Best Lawn Care Services in Iowa

Iowa’s landscape is perfect for year-round outdoor activities, but lawn care? Leave that to us at Lawn Love. Don’t waste your time mowing and weeding.

Lawn Love pros treat your grass like their own. Why? Our local pros are your neighbors. With routine mowing, edging, and trimming, your lawn will stay healthy and good-looking and you won’t have to do a thing.

It’s easy to get a free quote and book your lawn care services on our app, by phone, or here on our site. We make lawn care easy.

Lawn Love: Your Iowa lawn care experts

In Iowa, our team of local lawn care pros will cater to your lawn’s every need: 

• Mowing
• Weed control
• Edging
• Lawn aeration
• Landscaping
• Shrub and tree pruning 
• Leaf collection and removal
• Lawn fertilization 

Give your lawn some Lawn Love. Call (800) 706-4117, click here, or download our app to get an instant quote and service in a few days. Lawn Love makes lawn care easy.

Iowa’s four seasons mean we get to enjoy all types of weather. But while we can adapt to snowy winters and hot summers, your lawn can’t. That’s why only cool-season grasses grow well here. They can handle the freezing temperatures and snow and then go dormant if it gets too hot.

Here's a breakdown of the most common cool-season grasses in Iowa:

Fine fescue 

• Shade tolerant and low maintenance
• Recommended for: Northern and Central Iowa

Kentucky bluegrass

• Tolerates drought but needs regular fertilization and mowing
• Recommended For: All of Iowa

Perennial ryegrass

• Often used for overseeding and combined with Kentucky bluegrass and/or fine fescues. 
• Tolerates shade and drought
• Recommended For: Central and Southern Iowa

Tall fescue

• Shade and heat-tolerant, high drought tolerance 
• Recommended For: Central, Southern, and Western Iowa

Iowa Lawn Care Tips

Best Time to Mow

The best time to mow your grass in Iowa is between 8 and 10 in the morning, late afternoon, or early evening before sunset. Avoid mowing during the middle of the day when the sun is scorching the grass. 

Adjust Mowing Height

Shorter grass height slows airflow, which increases disease susceptibility. So, mow your grass at the appropriate height.

Regular Mowing Schedule

A good rule of thumb is to mow your grass weekly in the growing season and then once every two weeks when it's growing more slowly. No mowing is needed when the grass is dormant.

Aeration

In Iowa, aerating your grass is best done in the morning, during spring and fall, while the dew is still on the grass, the grass is still growing, and the ground isn’t frozen.

Fertilization

The ideal time to fertilize cool-season grasses is spring and fall while the grass is growing. Fertilization supplies the grass with essential nutrients that promote its growth and well-being.

Watering

Water your Iowa lawn early in the morning, before sunrise. The hot sun can scorch the grass blades in the middle of the day and evaporate the water before it can soak in.

Lawn care is time-consuming and difficult. Rather than spending your time worrying about your lawn and its needs, go spelunking or ziplining and leave the chores to us.

Getting started with Lawn Love is easy. Call, click, or download our app to get an instant lawn care quote, and don’t give yard work another thought. We make lawn care easy.