Celebrating the lawn care companies that keep America green

If your lawn looks thinner every year, compacted soil is a likely reason. Clay soil, foot traffic, mowers and heavy rain squeeze out the air that grass roots need. Aeration and overseeding are the most effective way to turn that around in a cool-season lawn.

This site celebrates local lawn care companies doing great work, and one of our first spotlights goes to LawnWorks. The family-owned company started as LawnWorks of Joliet in 1988 and today serves Joliet and the southwest suburbs of Chicago from Crest Hill, Illinois.

Their lawn aeration service is a big part of how they help homeowners in towns like Naperville, Plainfield, Bolingbrook, Orland Park and New Lenox build thicker, healthier lawns on Chicago-area clay.

Here's what to know about aerating and overseeding a cool-season lawn.

In the South, weeds never really take a season off. Crabgrass and nutsedge take over in summer, and henbit, chickweed and annual bluegrass move in once warm-season grass goes dormant for the winter. Keeping a southern lawn clean takes a plan that runs all twelve months.

This site celebrates local lawn care companies doing great work, and one of our first spotlights goes to GrassRoots Turf. The family-owned company is headquartered in Acworth, Georgia, and serves homeowners across Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Their weed control service is backed by a Weed Free® Guarantee, and they're known for video-recording their treatments so homeowners can see exactly what was done on each visit.

Here's how weed control works through the year in a southern lawn.

Most lawn care companies sell their services as programs: a set number of visits through the season, each with a planned treatment. Comparing programs from different companies can be confusing, because names and contents vary. Here's how to read them and choose the one your lawn needs.

This site celebrates local lawn care companies doing great work, and one of our first spotlights goes to LawnWorks, a family-owned company serving Joliet and the southwest suburbs of Chicago since 1988.

LawnWorks offers three lawn care programs, Basic Works, Preferred Works and Complete Works, so homeowners can pick the level of care that fits their lawn and budget. They also offer grub control, mosquito control and perimeter pest control.

Here's what to look for in any lawn care program.