A lawn regeneration in Hale, Cheshire

I am often asked if I have any photos of lawns which I have worked on, so I have put together this slideshow showing the usual lawn regeneration process, bringing a really poor quality lawn back to its best.

A lawn regeneration slideshow:

This was the state of the lawn when I first arrived. It was heavily moss covered with barely any grass.
Close up you can see that the lawn was in a very poor state. The compaction had become so bad that some areas were devoid of grass altogether.
A few weeks after a moss control treatment was applied the lawns turns black and green!
A moss control was applied to the lawn, blackening the moss and greening up the grass. You can also see the results of a weed control which was applied a few weeks before.
The lawn is then scarified and you can see the amount of material that is removed from the lawn. This was just one pass! Some lawns need several passes to get all of the material out.
The thatch is raked into lines for easy bagging.
The lawn thatch is then bagged up ready for disposal.
The cleaned lawn.
There is not much green grass left after scarifying.
The lawn is then hollow-tine aerated. This helps to relieve compaction and helps to give a much better result from re-seeding.
A close-up of the hollow-tine process.
The cores are then removed and the lawn is the overseeded. A top-dressing can then be applied to help the seed take.
A couple of weeks later you can see that the new grass is already starting to come through.
Six weeks later the grass is thickening up well. A good feed at this stage helps to stimulate leaf growth and thicken the lawn quickly.
A couple of months later the lawn looks fantastic, lush and thick with no sign of moss.