Most lawns here are St. Augustine
It is the grass that suits sandy soil, heat and some salt, and it is the one that suffers most from being cut short. Cut high it shades its own soil, holds moisture and keeps most weed seed in the dark.
Service areas
Service areas in North Pinellas County
We work across the north of Pinellas County, from Tarpon Springs at the top of the county down to the north of Clearwater. The routes are kept tight on purpose, because a short drive between properties is what lets a schedule hold from one week to the next.
- Communities
- 10, all in North Pinellas County
- County
- Pinellas County, Florida
- Services in every area
- All eight, from the weekly cut to a full cleanup
- Not sure about your street
- Call and ask. We can usually tell you on the call.
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The service area
Where we work in Pinellas County
Every community on this list is in the north of the county, and that is deliberate. A tight route is what makes a weekly schedule realistic through the growing season, when a missed week shows on the lawn by the weekend.
- Tarpon Springs 34688 / 34689
- Palm Harbor 34683 / 34684
- Dunedin 34698
- Oldsmar 34677
- Safety Harbor 34695
- East Lake 34685
- Ozona 34660
- Crystal Beach 34681
- Countryside 33761
- North Clearwater 33759 / 33761
Each community has a page of its own with what the lawns there have to deal with and which of the eight services get used most on those streets. If your street sits just outside the list, call and ask before you assume we do not come out to it.
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The communities
The 10 communities we cover
These are not copies of one page with the town name swapped in. Each page describes what the yards in that community are actually like, because a lawn on a shaded historic lot and a lawn on an open irrigated one are two jobs.
Tarpon Springs
Tarpon Springs sits at the top of the county between the Gulf and Lake Tarpon. The lots run from small historic ones near the Sponge Docks to larger properties out toward the lake, and the two do not want the same visit.
Lawn care in Tarpon SpringsPalm Harbor
Palm Harbor is unincorporated and covers a lot of ground, from the Gulf side across to Lake Tarpon. Much of it was built out from the 1970s onward, so the oaks are mature and the shade under them is deep enough to thin the grass.
Lawn care in Palm HarborDunedin
Dunedin runs along the Gulf just north of Clearwater, with older streets, smaller lots and sidewalks on most of them. Yards near the water take salt spray, and St. Augustine handles that better than most grasses.
Lawn care in DunedinOldsmar
Oldsmar sits at the north end of Old Tampa Bay on the flattest ground in our area. Low lying yards here hold water after a summer storm, and cutting saturated ground tears the turf, so those visits get moved rather than forced.
Lawn care in OldsmarSafety Harbor
Safety Harbor is on the west shore of Old Tampa Bay, with older streets around the waterfront and downtown and newer subdivisions inland. The canopy near the bay puts a lot of these lawns in part shade for most of the day.
Lawn care in Safety HarborEast Lake
East Lake runs along East Lake Road on the county line, and much of it is newer subdivisions with irrigation and common areas. Where a community is deed restricted, the front yard has a standard it has to keep to.
Lawn care in East LakeOzona
Ozona is a small waterfront community between Palm Harbor and Crystal Beach. The narrow lanes, heavy tree cover and tight lots mean more trimming by hand and less open mowing than a subdivision lot needs.
Lawn care in OzonaCrystal Beach
Crystal Beach is a small community right on the Gulf, north of Ozona. It is about as close to salt water as a lawn in this county gets, and salt spray on top of sandy soil is what the grass here lives with.
Lawn care in Crystal BeachCountryside
Countryside is the area around Countryside Boulevard in the north of Clearwater, largely built through the 1970s and 1980s. The lots are regular, the plantings are mature, and the hedges have usually been there as long as the house.
Lawn care in CountrysideNorth Clearwater
North Clearwater covers the neighborhoods above the city center, between Countryside and Old Tampa Bay. Lot sizes and lawn ages vary a good deal from one street to the next, so the visit is set property by property.
Lawn care in North Clearwater
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Local conditions
What every lawn in this county has in common
The communities differ, but four things are true of a yard almost anywhere in North Pinellas, and all four change how a lawn should be cut and looked after.
The wet season runs June to September
It rains most afternoons, growth is at its hardest, and saturated ground cannot be mowed without tearing the turf. A wet day moves the visit and does not cancel it.
Salt reaches further inland than people expect
Yards near the Gulf and near Old Tampa Bay take salt spray, and some irrigation water carries salt as well. Deep roots are the defense, and deep roots come from cutting high.
Watering is limited all year
Pinellas County and the water management district set year round limits on landscape irrigation, and the allowed days can change. Check the current rule with the county or your city before you set a timer.
What that adds up to on a visit
A lawn cut at the top of the range for its grass needs less water than the same lawn cut short, which matters a great deal where the watering days are limited. It also holds its color longer through May, which is the hardest month of the year on a Florida lawn.
The other half of it is the clippings. Yard debris left on a driveway washes into a storm drain and out toward the water, so the hard surfaces get blown back onto the lawn before the crew leaves. That is part of the Landscape Best Management Practices we are certified in.
Free quotes
Find out whether we cover your street
Call us with the address and we will tell you whether it is on a route. If it is, we will come out, walk the property and put a plan together for the yard. There is no obligation once you have it.
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