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Lawns in Westboro
Lawn care Westboro, narrow lots, old trees.
Westboro mixes tall new infill homes and older bungalows on the same street, and the lawns show it. Many are a small front yard with a city boulevard, a side yard a metre wide and a backyard under a mature maple. Lawn care Westboro homeowners need is mostly about access, shade and soil that construction has packed down.
- 12 km from our Barrhaven base
- Mowing from $39 a cut
Neighbourhoods we cover
- Westboro Village
- Westboro Beach
- Champlain Park
- Island Park
- McKellar Park
- Highland Park
- Carlingwood
Most infill lots here fit our small-lot price.
Westboro lawns, up close
Infill construction leaves hard, patchy soil.
When an old bungalow in Westboro Village or McKellar Park comes down and a pair of semis goes up, the lawn around them is usually new sod over ground that trucks and excavators have packed hard. Neighbouring lawns often take a beating too. Grass on soil like that roots shallowly, browns early in summer and thins along the property line.
Core aeration is where we start on these lots, then overseeding where the old lawn was torn up. Side yards between infill homes are often under a metre wide, so we bring walk-behind mowers and trimmers that fit, and access never changes the price of lawn care Westboro infill lots get from us.
Closer to the river, in Champlain Park and Island Park, the lots are older and the trees bigger: oaks and maples that shade the front lawn by midsummer. There we cut higher and seed with a shade-tolerant fescue. Highland Park and Carlingwood have post-war bungalows with more open backyards, often a size up from the infill lots near Richmond Road.
The grass and seed we choose here suit the region’s plant hardiness zone, which Natural Resources Canada maps: Plant hardiness zones of Canada.
What we do differently here
- Aeration after constructionLawns beside a recent infill build are cored first, to loosen soil packed by machinery.
- Boulevard includedThe city strip between the sidewalk and the road is cut and edged with the front lawn.
- Gear that fits a side yardWalk-behind mowers go through gaps under a metre wide, at no extra charge.
Prices
Lawn care Westboro prices: the same list as everywhere.
No travel fee inside our area. Plus HST.
Your season
Westboro lawns green up early and fade in July.
Small front yards along Richmond Road and Byron Avenue green up early in spring, then dry out fast in July on thin, compacted soil. We raise the cut through the summer heat and book September aeration early here, since it is the visit that helps these lawns most.
Reviews
What customers say about us.
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Response from the owner17 days ago
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Very happy with the duct cleaning service. The team was professional, explained the process clearly, and did a thorough job cleaning the ducts and vents. They worked efficiently and left the area clean when they finished.
Response from the owner17 days ago
Thank you so much for the kind words! We are really glad the team took the time to walk you through the process and did a thorough job on the ducts and vents. Working efficiently and leaving the area clean afterward is exactly what the whole BlueGuard team takes pride in on every visit. If you ever need your ducts or dryer vent cleaned again, we would love to have you back, and any referrals would mean a lot to us!
FAQ
Lawn care Westboro questions, answered.
Heavy equipment compacts the soil well past the property line, and a new building changes where rain runs off. Roots stop at the packed layer, so the grass thins and browns early. Core aeration followed by overseeding in late August or September is the usual fix, and it often takes two seasons.
Yes. Many infill homes here leave a gap of under a metre between houses, and our walk-behind mowers and string trimmers fit through it. Narrow access does not change the price, and the crew blows the path clean on the way out so nothing is tracked onto the neighbour’s side.
Higher than a lawn in full sun. Under the mature oaks and maples near Champlain Park and Island Park we leave the grass at about three and a half inches, which helps it hold moisture and compete with moss. That higher cut is standard in the lawn care Westboro shaded lots get from us.
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