How to establish a brand new lawn
Our step by step guide to create a beautiful lush lawn, with seed. It's a little more work starting from scratch, but it pays off with an absolutely gorgeous result.
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Our Yates lawn experts have created a range of tips and articles, to provide you with all the advice you need to care for your lawn, maintain its health and achieve lush green growth.
How to maintain your lawn (and freshen it up with seed)
Our guide to looking after your lawn, to keep it in peak condition. All the regular maintenance tips and tasks, including how to over-sow with seed to thicken up a lawn.
Why and how you should fertilise your lawn
Lawns are made up of many thousands of small, hungry plants, that all consume energy. Seasonal bursts of growth and regular mowing can deplete the lawn’s energy reserves, so here's how to top it up.
Lawn Watering Tips
Ever wondered how often you should be watering your lawn? Check out our lawn watering tips!
Spring lawn care tips
Spring is one of the busiest times in the garden. Here are a range of things to be on the lookout for with your lawn.
Summer lawn care tips
Whether it’s preparing your lawn for the holidays, or helping it recover from backyard games and parties, here are our summer lawn care tips for creating a lush green lawn.
Autumn lawn care tips
Early autumn is a great time of the year to make improvements to the lawn. It’s the perfect season for seeding, laying new turf, feeding and controlling weeds.
Winter lawn care tips
Winter’s an important time for solving lawn problems. If you tackle problems while it's cold, the lawn will be in great shape for the coming summer.
Resuscitate your lawn
Does your lawn look a bit sad? The reason might not be as obvious as you think: thatch build-up or soil compaction might be the culprits. Here's what to look out for and how to tackle it.
Why Choose a Kikuyu Lawn?
Kikuyu is vigorous and will survive where other lawn seed types would struggle, or need a lot of maintenance. If your lawn is close to the coast, it makes a lot of sense.
Guide to laying rolled turf or ready lawn
All the tips and tricks you need to get it done, and how to care for it while it establishes.
How to drain a soggy lawn
If your lawn is on heavy clay soil, regularly forms puddles, or stays wet and squelchy right through winter, it’s a good candidate for some extra drainage. A French drain is the time-honoured method.
Introducing our Innovative Lawn Food Range
Starting with a clean sheet, we've completely redesigned our lawn food range; using cutting-edge plant nutrition technology to create a set of new fertilisers. No matter what type of lawn you have, we have it covered...for up to 6 months!
Introducing our New Yates Lawn Seed Range
We've updated our old favourites with sustainable packaging, plus added some new favourites. If you're thinking about a fresh lawn or a tidy-up, check them out!
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