Lawn care in Oviedo, Florida
Oviedo’s newer family subdivisions are growing fast, and new sod and young landscaping need a steady mowing and clean-up schedule to establish well.
- From base
- 11 mi from Longwood
- Residents
- 41,678
- County
- Seminole
What the yards look like out here
Oviedo’s growth has been almost entirely new construction — subdivisions with homes from twenty-five hundred to over five thousand square feet on freshly graded lots. New sod and young landscaping need a steady mowing and clean-up schedule to root in before Florida’s summer heat and rain stress it, and the low-lying pockets near the Econlockhatchee River and Lake Jesup call for irrigation planning most of the city doesn’t need. The canopy here is younger and thinner than in Winter Springs or Longwood, so storm work leans toward downed-limb clean-up rather than heavy palm trimming.
Distance note
Oviedo sits 11 miles from our Longwood base — close enough to hold a real schedule here, not a route we squeeze in when it happens to be convenient.
Everything we do in Oviedo
- 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.
Oviedo, Seminole County
Lawn care in Oviedo — common questions
We just built in Oviedo and have new sod — how should it be watered?
Keep the soil under it damp for the first two weeks: twice a day early on, then longer and less often so the roots go down. New landscape gets a 60-day establishment exception from the water district — any time of day for the first month, every other day the second — before the normal twice-a-week schedule takes over. Most of Oviedo is new construction on graded lots, so this is the single most common question we get here.
Does newer landscaping in Oviedo need different care than an established yard?
Yes. Young sod and fresh plantings need a steady mowing and clean-up rhythm to root in before the summer heat and rain stress them, and the low ground near the Econlockhatchee River and Lake Jesup calls for irrigation planning most of the city does not need. The tree canopy is younger and thinner than in Winter Springs or Longwood, so storm work here is mostly downed-limb clean-up rather than heavy palm trimming.
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 Oviedo.
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 — Oviedo, Seminole County, FL · 11 mi from base