Lawn care in Longwood, Florida
This is home base — the truck starts every day on US 17-92, close enough to the historic district’s century-old oak canopy and compacted soil to know both well.
- From base
- 0 mi — home base
- Residents
- 17,275
- County
- Seminole
What the yards look like out here
The shop sits on US 17-92, a few minutes from the Longwood Historic District, on the National Register since 1990 and shaded for generations by oak trees that predate the district designation itself. Soil under that canopy compacts hard over decades and starves grass roots of air and water — a problem the newer subdivisions in Lake Mary or Oviedo simply haven’t had time to develop. Turf like that leans on mulch and irrigation work to hold moisture and a shrub line trimmed back rather than left to grow over the root zone, and being based right here means it’s usually the first stop of the day.
Home base
Longwood is where the truck starts the day. These are the streets we know best and the fastest we move anywhere we work — which matters most on the morning after a storm, when everyone is calling at once.
Everything we do in Longwood
- MowingWeekly and biweekly cuts, edged and blown clean every visit.
- Mulch InstallationFresh mulch beds that hold color and block weeds through the season.
- Shrub TrimmingHedges and shrubs shaped clean, not sheared flat.
- Fall & Spring Clean UpBeds, leaves and storm debris cleared before they choke out the lawn.
- Palm Trimming & InstallationDead fronds removed before hurricane season, new palms planted and staked.
- Irrigation System Installation & RepairNew sprinkler systems installed, existing ones diagnosed and fixed.
- New Sod InstallationOld turf stripped out, ground graded flat and new sod laid edge to edge.
- Landscape Design & RenovationBed redesign, replanting and rock or mulch work that resets a tired landscape.
Before hurricane season, the same visit covers the pre-storm walk-through — the canopy over the roofline, dead palm fronds, drainage and loose debris. How storm readiness works.
Longwood, Seminole County
Lawn care in Longwood — common questions
Grass is thin under the old oaks in the Longwood Historic District — what helps?
Decades of canopy compact the soil hard and starve grass roots of air and water — a problem the newer subdivisions in Lake Mary or Oviedo have not had time to develop. Turf like that leans on mulch and irrigation work to hold moisture, and a shrub line trimmed back off the root zone rather than left to grow over it. The walk-through is where we work out what the specific spot will actually support.
You are based in Longwood — how quickly can you get out after a storm?
The shop is on US 17-92, a few minutes from the Historic District, and Longwood is usually the first stop of the day. After a storm, when everyone is calling at once, being based right here is what lets us get to a leaning tree or a buried bed the same week you call.
How often should St. Augustine grass be mowed in Central Florida?
Through the growing season — roughly March into November — St. Augustine grass wants cutting every five to seven days. In the summer rain it can put on two to three inches a week, and the rule that keeps it healthy is to never take off more than a third of the blade in one cut. That is why routine mowing runs weekly in summer and stretches to every other week only in the cooler months when growth slows.
Should palm trees get a "hurricane cut" before storm season?
No. There is no such thing as a hurricane cut. UF/IFAS is clear that stripping a palm back to a few upright fronds does not reduce wind resistance and actively harms the tree — green fronds are how a palm feeds itself, and over-pruning thins the trunk and leaves the growing point exposed. What genuinely helps before a storm is taking off the fronds that are already dead or brown, plus any loose fronds, seed pods or coconuts that could come down in high wind. That is the palm work worth doing.
What days can I water my lawn in Seminole County?
Seminole County runs the year-round schedule: twice a week from March through November, once a week from November through March, and no watering between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on any day. Odd-numbered street addresses water Wednesday and Saturday; even-numbered addresses water Thursday and Sunday. Hand watering with a shut-off nozzle is allowed any time, and newly installed landscape gets a 60-day establishment exception. A few cities layer their own rules on top, so it is worth checking yours.
Free property assessment anywhere in Longwood.
We walk the yard, tell you what actually needs doing — and what does not — and put a price on it before any work starts.
Area — Longwood, Seminole County, FL · home base