Lawn care in Wekiwa Springs, Florida
Wooded lots near Wekiwa Springs State Park carry heavy tree canopy overhanging the roofline — exactly what turns into a hazard once storm season brings high wind.
- From base
- 6 mi from Longwood
- Residents
- 23,428
- County
- Seminole
What the yards look like out here
Wekiwa Springs sits inside the county’s Wekiva River Protection Area, where zoning caps density near one home per net buildable acre — lots here run large and wooded, some approaching an acre and a half, backing up close to Wekiwa Springs State Park’s roughly seven thousand acres of forest. That much canopy per property is exactly what comes down first once hurricane-season wind picks up, on lots too big and too wooded for routine mowing to matter much on its own. Homes on these bigger wooded lots also lean harder on irrigation to cover ground a standard suburban yard wouldn’t need.
Distance note
Wekiwa Springs sits 6 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 Wekiwa Springs
- 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.
Nearby areas we cover
Wekiwa Springs, Seminole County
Lawn care in Wekiwa Springs — common questions
Large wooded lot near Wekiwa Springs — what storm prep actually matters?
On these acre-plus lots inside the Wekiva River Protection Area, the canopy is the risk. That much tree per property is what comes down first once hurricane-season wind picks up, so the walk-through focuses on dead and hanging limbs, palm heads over the roofline, and anything already leaning. Routine mowing matters less here than keeping the trees off the house.
Is routine mowing worth it on an acre-plus wooded lot?
Usually only for the open, planted areas near the house — the rest is woods. Where there is turf, the bigger wooded lots lean harder on irrigation to cover ground a standard suburban yard would not need. The walk-through sorts out what is worth a schedule and what is not.
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 Wekiwa Springs.
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 — Wekiwa Springs, Seminole County, FL · 6 mi from base