Professional Lawn Core Aeration Service in Calgary

Lawn aeration is the process of removing small plugs of soil from your lawn to relieve compaction, improve airflow, and allow water and nutrients to reach the root zone more effectively.

Yes. Aeration is one of the best things you can do to improve root health and overall turf quality.

Always aerate before overseeding or fertilizing, for the best seed-to-soil contact. 

No, we do not recommend aeration for new lawns, for the first 2 years. The is a risk that the aerator can unseat the sod, or rip it, if sod is not fully rooted.

Signs Your Lawn Needs Aeration:
- Water pooling or poor drainage
- Thinning, patchy, or yellowing areas
- Hard, compact soil that’s difficult to penetrate
- Heavy foot traffic areas
- Slow growth despite watering and fertilizing
- Thatch layer thicker than ½ inch

Most Calgary lawns benefit from aeration once per year, ideally in Spring or Fall. For lawns with extremely compacted soil, we can provide the service twice for the year, or we can provide a double run, in one session.

Immediately after aeration, we recommend grass seed and fertilizer  application. Water properly to help seeds germinate without washing away, while avoiding heavy foot traffic and waiting to mow until new grass is established.

In Calgary, the ideal times to aerate, are in the Spring (Mid-April to Early June) and in the Fall (Late August and September), after the heat of the Summer is over, when temperatures are cooler and grass is actively growing. 

We advise home owners to water the lawn one day before the property is scheduled for Lawn aeration, to improve the aeration results. Moist soil allows deeper tine penetration, resulting in longer plugs. If the property has inground sprinkler system, we need the home owners to flag the heads, so we know where they are and not run them over, and damage them, with the aerators. Same goes for any shallow utilities. The lawn area needs to be free of any objects or obstacles. 

No, we do not remove the plugs, we leave the plugs to break down naturally. If you pair the core aeration with the power raking service, we can do the aeration first and the power raking second. In this case the power rake will break the plugs and then manually raking the thatch will remove any left overs from the lawn.

Aeration improves soil health but does not revive dead turf. If areas are thin or patchy, pairing aeration with overseeding and fertilization is the best solution.

There are no pre-payments, we email out an invoice after the service has been completed. As for payment, we currently accept e-transfers and cheques.

Yes, bookings can be canceled at any time, prior to scheduled service date. That gives us enough time to replace your property in our schedules, without any down times. However, for unannounced, on spot cancellations we charge a $80 fee.