Clearance & Levelling
We strip back the old, tired lawn and level out any "humps and hollows" for a perfectly flat finish.
Turfing in Kirkliston
Turfing, Done Properly
New lawns laid on proper rootzone in Kirkliston, with the ground prepared right first. Free site visits and written prices.
19Years Experience17Cuts Per Year100'sof Happy Customers
Turfing in Kirkliston
What You Need To Know About Turfing In Kirkliston
Plenty of Kirkliston lawns arrived with the house and never quite worked, laid thin on compacted ground. Returfing on a proper base fixes in a day what years of patching cannot.
Our turfing jobs start with the ground: old surface out, levels corrected, rootzone in as a base, then fresh turf laid and watered in. Drainage problems get sorted before the turf goes down, not papered over.
A free site visit sizes the job and the price goes in writing. Most gardens are stripped and relaid inside a day or two.
What’s Included
A Complete Turfing Service
Every job starts with a free site visit, and we handle the lot, from ground preparation and drainage through to laying and the first cut.
Drainage Solutions
If your garden turns into a bog every winter, we can install French drains or soakaways before the new turf goes down.
Premium Grade Turf
We source high-quality, weed-free turf from reputable growers, ensuring it’s suited to our northern climate.
Rootzone Installation
We use a specific sand/soil "rootzone" mix to ensure your new lawn has the perfect balance of drainage and nutrition.
New Build Installs
We work regularly with new builds across Edinburgh and the Lothians, installing lawns for people's forever homes.
First Cut Included
Every turfing job includes the first cut. We leave your new lawn looking sharp from day one.
Turfing 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.
Ground prep decides everything.
Turf laid on compacted, unlevelled soil never recovers.
Water every day for a fortnight.
New turf drinks heavily until it roots, more in warm spells.
Keep off it while it knits.
First cut only once it has rooted and put on some height.
Lay in spring or autumn.
Summer lays survive, but they need serious watering.
Cheap turf costs more in the end.
Quality shows within a season.
Edges fail first.
Proper cutting-in keeps the lawn tight to paths and borders.
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.
4.9rated across 46+ Google reviews
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 visit
Quoted once, in writing, after we've seen the garden. No meters running and no surprise extras.
No contract to sign
Stay because the garden 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.
Green waste handled
Clippings and prunings taken away or composted on site, whichever suits you. Nothing left on the path.
Local to the rounds
Based in Midlothian, working the same streets every week. We live here too.
Reviews
What Kirkliston Folk Say About Us
Real reviews from Turfing customers around Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Contacted DSM turfing back in late spring/early summer to get a quote for de weeding, rotavating, levelling and turfing my garden. Davie was over when we both had availability and came back to me very quickly with an extremely reasonable quote. We booked a day in and it got done very professionally and quickly. Davie and DSM kept me in the loop with any information on deliveries and changes regarding materials. Overall I am extremely pleased with their…
OliverGoogle reviewWe can’t fault DSM at all. We have their lawn care service and we recently used them to replace turf in the back garden. Great knowledge and quality products.
Sara-JayneGoogle reviewHad turf laid and garden looks absolutely fab now! Davie did a great job and was well organized. Great communication and punctual. Will definitely recommend DSM to anyone we know needing garden work done.
BeccaGoogle review
Turfing in Kirkliston: the local detail
What Matters Here for Turfing in Kirkliston
The lawns
Kirkliston has grown fast, and its gardens show both ends of the story: mature plots around the old kirk-village core, and new-build gardens on the estates still finding their shape.
The base
A lawn is only as good as what it sits on. On Kirkliston's newer plots that often means correcting compacted builders' ground with a proper rootzone base before any turf is unrolled.
The approach
Strip, level, base, lay, water: the same sequence every time, with the first weeks of watering advice included so the new lawn roots in properly.
The round
Our Edinburgh rounds run every two weeks, usually Monday to Wednesday, and Kirkliston shares its round with Cramond and Barnton. Assessments are free and prices are agreed in writing.
Turfing in nearby towns
Just Down The Road From Kirkliston
The same service and the same standards in the towns around Kirkliston. For the full local picture, see everything we do in Kirkliston.
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