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Peter arrived on time, finished on time & did an excellent job. I would highly recommend Peter.
I need my front and back lawns aerated
$100
Steve was great with his communication, he understood what I was looking to achieve and did a great job. He is a very polite person and it was great to engage with someone without the challenges that of having chase and telephoning etc. Thank you Steve.
Garden aerator
$100
Steve is very helpful and kind person to work with. Sharp on time and work is great.
Need core aeration for 350m2 garden
$150
Very Happy with Anthony’s work. Was on time, gave me some great advice and did an excellent job. Thoroughly recommend
Lawn aeration and sand top dress
$150
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Aerate Front Lawn
$100
Great service, very efficient. Highly recommend!
Lawn Aeration
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Why book a lawn aeration service through Airtasker?
A lawn aeration service is convenient when you don’t have the time, tools, or equipment for DIY lawn aeration. You can quickly find local lawn aeration services the minute you discover your grass isn’t green enough and the thatch is too thick!
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Once you’ve hired a Tasker, they can come right over and aerate your lawn. This is a much better strategy than doing all that lawn work under the hot sun yourself. Find a trusted lawn aeration service within your budget ASAP. Select the pink ‘Post a task’ button now to start finding lawn care aeration services in your area.
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Top Lawn Aeration related questions
The best time for lawn aeration depends on factors like the current season and the type of grass you have. Cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass, rye, and fescue are best aerated from August to October. Aerate warm-season grasses like Zoysia, Bermuda, and St. Augustine from April to June. Other times to consider lawn aeration is when the thatch layer is more than half an inch, if your lawn was recently constructed, and if it’s had a lot of foot traffic.
Apart from the seasons that affect your grass (usually fall and spring), watch out for several signs that your lawn needs aeration. These signs include thinning grass, discolored patches or areas on your lawn, and puddle formation. Another sign is when a lawn dries up too quickly after rainfall or watering. These signs, especially a quick-drying lawn, tell you that the soil is too compact and needs aeration.
Yes, but lawn aeration may take a lot of time, tools, and patience. While lawn aeration is an easy task for small lawns, aerating a vast, sprawling lawn is a different story! That takes a lot of work and expense—from renting a powered core aerator, going over the entire lawn on the same day, then covering the holes with fertilizer. Hiring a trusted Tasker can save you all this trouble and ensure your lawn is aerated properly.
Your lawn must be clutter-free before the lawn aeration process. If you have any lawn furniture, put these away and store them in your garage or shed for the time being. Clear out your lawn of any fallen leaves, twigs, or other debris. Before booking a local service to aerate your lawn, it’s recommended to mow the lawn.
Lawn aeration with a rolling aerator can take about 30 minutes to 1 hour. Before lawn aeration, your lawn may need watering for one to two days to have the right amount of moisture. The right amount of watering depends on the degree of soil compaction, moisture, and soil quality. As an industry standard, the lawn aeration process must be completed within the same day for best results.
You usually don’t have to provide any tools or equipment when hiring a lawn aeration service in your area. Your hired Taskers should have all the necessary tools and equipment to do the service. However, you can and should provide access to your sprinkler system or garden hose to water your lawn and prep it for aeration.
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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
Lawn aeration
$225
Ferndale WA, Australia
13th Apr 2024
Need font lawn core aerated Type of gardening: Lawn mowing Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: No
Aerating and fertilising garden
$200
Wilson WA, Australia
11th Apr 2024
Garden has turned brown during summer and is dying. Needs aerating, fertilising etc. to bring it back to life Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No
Lawn aeration
$100
Balga WA 6061, Australia
10th Apr 2024
Its a verge lawn approx 100m2 Require someone with a lawn aerator to get it done.
Great communication.Arrieved on time and job done exactly as expected. Travis is very knowladgeble about lawns and even gave me advise how to maintain it moving forward.
Lawn lavelling,drainage and aeration.
$150
Helensvale QLD 4212, Australia
6th Apr 2024
Back yard lawn need to be levelled in one corner,may be need a extra drain,some dethacthing and aeration need to be done as well.
