A person using a machine to aerate a lush green lawn, creating small holes in the soil to promote healthy grass growth.
A person using a machine to aerate a lush green lawn, creating small holes in the soil to promote healthy grass growth.

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Recent Lawn Aeration tasks in Illawarra

Lawn core aeration

$250

Cordeaux Heights NSW, Australia

22nd Oct 2023

Require a core aeration on my lawn. Want it cored, not just aerated. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Before Friday, 27 October 2023

Arrived early and completed the task exactly as requested

Lawn Aerator and Scarifier

$30

Wongawilli Rd, Wongawilli NSW 2530, Australia

11th Oct 2023

600 sqm of lawn to scarifier and aerator - Due date: Flexible

Aerate Lawn

$200

Thirroul NSW, Australia

9th Nov 2022

Aerate lawn Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

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What do lawn aeration services include?

Lawn aeration services include all the necessary tasks to improve air and water circulation. These tasks can involve removing thatch buildup and loosening compacted soil. Some Taskers can do a partial clean-up or lawn clearing before the actual aeration process. As aeration is part of lawn care, other tasks can include mowing the lawn before aeration and composting afterward.

 

Lawn assessment

Your hired Tasker can inspect your lawn and determine its moisture levels. Knowing how moist or dry your lawn is can help your Tasker decide if extra watering is necessary. They can also measure the lawn and determine which tools are appropriate for the job. Your Tasker can use a manual aerator for smaller lawns or a powered aerator for large ones.    

 

Lawn preparation

Some Taskers can mow your lawn beforehand, but this can cost extra. If your lawn covers a large area and the grass is seriously overgrown, you may hire a separate lawn mowing service for this preparation step. 

 

Your Tasker can also water your lawn for one to two days when appropriate, depending on the degree of soil compaction. They can water your lawn until it absorbs the equivalent of an inch of rainfall. This process can make the soil moist enough, so it’s easier for the aerator to penetrate and pull out soil plugs. Your Tasker can also place flags to mark irrigation heads or other objects to avoid while using the aerator.

 

Lawn aeration

When your lawn is ready, your Tasker can proceed with the lawn aeration process. In some cases, the Tasker can take a whole day to work on the entire lawn for the best and consistent results. The specialist may move the aerator following a pattern that covers the whole lawn once. However, it’s not uncommon to go over sparse spots twice. After your Tasker has covered the entire lawn, they will leave the soil cores and move on to the next step.

 

Fertilizing the lawn

The Tasker may recommend either raking the soil cores and dumping them into a compost pile or leaving them to decompose and supply additional nutrients to your grass. Your Tasker can explain the benefits of either measure, and you can decide what to do from there. After you’ve agreed on the fate of the soil cores, your Tasker can go ahead with fertilizing your lawn. They can apply fertilizer, compost, sand, peat moss, or any combination of these to fill the holes and rejuvenate your lawn. Once your lawn is on track to looking terrific again, you can consider booking other lawn maintenance services on Airtasker! 

 

Recent Lawn Aeration tasks in Illawarra

Aerated lawn

$100

Cordeaux Heights NSW, Australia

31st Aug 2022

Looking for someone to come and Aerate my lawns with there own machine - Due date: Flexible

Lawn aeration

$100

Kembla Grange NSW 2526, Australia

31st Aug 2022

Aeration of my lawn Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Needs to be done on Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Lawn Aeration

$100

Oak Flats NSW 2529, Australia

12th Aug 2022

Lawn aeraton appox 200m2 Flexible in time - Due date: Flexible

Coring / Aeration of about 60 sqm of lawn.

$150

Keiraville NSW, Australia

26th Sep 2021

Coring of about 60 sqm of lawn. Easy -access - front of house adjacent to kerb. - Due date: Flexible