What’s an organic lawn?

Just like the organic produce you can get at the grocery store or farmers market, an organic lawn is grown without synthetic chemicals. That means no synthetic fertilizers & no synthetic weed killers.

Why is it so important that we get away from synthetic lawn chemicals?

With around 40 million acres of turfgrass in the continental United States, grass is by far the largest irrigated crop in the country. We have three times as much land set aside for growing turf as we do for irrigated corn. ​

Each year, Americans apply around 90 million pounds of synthetic chemical fertilizer to their lawns, either themselves or with a lawn company. These chemicals destroy the composition of our soils, pollute our waters and damage the creatures responsible for natural decomposition processes. ​

Chemicals found in synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides also introduce toxins to humans, pets and wildlife, which are known to cause disease and other health problems.

How can an organic yard help heal the planet?

Natural lawn care isn't about pumping nutrients into your lawn, it's about building up organic matter in your soil. Having healthier soil will mean thicker turf and less weeds, which means less need for herbicides. Having healthier soil will mean less watering, because organic matter locks moisture into the soil. Plus, healthy soil sequesters carbon, keeping it out of the atmosphere where it becomes a greenhouse gas.

Removing synthetic chemicals from our yards also keeps those chemicals out of our watershed-- something that we as an organic lawn company work at every day. Applying organic fertilizer, soil amendments and microbial drenches will build up your soil and give you a healthier lawn. Natural fertilizer also locks carbon into your soil, which is great for the environment.

What it means to have an organic yard.

If you've spent your entire adult life applying synthetic lawn fertilizer, blasting weeds on contact and chasing that fast, electric-green look, switching to organic care can feel like a gamble. But an organic lawn isn't about surrendering your yard to chaos. It's about rethinking your strategy with your soil as the starting point.

Conventional fertilizers push rapid top growth. They make grass look lush fast, but they don't do much for what's happening below the surface. A natural lawn works differently. Rather than feeding grass directly with salts and synthetics, it feeds the soil. That means using inputs like compost, plant-based nutrients and slow-release organic lawn fertilizer that build stronger soil biology season after season.

Better soil grows denser, more resilient turf. Roots dig deeper. Grass handles drought better. Weeds struggle to gain a foothold because thick turf simply crowds them out. You're not ignoring the problem, you're eliminating the conditions that caused it.

A natural lawn also cuts down on runoff and chemical exposure. If you've got kids, dogs or grandkids out there rolling around, that's worth something. No residues coming in on shoes and paws. No nutrient pollution draining into nearby waterways. A natural lawn means working with biology rather than against it.

What does it cost? Organic lawn care is often comparable in price to synthetic programs, especially once you account for fewer fixes for burned patches or compacted ground. Many homeowners find they're using less product over time as soil health builds on itself. A healthy organic lawn is also more resistant to disease and pests like grubs, which means less cash going toward herbicides and pesticides down the road.

Curious where to start? Talk with us. We're a lawn company built around organic lawn care. Not every lawn company is set up to do this well, but it's all we do. Your yard can still look sharp, tidy and intentional. It just gets there a different way.