Give Your Lawn a Chance to Breathe

Whether you need a one time lawn aeration or an ongoing treatment plan, getting started is easy. Get an instant quote online and schedule your one time or recurring service. You’ll know upfront how much it will cost and when to expect the job to be completed.

Lawn Love can match you with vetted and skilled lawn aeration companies, at your convenience to provide you with the lawn aeration services you need.

Lawn Love is a modern, tech-enabled lawn care service for lawn aeration. Gone are the days of physical, in-person estimates, payments left under the doormat, and spotty core aeration services. Just tell us your address, and we use a combination of high-resolution satellite imagery, machine learning, and human review to generate a personalized blueprint of your yard – all in under two minutes and without ever setting foot on your property.

From there, you can book your lawn aeration service with just a few clicks, and we'll match you up with a skilled lawn pro to come by and complete the work. You can coordinate your entire service for core aeration from your smartphone or web browser.

Why choose Lawn Love for your Aeration Services?

We make it super easy to get started. First, enter your zip code to get a quote online instantly. We will provide a free estimate based on your location and the size of your yard. We will find a lawn aeration professional for you who can service your lawn in as quickly as 2 days.

It’s affordable

Our goal is to provide cheap lawn aeration services, without compromising quality. Payment and scheduling are automated, and you can manage everything from the convenience of your phone or web browser. We have different options for lawn care services and plans to fit any budget. Our pricing is transparent, meaning you'll know what you'll pay for your service before the job is even scheduled so you'll never experience any hidden fees.

Come see what the best lawn care of the future looks like. Get an instant quote and let Lawn Love connect you with a lawn care company today.

Quality Assurance

Lawn Love offers top rated aeration services and affordable lawn care, with pros located in over 120 cities. If you’re looking for the best yard clean up or other lawn care services, we can help!

Vetted Professionals

Using our lawn care app, Lawn Love pairs you with lawn professionals who are experienced, friendly, and qualified. Most of the pros who use Lawn Love have an average of 10 years of experience.

Instant quote

Need a yard cleanup fast? Using satellite mapping technology, we’re able to give quotes in two minutes or less. Our instant, personalized quotes are based on the size of your lawn, location, and selected service. Our lawn pros are available quickly, sometimes within 48 hours, depending on your location.

Our satisfaction guarantee

Your happiness is our goal. If you're not completely satisfied with your aeration service, we'll come back and fix it, free of charge. This guarantee doesn't end with your first lawn care service either. We'll follow up with you after each and every service to ensure that your lawn is getting the best care possible!

Manage everything online

You can manage scheduling, payments, and yard care services from your smartphone or laptop, without ever having to make a call. Lawn Love is entirely digital, meaning you’ll never have to sign or even receive a paper invoice ever again! Just enter your information, create your account, set up your service plans, and that’s it.

If you have more questions about why you would benefit from lawn aeration, or how to do it yourself, check out our full guide to lawn aeration below.

Brief guide to Lawn Aeration

Lawn aeration is an important aspect in maintaining a beautiful lawn by ensuring enough nutrients are reaching the soil underneath the grass. A great way to achieve this is through a process called core aeration, also called lawn plug aeration. It is an essential aspect of lawn care because it allows air and water to penetrate grass.

What is lawn aeration?

Aeration is a lawn care process that involves puncturing the soil with small holes by use of a yard aerator in order to let air, water and nutrients to absorb in the grass roots. A core aeration service allows roots to grow strongly and deeply in order to produce a healthy lawn.

Why should you aerate your lawn?

It is important for you to aerate your lawn in order to alleviate soil compaction, which prevents proper air, water, and nutrient circulation in the soil. Soil compaction occurs when there are too many solid particles within a space.

Soil should be aerated on a regular basis because compacted soil can squish the roots, inhibiting their ability to function. Too much debris on the lawn can also prevent the roots from absorbing the necessary nutrients.

When is the best time to aerate your lawn?

The best time to aerate and overseed a lawn is dependent upon where you live.The best time to aerate lawns for cool season grass is in the early spring or fall. Warm season grass should be aerated in the late spring.This is because the grass will then be able to grow to fill in any open areas punctured in the soil.

