Hydroseeding in Caroline Springs

Front yards that lost their lawn

Caroline Springs was one of Melbourne's first big master-planned estates, and most homes went up from the late 1990s onwards, during a long run of dry years.

Plenty of original lawns were replaced with gravel, bark or artificial grass, or simply died off. Now that owners want grass back, the ground underneath needs work first.

What we recommend for Caroline Springs yards

• Removing gravel, bark and weed mat before any soil work
• Fresh topsoil on hard, compacted ground
• A drought-tolerant warm-season blend for the dry west
• Autumn spraying, so the lawn is established before summer

Removing gravel, bark and weed mat

Gravel and bark over weed mat is hard to seed through, so it all has to come out. We remove the cover and matting, then add fresh topsoil where the ground underneath has gone hard and lifeless. Removal is itemised in your quote, so you can compare it with doing it yourself.