Sod Installation in Lorne Park

Lorne Park has one of the most distinctive housing mixes in Mississauga. About 85% of its homes are single-detached, and nearly all are owner-occupied. Much of the area dates from the 1960s and 1970s, and some of it goes back much further: Lorne Park Estates began as an 1880s lakeside resort, and its narrow, tree-lined lanes and large lots survive today.

Those trees are the area's great asset and the main challenge for a lawn. Mature maples and oaks shade the ground and drink up its moisture, and their roots run close to the surface. Kentucky Bluegrass wants plenty of direct sun, so grass under a heavy canopy will thin no matter how it is treated. We will tell you where sod will thrive, and where a bed may be the better answer.

Those same trees come with rules. Mississauga's Private Tree Protection By-law requires a permit to injure or remove a private tree 15 cm or more in diameter, and digging near roots can count. We work carefully around root zones, and we check what applies before grading near a large tree.

The soil can change here too. Toward the lake, the old Lake Iroquois shoreline left sandier ground in places, which drains faster than the clay further north but dries out sooner. We check your yard, not a map.

Many lawns here are also bigger than average, so a small soil problem can turn into a big bill if nobody notices it. On a long front lawn, we look at how the ground falls from the house to the street, where water collects and how far grass has retreated from the trees. Then we can tell you which parts deserve sod and which are better left alone.