Category Archives: Creating a New Lawn

Creating a new lawn is a very exciting task in the step of building a new garden. The lawn is the backdrop and the foundation for your whole outside space. Getting this step right is essential as your lawn may be there for decades to come. In fact the very best lawns have been tended for generations.

Find out the best steps to creating your new lawn in these blog pages.

Question: How do I make new grass stand up to be mowed?

Bending the grass over when mowing a new lawn.

I received this interesting question from a reader in summer 2021 about mowing a new lawn. He raises an interesting point about having difficulty making his new grass stand up. A new lawn sometimes grows wispy and leggy and the grass falls over when being mown. If your new lawn is like this find out what to do to bring it under control again.

Plastic netting in turf – A nightmare for wildlife and gardeners

Netting showing through worn turf

Over the past few years I have noticed a worrying increase in the use of plastic netting in new lawns. This plastic mesh not only makes carrying out some lawn treatments very difficult but it can harm wildlife and increase plastic pollution in the environment. Find out why farmers are growing plastic embedded turf and how you can avoid this new environmental scourge.

Should I seed or turf my new lawn?

Exeter Lawn Regeneration - September 2018

I am often asked by customers if they should sow seed or lay turf to create their new lawn. There are many factors to consider when deciding which method to choose. Find out the pros and cons to the different ways and find out which method fares better in the long run. Whether you are trying to grass a slope or building that beautiful lawn of your dreams.