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 Edinburgh
Lawn Care, Done Properly
Lawn care across every corner of the city, from walled southside gardens to seaside grass at Porty. Free assessments, plans from £17 a month, no contracts.
19Years Experience17Cuts Per Year100'sof Happy Customers
Lawn Care in Edinburgh
What You Need To Know About Lawn Care In Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a city of garden types more than one garden style: walled Victorian plots in Morningside and Newington, bungalow lawns across Corstorphine and Blackhall, coastal grass at Portobello and Cramond, slopes in Liberton and Currie, and new-build turf from Craigmillar to the city edge. Each one fails and flourishes differently.
Our lawn care follows those differences. Shade programmes for the walled south side, salt-aware care by the sea, compaction work on the new estates, and exposure-minded timing on the high southern suburbs. The methods are the same everywhere, scarifying, aeration, seasonal feeding, honest mowing, but the mix and the timing are local.
We work across the whole city from our Midlothian base, minutes off the bypass, and every suburb we cover has its own page here with the detail. Wherever you are, it starts the same way: we walk your lawn, tell you what is wrong, and price the plan that fixes it.
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.
5.0rated across 90+ 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 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 Edinburgh 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
Featured · Gilmerton
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 Edinburgh: the local detail
What Matters Here for Lawn Care in Edinburgh
One city, many lawns
Edinburgh grows grass in every register: walled Victorian strips in the south, bungalow rectangles in the west, salt-blown greens by the shore, slopes in between and new-build turf on every regenerating edge. We work all of them, weekly.
The local method
The treatments are universal, scarify, aerate, seed, feed, mow well, but the mix and timing are local. Shade programmes for the walled gardens, salt-aware care on the coast, compaction work on the new estates, exposure plans up the hill.
The proof habit
We photograph our work and publish the before-and-afters, because a lawn company should be judged on lawns. The project pages on this site are the portfolio.
Getting started
Every suburb we cover has its own page with its own detail, and the first step never changes: a free assessment on your actual lawn, a plain diagnosis, and a plan priced to fix it. No contract, month to month.
Lawn Care across Edinburgh
Every Town We Cover In Edinburgh
Every town has its own page with the local detail, or start from the Edinburgh overview.
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