Organic lawn feeding
Four visits a year of time release organic fertilizer, a compost topdressing in fall and a soil test on the first spring visit, so your lawn gets what it lacks and nothing it doesn’t.
From $65 a visit
Water wise lawns for the Front Range
A healthy lawn that drinks less
Organic feeding, deep rooted grass and native blooms for yards in Fort Collins and nearby towns, on a schedule you can set your calendar by.
On the cover: a mown lawn edged by summer meadow.
What we do
Feeding, seeding and water, done the organic way
Every visit starts with the soil. Feed it well, water it deeply and the grass grows thick enough to crowd out weeds on its own, with no synthetic sprays.
Core aeration and overseeding
We pull cores to open up clay soil, then seed with a drought tolerant blend that roots deeper than bluegrass.
Aeration from $85, with overseeding from $165
Water
Sprinkler tune ups
We run every zone, straighten or swap heads that water the sidewalk, fix leaks and set your controller for the season.
$95 for up to 8 zones
Native plant beds
Beds of Colorado natives that bloom from May to frost and need a fraction of the water a lawn does.
From $12 per sq ft, plants included
Lawn to meadow conversions
Trade the hottest, thirstiest strip of lawn for a meadow of native grasses and wildflowers. How a conversion works
From $4.50 per sq ft
The seasonal plan
The Meadowlark year
Sign up once and we build your visits into a calendar. The same crew arrives on the week we planned and texts you the day before.
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March to May
Spring
- Spring cleanup and first mow
- Sprinkler start up and tune up
- Soil test and first organic feeding
- Native bed planting
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June to August
Summer
- Weekly mowing at 3.5 inches
- Summer organic feeding
- Monthly watering check
- Weeding and care for native beds
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September to November
Fall
- Core aeration and overseeding
- Compost topdressing
- Leaf removal
- Sprinkler blowout before the first hard freeze
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December to February
Winter
- Dormant seeding for new meadows
- Winter watering on warm, dry days
- A planning call for next year
Water savings, explained
Where the water goes
Most Front Range lawns get more water than the grass can use. Heads spray the driveway, the timer still runs on its May settings in September, and shallow roots need a drink every day in July.
We work through it in steps. Tune the system first, then grow deeper roots with better soil and drought tolerant seed. If you’re ready, trade the hardest strip of lawn for natives that barely need watering once they’re settled.
Sprinkler and native servicesHow the steps can add up
Summer watering for an example 5,000 sq ft yard, compared with where it started.
The seed catalog
Four natives we plant most
Tough, thrifty plants that grew on these plains long before lawns did. Each one is on the menu for native beds and meadow mixes. See the full catalog
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No. 01
Blue grama
Bouteloua gracilis
- Water
- Low
- Sun
- Full sun
- Height
- 8 to 14 in
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No. 02
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
- Water
- Low
- Sun
- Full to part sun
- Height
- 1 to 2 ft
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No. 03
Narrow leaf coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
- Water
- Low to moderate
- Sun
- Full sun
- Height
- 1 to 2 ft
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No. 04
Rocky Mountain penstemon
Penstemon strictus
- Water
- Low
- Sun
- Full sun
- Height
- 1.5 to 2.5 ft
Lawn journal
Notes from the crew
Short, practical reading for anyone with a yard in Northern Colorado.
Soil
Why we aerate in the fall
Clay soil packs down hard by August. September is the moment to open it back up.
Cores pulled in early fall let air, water and compost reach the roots while nights are cool and the soil is still warm. Seed sown into the holes sprouts in two to three weeks and has all autumn to settle in before winter.
Leave the cores on the lawn. They break down in a week or two and return their soil to the surface.
Water
Mow high, water deep, water less
Two small habits that change how much a lawn needs.
Set the mower to 3 or 3.5 inches. Taller grass shades its own soil, which holds moisture and keeps weed seeds from sprouting.
Then water deeply twice a week in the early morning instead of a little every day. Roots follow the water down, and deeper roots ride out a hot week much better.
Meadows
Start a meadow with one sunny strip
You don’t need to give up the whole lawn. Begin where the grass struggles most.
The hot strip along the driveway or the slope that browns every July is a perfect first meadow. We smother the turf in fall, sow native seed over winter and let the snow press it in.
The first summer is mostly roots and leaves. By the second June, the strip is full of flowers.
Free quotes
Fill in an order form
Tell us what you’d like help with and we’ll call within one business day to set up a free walk around your yard. Quotes are written, itemized and good for 60 days.
- Phone970-555-0162
- Emailhello@meadowlarkorganic.example
- Crew hoursMon to Fri 7 am to 5 pm, Sat 8 am to noon
Service area
- Fort Collins
- Loveland
- Windsor
- Wellington
- Timnath
- Laporte