Care guides, season by season.

Waking the lawn up after winter.

• Give the lawn its first proper feed of the year to kick-start growth and colour once the soil warms up.
• Start on early broadleaf weeds while they’re small and before they set seed.
• This is prime time for scarification and aeration — the lawn is growing and recovers fast, so it’s the best window for a renovation.
• Raise the mower blades for the first few cuts and never scalp a lawn that’s just come out of winter.

Keeping colour and coping with drought.

• Feed for strong colour and growth, but at the right rate — over-feeding in heat produces soft growth that invites disease.
• Water deeply and less often rather than a light sprinkle every day; wetting agents help water actually soak in on hard, dry soil.
• Raise the cutting height in a dry spell — longer grass shades its own roots and holds moisture.
• Watch for red thread and drought stress, and don’t panic at brown grass: healthy lawns bounce back once rain returns.

The most important season for a great lawn.

• Autumn is the best time to scarify, aerate and overseed — the soil is still warm, there’s moisture, and new seed establishes beautifully.
• Switch to an autumn feed that hardens the grass for winter rather than pushing soft top growth.
• Treat moss now, before the damp winter lets it spread through a weakened lawn.
• Keep clearing fallen leaves — a wet mat of leaves left on the lawn will yellow and thin the grass beneath it.

Protecting the lawn through the cold and wet.

• Stay off a frosted or waterlogged lawn — walking on it damages the crowns of the grass and compacts wet soil.
• Keep mowing to a minimum; only a light tidy on a mild, dry day if the grass is still growing.
• A well-fed, aerated lawn drains and copes far better through a wet winter — the groundwork you do in autumn pays off now.
• Winter is a good time to book your survey and plan the year ahead so treatments start on time in spring.