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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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 South Adelaide

Scarify, Aerate and Level lawn

$500

Port Willunga SA, Australia

29th Oct 2024

I have a lawn of approx 300m2 that has patches of barley grass and winter grass and needs levelling out in places. I'm after someone to spray out the weeds, then scarify, aerate and level the grass so that we can seed it. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Lawn mowing/lawn aerated

$30

Mitchell Park SA, Australia

21st Sep 2024

Mow my lawns every 2 weeks

Lawn aeration of approximately 20x10 and 10x4m areas

$200

Springfield SA, Australia

4th Dec 2023

I need two areas of lawn aerated, approximately 20 by 10 metres and approximately 10 x 4 metres. Access is good. Need to work around some sprinkler heads etc which I can mark. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

5m x 3m lawn needs aerating with a pitchfork. About an hour's work

$60

Glengowrie SA, Australia

6th Nov 2023

I need someone to aerate my small 5m x 3m lawn with a pitchfork. About an hour's work. I have a pitchfork. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Before Thursday, 30 November 2023

Lawn core aeration

$120

North Brighton SA 5048, Australia

1st Nov 2023

Lawn Core Aeration required for 72m2 of lawn, see photo. Must provide own tools to do job (ideally powered machine) I will rake and remove cores, and add top soil myself afterwards. Can negotiate day to do.

Lawn core aeration

$100

Sheidow Park SA, Australia

25th Sep 2023

Core aeration Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

Aerated and top dressed .

$100

Reynella SA, Australia

7th Aug 2023

5m x 5m lawn aerated and top dressed - Due date: Flexible

Scarify/dethatch and aerate lawn

$200

St Marys SA, Australia

15th Apr 2023

Aerate/scarify buffalo lawn and do regular service

Lawn aerating

$10

Noarlunga Downs SA, Australia

11th Apr 2023

50sqm Front lawn 100sqm back to aerated Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

I need my lawn aerated. Area approx 60 square metres.

$50

Morphettville SA, Australia

5th Oct 2022

Lawn needs aerating Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

Aerate/core lawn

$100

Morphettville SA 5043, Australia

1st Feb 2022

Need someone to aerate/core my back lawn. Lawn area approximately 185 sqm. Must have own corer. Best offer. Time and date negotiable

Aerator (coring)

$100

Ascot Park SA 5043, Australia

31st Oct 2021

I need my lawn cored with the coring machine. It's 90sqm.

Help w core aeration

$250

Noarlunga Downs SA 5168, Australia

11th Mar 2021

I need my lawn core aerated.It covers an area of 142sq metres.

I need lawn aeration

$100

Glenelg SA 5045, Australia

28th Dec 2020

50m2 of lawn requiring aeration