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Australia's Lawn Expert joins us with his own expert lawn care advice blog

The Lawn Guide lawn care blog includes greater and more varied discussions into lawn care and the turf industry in Australia.

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Zoysia Lawns

Zoysia lawns are the most environmentally friendly and lowest maintenance lawn for all the warmer regions of Australia.

Our strong belief in the overwhelming superiority of Zoysia leads us to to share all it's benefits to help make Zoysia the new No 1 lawn for most Australian homes parks and businesses

Organic Lawn Care

Organic lawn care tips, advice and recipes to naturally care for our lawns while creating maximum benefit to the environment

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Lawn Care Videos

Watch Australia's highest quality and most trusted lawn care videos for informative lawn care tips presented by real Aussie lawn care professionals.

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The Lawn Guide is Australia’s original and most comprehensive lawn care website entirely dedicated to every aspect of lawn care. We love lawns! And we know you love your lawn too! The Lawn Care Guide is Australia's favourite lawn care site for independent and unbiased lawn care advice. No matter which grass type you have at your home, whether you do your own lawn mowing or hire a contractor, The Lawn Guide has lawn care tips and lawn care advice for everyone wanting to turn their grass into a beautiful green lawn.

A well maintained lawn provides so many benefits such as heat reduction in homes, play and relaxation areas for families, and adding beauty to our homes and cities. Lawns are vitally important to all of us, however, as Australian lawn owners continue to face new challenges with water, drought and pollution, we are all being forced to improve our lawn care practices and move to environmentally friendly methods of maintaining the grass on our properties to a higher standard, while continuing to face the challenge of keeping our lawn green. The Lawn Guide is dedicated to sharing simple lawn care tips with everyone interested in creating and maintaining a beautiful lawn and garden.

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Fertilisers - how often is enough? The Need For Lawn Fertilisers Lawn fertilisers are a mix of nutrients that have been formulated to supplement the nutrients already found in soils. In other...
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Fertilising is essential in Winter A Greener Lawn This Winter Yes, lawns can be fertilised over Winter, however a different type of fertiliser must be used in our lawn care at this time of...
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Lawn Fertilisers - how much is enough? The Role Of Lawn Fertilisers Lawn fertilisers are an essential element in maintaining the health and well being of our lawns. To maximise results and...
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Choosing a Lawn For High Traffic Areas Choosing a new lawn type can be difficult, even after the beginnings of research - homeowners can quickly begin to see that each grass variety has it's...
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Village green versus common Kikuyu photo courtesy of Village Green Village Green - A New Kikuyu Grass Village Green Kikuyu is another new variant in the family of Male Sterile Kikuyu grasses....
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Living by the ocean is a consideration Which Lawn Variety Is Right For Your Home When taken into full consideration, all of the factors below will steer you towards making the right choice for...
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Lawn Top Dressing Reasons For Top Dressing Lawns Top dressing lawns in lawn care should only ever be applied for two reasons, to level small indentations in the lawn and to add special...
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Lawn scalped due to infrequent mowing Why Lawns Get Scalped Lawns or areas of lawns become scalped when either high points are severed off when mowing an uneven lawn, or when too much leaf...
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A bare patch caused by excessive shade Bare or Dead Lawn Patches Discovering bare or dead patches in our lawns can be annoying, especially when the signs of what is causing the problem are...
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Honda HRU196 Lawn Mower Honda Lawn Mower Review The Honda HRU196 is a high quality commercial grade rotary lawn mower which has been both the mainstay and the backbone of the Lawn Mowing...
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Honda HRU216SU A Review Of A Honda Self Propelled Mower This Review is a modified discussion taken from a Contractors Site, used with permission. SG: Well I have bitten the bullet and...
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Soft Buffalo should look like this Sapphire Raise Mowing Heights For Soft Buffalo Lawns One of the biggest mistakes made by owners of Soft Leaf Buffalo lawns is to mow the lawn too short....
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The short list of the most shade tolerant lawn varieties for homeowners:

1. Durban Grass
2. Soft Leaf Buffalo
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