Grass cutting in Godstone

Weekly or fortnightly mowing across the village and the parish, striped, edged and cleared away.

Grass cutting in Godstone means keeping an eye on two kinds of ground. Lawns around the Green and along the High Street grow on loose greensand that sheds water within hours. Lawns further south, out towards Blindley Heath, sit on Weald Clay and hold it for days. Same week, same rain, and one lawn can be cut on Tuesday while the other wants leaving until Friday.

We mow with rear-roller Hayter mowers, so the stripes are proper ones. Edges are trimmed every visit and every clipping leaves with us. If you’ve typed grass mowing service near me from an RH9 postcode, we work right across the parish through the season.

Why village lawns brown first in a dry summer

Folkestone sand is fine and loose, and water runs straight through it. In a hot July a lawn on it can go straw-coloured while clay lawns a couple of miles south still look green. Cutting short makes that much worse. So through dry spells we raise the mower and leave more leaf, which shades the roots and hangs on to what moisture there is. It looks a touch less tight for a few weeks. But it greens up with the first proper rain, and a scalped lawn on sand often comes back patchy.

Grass cutting in Godstone through the year

Lawn mowing in Godstone usually starts in late March or April with a high first cut, just taking the tips off. Weekly suits most lawns through May and June, when growth is quickest. By midsummer, fortnightly is often plenty on the sandier ground. We stop around October, when the grass does. We never mow wet or frozen grass, but you’ll find we’re back on village lawns sooner after rain than on clay ones. Plenty of people roll lawn mowing and garden maintenance into one visit, with the beds and hedges done the same day. It saves a second trip.

Lawn Mowing in Godstone: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

How much does grass cutting cost in Godstone?

It depends on the size of the lawn, how easy it is to get a mower to it and how often you want us. Regular cuts cost less per visit than one-offs. We’ll come and look, then give you a fixed price.

My lawn goes brown every summer. Should I be watering it?

An established lawn usually doesn’t need it. Brown grass on sand is dormant, not dead, and it recovers when the rain comes back. Cutting higher and less often through the dry weeks helps far more, and that’s what we do.

Do you take the clippings away?

Every visit. Nothing gets left in a heap or stuffed into your green bin, and paths and patios are swept before we go.