How to tell if your yard needs to be aerated

You can perform a simple lawn aeration test that can be done using a screwdriver or pencil. Place either object into the soil. If it’s too difficult, the soil is compacted and needs to be aerated with a lawn aerator.

Your grass can benefit from aeration if your lawn:

• Is frequently driven on.The weight of a vehicle, even movers, can compact soil.
• Has high foot traffic.Children and pets running around the yard contribute to soil compaction.
• Was established as part of a newly constructed home.Often, the topsoil of newly constructed lawns is stripped or buried, and the grass established on subsoil has been compacted by construction traffic
• Is taking too long to drainand you experience water puddling on the lawn after rain.
• Shows heavy wear, is thinning, starting to patch, or bare.
• Has heavy clay soil.
• Has a thatch layer that is thicker than one-half inch.Thatch lies between the living grass and soil. Take a shovel to remove a slice of your lawn in order to look at grass roots in the soil. If they reach 4-6 inches deep, your lawn doesn’t have a compaction problem. If, however, roots extend only 1-2 inches, you should consider aerating.
• Feels spongy or dries out easily.

How to aerate your lawn

If you want to leave it up to the experts, you can get an instant customized quote from Lawn Love. We will match you with a lawn care professional in your area who can get the job done quickly and professionally.

Before lawn aeration

• Ensure the soil has enough moisture. Watering your lawn the day before aeration or aerating the day after it rained is suggested.
• Use marking flags to indicate the locations of irrigation or septic lines, sprinkler heads, and other buried utilities.

During lawn aeration

• Most aeration machines cover only a small percentage of soil surface per pass. Save your energy and resources by leaving unaffected areas alone. However, you will want to make multiple passes over the most compacted areas. If your lawn has been aerated in the past year, you should only need to do one pass. If it’s been over a year, make two passes with the aerator. Aim to create 20 to 40 holes per square foot.
• When using lawn plug aeration, you should allow the excavated soil plugs to dry and decompose to give your lawn a uniform appearance. These plugs contain microorganisms that digest lawn thatch. You can break the decomposed soil plugs up by going over them with a lawn mower or a rake.

After lawn aeration

• It is highly suggested to fertilize and seed lawns immediately following aeration. For soil that is heavily compacted, cover the lawn with a quarter inch of compost and rake so it falls into aeration holes.
• Water your lawn a few extra times after aeration, especially when in hot or dry weather.
• Lawn aeration brings up weed seeds from lower soil levels. To prevent weeds from growing, plan to use a pre-emergent herbicide in the spring following fall aeration for cool season turf. For warm-season grass, apply the herbicide the fall following aeration. Note: Do not apply a pre-emergent herbicide during the same time of reseeding.
• Continue basic lawn care practices such as proper fertilizing, watering, and mowing.

If your lawn is a good candidate for lawn aeration, it’s important to make it a part of your lawn care process. Aeration is a crucial practice towards allowing it to breathe again and achieve a lush and beautiful lawn.

What tools should be used to Aerate Your Lawn?

It is generally recommended to use a lawn aerator in order to get the job done efficiently and effectively. Depending on the task at hand, you can select a lawn aerator based on the types described below.

You can also use your hands or a pitchfork to aerate small sections of a lawn, but this can be tedious and is not advised for large areas.

Types of Lawn Aerators: Plug aerator vs. Spike aerator

There are two main aeration lawn tools: a spike aerator and a plug aerator.

Spike lawn aerators allow you to poke holes into the soil with a fork while plug aerators remove a small section of grass or soil from the lawn. With a spike aerator, you simply use the tool to poke holes into the ground with a solid tine. It’s important to note that simply poking holes can be less effective and can cause more soil compaction if done incorrectly.

For optimal results, it is advised to use a lawn aeration tool that will remove plugs of soil. This is especially true in area with heavy clay soil.

If your yard could benefit from aeration and you need the best, give us a call at(800) 706-4117, or get a freequoteonline to be connected with a lawn specialist. Your yard will thank you.