks, mowing, edging, weeding, cleanup.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have recommendations for NE DC?

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have a good bargain recommendation for Oakton? Must be licensed, we get hit up by fly by night tree services constantly but they often do not behave in a professional way.

[Anonymous]

Pay about $600 a month

For that they, mow 35 times, mulch twice a year, plant seasonal flowers, take care of leaves, take care of branches and cleanup, aerate the lawn, fertilize 6 or 8 times for different treatments, pull weeds weekly and trim all of the trees and hedges


We have 2 acres

[Anonymous]

Will the lawn people help keep the grass green? DH and I are in a condo right now but will be in a SFH with a yard eventually. Like do they kill weeds and plant grass?

[Anonymous]

yes and yes