Fertilisation & Nutrition
Seasonal fertilisers applied at the right time of year to feed your lawn and promote strong, healthy root growth from the ground up.
Lawn Care in Gilmerton
Lawn Care, Done Properly
Regular cuts, treatments and new-build lawn fixes across Gilmerton, on our daily south-side route. Free assessments and no contracts.
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Lawn Care in Gilmerton
What You Need To Know About Lawn Care In Gilmerton
Gilmerton has both faces of Edinburgh housing: an old village core with settled gardens, and estate after estate of newer builds where the lawns went in on ground that construction traffic packed solid. The two need completely different care.
Established Gilmerton lawns want the classics: scarifying, aeration, seasonal feeds and a sensible cut. The newer lawns usually need opening up first, because water sits on compacted subsoil and the grass roots have nowhere to go. We see the same pattern across every new development on this side of town, and the fix is reliable.
Gilmerton is on our daily route into Edinburgh, alongside Danderhall and Liberton, so slots are easy. Tell us what the lawn is doing, we will tell you why after walking it, and the price covers what it needs and nothing it does not.
What’s Included
Everything Your Lawn Needs
Build the plan around what your lawn actually needs. Most customers are on the regular treatment and maintenance plan; renovations and one-off fixes are priced after a quick look.
Weed & Moss Control
Targeted treatments to tackle common lawn weeds and suppress moss growth, applied at the right points throughout the year.
Scarification
Mechanical removal of thatch and moss buildup that chokes your grass. Essential for any lawn that has gone without treatment for a season or more.
Aeration
Core and spike aeration to relieve compaction, improve drainage, and allow nutrients to reach the root zone more effectively.
Overseeding
Seeding of thin, worn, or bare patches to restore density and give your lawn an even, consistent finish across the whole surface area.
Soil Conditioning
Topdressing and soil treatment to improve the growing environment beneath the surface, tailored to your specific soil type and condition.
Lawn Care advice
Davie’s Advice before you spend a penny
What Davie tells every customer, whether they book us or not. Free to ignore, but he’s usually right.
Mow little and often.
Never take more than a third off in one cut.
Moss is a symptom, not bad luck.
Unless shade and compaction are dealt with, it comes back.
Water deeply and rarely.
A daily sprinkle grows shallow roots.
Don't feed a stressed lawn.
Fertiliser in a drought does more harm than good.
Sharpen your blades.
Blunt ones tear the grass and it browns at the tips. Or let us worry about it.
Autumn is when good lawns are made.
Scarify, aerate and overseed while the soil is still warm.
Got a question these don't cover? Ask Davie. He answers everything himself.
Why us
Why Folk Round Here Stick With DSM
Here’s what keeps customers on the round year after year.
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100'sof Happy Customers
Same crew, same day
You get the same faces on a fixed day every visit, not whoever happens to be free that week.
Fixed price per cut
Quoted once, in writing, after we've seen the lawn. No meters running and no surprise extras.
No contract to sign
Stay because the lawn looks good, not because a bit of paper says you have to.
Fully insured
Public liability cover on every job, and we're happy to show you the certificate.
Clippings handled
Green waste taken away or composted on site, whichever suits you. Nothing left on the path.
Local to the Lothians
Minutes off the city bypass, working Edinburgh and Midlothian every week.
Reviews
What Gilmerton Folk Say About Us
Real reviews from Lawn Care customers around Edinburgh and the Lothians.
We started with a very sad, new-build lawn that had suffered from a winter of neglect. After just a few months on their treatment and maintenance plan, it has completely turned around and looks absolutely great. Davie and the team turn up without fail and nothing is ever too much bother.
PaulGoogle reviewFabulous company, Davie and his team have treated my lawn and I am delighted with the results. I now have a maintenance plan and they regularly treat the grass for a very competitive price and I would thoroughly recommend them.
NicolaGoogle reviewDavid and his team visited us a few weeks ago, from the initial call to talk through what was required I knew this was the company for me! Very informative; helped me understand where I had been going wrong with my grass. DSM Turfing & Lawncare have given my grass a new lease at life, without blowing a hole in my bank balance. Thank you for everything
JordanGoogle review
Recent Lawn Care projects
Lawn Care Projects From Around The Lothians
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Lawn Turnaround in Gilmerton
There are only five weeks between these photos. We took this Gilmerton garden on to our treatment and maintenance plan, and with just a few cuts and a couple of treatments the front and back lawns are already thicker, greener and mostly clear of weeds. It's obviously not perfect yet, but it'll only keep improving while we're visiting. These plans all run over 12 months, so it's never too late to sign up.
- 5 WeeksBetween These Photos
- A Few CutsPlus A Couple Of Treatments
- 12 MonthsThe Plan It Runs On
Lawn CareLawn Care in Archerfield
We did a little repair work on these lovely lawns at Archerfield, near North Berwick, back in March, sorting out the bare, worn patches. They've been on our treatment and maintenance plan ever since and they're improving by the week. Now they're thick, green and taking a proper stripe right across the garden.
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Lawn Care in Musselburgh
This might be our favourite turnaround yet. This front lawn in Musselburgh was covered in yellow weeds, with clover coming through. No new turf and no reseeding, just treatments and cutting on our treatment and maintenance plan. Now it's thick, green, clear of weeds and takes a proper stripe. Being on the plan has well and truly paid off.
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Lawn Care in Newbattle
Even with these lawns full of moss at the start, we managed to swing them round over the season with regular treatments and cutting. No re-turfing, just the right treatments at the right time and a mower on them all season.
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Lawn Care in Gilmerton: the local detail
What Matters Here for Lawn Care in Gilmerton
The two Gilmertons
Gilmerton keeps its old village heart and adds estate after estate of new housing around it. The settled gardens want maintenance done properly; the new plots usually need their compacted ground fixed before any maintenance can matter.
The estate lawns
We see the same story across every new development: turf over crushed subsoil, roots going nowhere, water going sideways. Aeration first, then seed and feed, turns builder turf into an actual lawn inside a season or two.
The village lawns
The older gardens respond to the classics: scarify the years out, aerate the traffic lines, feed with the season and keep the hedge-shade corners honest. Reliable ground, reliable results.
Getting started
Gilmerton is on our daily south-side route with Danderhall and Liberton, so assessments and start dates come quickly. We walk the lawn, name the problem and price the fix.
Lawn Care in nearby towns
Just Down The Road From Gilmerton
The same service and the same standards in the towns around Gilmerton. For the full local picture, see everything we do in Gilmerton.
Next season starts now
Let’s Get Your Lawn On The Plan
A free assessment, clear pricing agreed up front, and a local team you’ll get to know. Twenty minutes now saves a season of guesswork.
- Free on-site assessment
- Clear prices, agreed up front
- No contract, month to month