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, Done Properly
Lawn care out to Pathhead and the A68 villages: bigger lawns, honest rhythm, free assessments. On our weekly rounds east of Dalkeith.
What You Need To Know About Lawn Care In Pathhead
Pathhead runs along the A68 with farmland on every side, and its gardens are generally bigger and more exposed than the town plots further into Midlothian. Long lawns, open boundaries and country wind make for grass that grows well in good months and struggles visibly in hard ones.
Bigger exposed lawns reward a steady rhythm: mowing that never takes too much off at once, feeds that match the season, and aeration every year or two to keep the ground breathing under all that weather. Where rabbits, moles or field edges complicate things, we have seen it all before.
Pathhead is the eastern end of our rounds through Dalkeith and Mayfield, and we are out this way weekly. Regular cuts, treatment plans and one-off renovations are all available, and every one starts with walking the actual lawn.

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.
Seasonal fertilisers applied at the right time of year to feed your lawn and promote strong, healthy root growth from the ground up.
Targeted treatments to tackle common lawn weeds and suppress moss growth, applied at the right points throughout the year.
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.
Core and spike aeration to relieve compaction, improve drainage, and allow nutrients to reach the root zone more effectively.
Seeding of thin, worn, or bare patches to restore density and give your lawn an even, consistent finish across the whole surface area.
Topdressing and soil treatment to improve the growing environment beneath the surface, tailored to your specific soil type and condition.
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.

Never take more than a third off in one cut.
Unless shade and compaction are dealt with, it comes back.
A daily sprinkle grows shallow roots.
Fertiliser in a drought does more harm than good.
Blunt ones tear the grass and it browns at the tips. Or let us worry about it.
Scarify, aerate and overseed while the soil is still warm.
Got a question these don't cover? Ask Davie. He answers everything himself.
Why Folk Round Here Stick With DSM
Here’s what keeps customers on the round year after year.
You get the same faces on a fixed day every visit, not whoever happens to be free that week.
Quoted once, in writing, after we've seen the lawn. No meters running and no surprise extras.
Stay because the lawn looks good, not because a bit of paper says you have to.
Public liability cover on every job, and we're happy to show you the certificate.
Green waste taken away or composted on site, whichever suits you. Nothing left on the path.
Based here, working the same towns every week. We live here too.
What Pathhead 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.
Approached DSM having seen their page on Facebook – having been frustrated with the service provided by a competitor – I was desperate to try something new. Davie and his team promptly came to my property – identified the issue's and carried out a full treatment within a few days. My lawn has never looked so good & healthy – I have signed up to the treatment only plan for a few months and will continue…
Excellent service from Davie and his team. I’ve seen a massive improvement in my lawn. Highlight recommend the treatment and maintenance package that Davie offers.
Lawn Care Projects From Around The Lothians
Lawn CareWe took this Gilmerton lawn over in April. The front garden was patchy, thin and full of weeds. Since then it has been on our treatment and maintenance plan: feeding, weed control and regular cutting through the season. A few months later it is thick, green and striped. Plans run over 12 months, and it is never too late in the year to start.
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Lawn CareThis Prestonpans garden is on our treatment and maintenance plan, front and back. When the lawns need feeding, we feed them. When we see weeds, we spray them. And when the grass is growing too fast, we slow it down so it doesn't race away between cuts. Both lawns are thick, dark green and striped now, and they'll stay that way as long as the plan keeps running.
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Lawn CareThis Wallyford lawn came to us rough and uneven, coarse tufts and clumps sitting proud with thin ground showing between them. It's on our treatment and maintenance plan now: fed on a schedule, weeds treated as they appear, and cut regularly so the growth stays even instead of running away in lumps. It's level and striped from end to end these days, and the plan is what keeps it there.
View projectWhat Matters Here for Lawn Care in Pathhead
Pathhead strings along the A68 with farmland on every side. Gardens are bigger, boundaries are open, and the weather arrives unfiltered. Lawns here grow like the country lawns they are: strongly in good spells, roughly in bad ones.
Bigger lawns punish neglect and reward rhythm. Mowing that never takes too much at once, a feed calendar that follows the season, and aeration every year or two keep a large lawn from becoming a large problem.
Field edges bring visitors: moles, rabbits and the odd scrape. We have seen all of it, and while nothing makes a mole polite, a dense well-kept sward recovers from interruptions far faster than a thin one.
Pathhead is the eastern turn of our Dalkeith round, visited weekly. Free assessments, honest verdicts, and pricing that reflects the lawn in front of us.
Just Down The Road From Pathhead
The same service and the same standards in the towns around Pathhead. For the full local picture, see everything we do in Pathhead.
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.