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 East Melbourne

Lawn aeration

$180

Clyde North VIC 3978, Australia

11th Oct 2024

Lawn Aeration and possibly also Topdress/levelling depending on total cost. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 250m2 Has green waste bin: Yes

Lawn mowing and aeration

$100

Berwick VIC, Australia

27th Sep 2024

Need garden mowed, aerated and hedge trimmed Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Hedge trimming, Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Vivek has completed job very efficiently and guided me for my garden needs.

Lawn aeration/Coring

$115

Cranbourne VIC 3977, Australia

29th Mar 2024

Backyard soil is very dry and hard, wanting to get the lawn aerated/cored so can rework it.

Lawn aerator

$100

Dingley Village VIC, Australia

8th Mar 2024

lawn core aerating Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes

Lawn aerating/coring

$150

Officer South VIC, Australia

25th Jan 2024

Lawn coring/aeration with a machine. Lawn is approximately 110m squared including backyard, front yard and nature strip. Machine needs to be less than 805mm wide to fit through back door. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

Aerate lawn

$50

Cranbourne West VIC, Australia

1st Jan 2024

We are looking to please have our lawn aerated using a machine Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

Front Lawn Aeration/Coring Required

$100

Cranbourne East VIC, Australia

3rd Oct 2023

Front lawn requires coring - soil is heavily compacted due to vehicle traffic Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Needs to be done on Thursday, 5 October 2023

Aerate front and bsck lawn 150squre meters

$250

Narre Warren South VIC 3805, Australia

31st Jan 2023

Aerate lawn approx 150 square meters Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

Lawn coring/aeration

$80

Chadstone VIC, Australia

29th Jan 2023

Need the lawn to be cored/ aerated in the backyard Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible

Aerating my lawn at backyard

$50

Clyde VIC, Australia

14th Oct 2022

small backyard, need to do aerating - Due date: Flexible

Lawn scarifying and lawn aeration/coring

$100

Springvale VIC 3171, Australia

11th Sep 2022

Small residential home in springvale. Require the lawn to be scarified and cored/aeration.

Aerate lawn

$50

Holmesglen VIC 3148, Australia

27th Apr 2022

Aerate lawn in my backyard - Due date: Flexible

Aerating lawn

$125

Glen Waverley VIC, Australia

6th Jan 2022

Front & back lawn aerated - Due date: ASAP

Lawn aeration and Thatch removal by machine

$150

Clyde VIC, Australia

3rd Jan 2022

Approx 100Sqm buffalo lawn Aeration using Coring machine

Aerate, Detach, Top Dress , Add Wetting agent and fertilize lawn

$500

Endeavour Hills VIC 3802, Australia

15th Dec 2021

I need my lawn (aprox 100m2) to be aerated, detached, top dressed, wetting agent to be added and fertilized. Grass type: Palmetto Buffalo - Due date: Flexible

Lawn coring and aeration

$100

Officer South VIC 3809, Australia

22nd Sep 2021

Dethatch and aeration if the lawn

Lawn aerating

$100

Officer South VIC 3809, Australia

13th Sep 2021

Aerating the lawn. Area 350-400sqm

I need lawn aeration

$25

Dandenong North VIC, Australia

31st Aug 2021

I would like front nature strips done, approx 115 sq metres. Would like the lawn cored/aerated and the removal of cores. Located Dandenong North

I need lawn aeration

$100

Berwick VIC, Australia

14th Aug 2021

100 sqm kikuyu core aerated with a machine

Lawn aerated and front lawm detached

$200

Beaconsfield VIC 3807, Australia

4th Aug 2021

Front lawn 10 x5 mts. approx. Back yard aerated.