Back and front yard coring aeration
$200
Deebing Heights QLD, Australia
6th Apr 2024
Wanting someone with right equipment and experience to come and aerate/core my back and front yard. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Front verge lawn aeration
$150
Claremont WA, Australia
5th Apr 2024
Verge is approx. 39m x 3m (allows to avoid retic).
Was pleased Travis was available to aerate street verge. He was careful avoiding the retic and gave me good advice on quality lawn products. Good communication and very efficient with his work.
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 Aeration front 2x3 metres back 2x2 metres
$150
Rosanna VIC, Australia
25th Mar 2024
Need lawn to be aerated Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Lawn aeration needed in Claremont
$80
Claremont TAS, Australia
22nd Mar 2024
Lawn aeration done by a professional motorised lawn aerator. Typical sized backyard require front and backyard done. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Core aeration service in Oxley 300 square meter
$500
Oxley QLD, Australia
21st Mar 2024
Core aerating service for 300 square meters and top dress premium soil Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: Above 300m² Has green waste bin: No
Lawn aeration
$250
Greenbank QLD, Australia
19th Mar 2024
Core aeration Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: Yes
Lawn aeration 100m2
$100
Hendra QLD, Australia
16th Mar 2024
Looking for Someone who has a lawn aeration machine to do about 100m2 of lawn. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: No
Aerating then Top dressing lawn approx 60m2,
$300
Bardon QLD, Australia
25th Feb 2024
Aeration and top dressing lawn (a few centimetre?) approx 60m2. Also hoping for you to do hedge cutback, bamboo thinning, etc, but lawn is first priority. Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: No
Thanks Luke, great job!
Core Aerator
$120
Calamvale QLD 4116, Australia
31st Dec 2023
Need someone with a core aerator machine for my garden. Approx 100m2.
Thanks Steve. Would use him again. Very passionate about lawns!
Mow and aerate front lawn
$75
Henley Brook WA, Australia
7th Nov 2023
Lawn mowed and aerated. Type of gardening: Lawn mowing Size of garden: Under 50m² Has green waste bin: No - Due date: Flexible
Outstanding work on my garden. Neatened it and made it nice and tidy. I'll be booking him again.
Lawn Core Aeration
$50
Narellan Vale NSW 2567, Australia
4th Nov 2023
Need to check the general health of front and back lawn and perform core aeration as grass covering seems very thick on front yard etc. (Yellowing I think is the result of water not getting to soil). Front yard and back yard quite small.
Great work! Would recommend.
Lawn aeration
$120
Aspley QLD 4034, Australia
30th Oct 2023
Core plug aerate 75m2 of lawn in aspley - Due date: Flexible
Nice bloke. Highly recommended
Lawn: To Mow, aerate, dethatch, top dress, tidy
$456
Carseldine QLD, Australia
24th Oct 2023
Seeking lawn/gardening experts for Lawn reno tasks that includes: 1) mow, 2) aerate, 3) dethatch or scarify (i need advice on this) 4) top dress (please supply top dress) 5) tidy, remove green waste. Total area: 145sqm Frontyard: Couch 80sqm Backyard: Empire zoysia - 64sqm Notes: 1) Please provide fixed quote. 2) Please have own equipment (mower, scarifier, aerator/corer, wheelbarrel, you get the idea) 3) Please supply quality lawn topdress (quality please.. no rocky chucks) 4) Feel free to ask questions 5) Available after 30 October. 6) Will not transact outside of Airtasker - (e.g. cancel task and pay) 7) The left side gate access to back yard is about 1 meter. Type of gardening: Lawn mowing, Other Size of garden: 150m²-300m² Has green waste bin: No
knowledgable, hardworking, respectful and friendly bloke. Open to communications and fair pricing. highly recommended
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
Need approx 60-70sqm of lawn aerated
$100
Sylvania NSW, Australia
20th Oct 2023
Need 60-70sqm of lawn aerated Type of gardening: Other Size of garden: 50m²-100m² Has green waste bin: Yes - Due date: Flexible
Dan delivered on what he promised. Quick and did the job correctly. Would recommend 👍