Lawn Care and Landscaping in La Habra, California: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire
We list 13 lawn care and landscaping companies serving La Habra. Mowing here typically runs $50 to $77 a visit and crews bill about $66 an hour for everything else, on a mixed-season calendar that puts seeding and aeration in a narrow window each year.
What lawn care costs in La Habra
Bands rather than averages, because a real quote depends on lot size, slope, and how far the crew drives.
| Service | Typical price | Unit | What drives the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawn mowing | $50 to $77 | per visit | Weekly through the growing season on an average quarter-acre lot. |
| Edging and trimming | $15 to $24 | per visit | Usually bundled into a mowing visit rather than billed alone. |
| Fertilizer application | $16 to $25 | per 1,000 sq ft | Slow-release blend, three to five rounds a year. |
| Weed control | $12 to $18 | per 1,000 sq ft | Pre-emergent in spring, post-emergent as broadleaf weeds show. |
| Core aeration | $15 to $24 | per 1,000 sq ft | Once a year, priced higher on compacted clay soil. |
| Overseeding | $25 to $38 | per 1,000 sq ft | Nearly always quoted together with aeration. |
| Grub and insect control | $14 to $21 | per 1,000 sq ft | One preventive round covers most of the season. |
| Dethatching | $13 to $19 | per 1,000 sq ft | Only needed when thatch is over half an inch thick. |
Priced for a city of 63,097 in the Anaheim metro.
Compare against national lawn care costs or price your own lawn on the lawn cost estimator.
Services in La Habra
Lawn care companies in La Habra
Gauci Landscaping
5.0on Google (1)La Habra, CA
Based in La Habra, California, Gauci Landscaping covers lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2020, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(562) 691-5161Navarro Landscape
5.0on Google (1)La Habra Heights, CA
Navarro Landscape is a lawn care company in La Habra Heights, California, offering lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2018, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(562) 690-6414Navarro's Landscaping
5.0on Google (2)La Habra, CA
A La Habra lawn care company, Navarro's Landscaping lists lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2018, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(657) 256-8232Pristine Landscaping inc
5.0on Google (5)La Habra, CA
Pristine Landscaping inc works on properties in La Habra, California, handling lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2025, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(562) 393-9425KingX Landscaping - La Habra
4.9on Google (28)La Habra, CA
Listed in La Habra, California, KingX Landscaping - La Habra offers lawn care and landscaping, rated 4.9 by 28 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2026, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(714) 410-6421MR Ortiz Landscaping Inc
4.9on Google (10)La Habra, CA
A La Habra lawn care company, MR Ortiz Landscaping Inc lists lawn care and landscaping, rated 4.9 by 10 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2023, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number and website.
Best Lawnmower, Inc
4.6on Google (79)La Habra, CA
Best Lawnmower, Inc works on properties in La Habra, California, handling lawn care, rated 4.6 by 79 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2018, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number and website.
Caliscape Landscape Services
4.5on Google (4)La Habra, CA
Caliscape Landscape Services serves La Habra and the surrounding California area with lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2019, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(562) 209-9670S C Yamamoto
3.7on Google (7)La Habra, CA
A La Habra lawn care company, S C Yamamoto lists lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2017, and a published phone number and website.
Precision Landscape & Turf
3.5on Google (13)La Habra, CA
Precision Landscape & Turf is a lawn care company in La Habra, California, offering lawn care and landscaping, rated 3.5 by 13 Google reviewers, with Google reviews going back to 2022, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(714) 525-2318Hugo's Gardening
3.0on Google (7)La Habra, CA
Hugo's Gardening works on properties in La Habra, California, handling lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2021, and a published phone number and website.
sergios gardening
2.5on Google (2)La Habra, CA
Listed in La Habra, California, sergios gardening offers lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2023, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(714) 737-5907TCA Landscape Maintenance
La Habra, CA
TCA Landscape Maintenance serves La Habra and the surrounding California area with lawn care and landscaping, with a published phone number and website.
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Where these companies are
When to do the work in La Habra
La Habra sits in the California climate region, which runs mixed-season lawns. Last frost usually falls January 15-March 1 (many coastal areas frost-free) and first frost November 15-December 15, and that pair sets every date below.
Grasses that do well here
- Tall Fescue
- Bermudagrass
- St. Augustinegrass
- Kentucky Bluegrass
| Task | Local window | Why then |
|---|---|---|
| Seed or overseed | September to October | Mild autumns give the longest establishment window of the year. |
| Fertilize | March, May, September, and November | Feed lightly and often rather than heavily twice a year. |
| Core aerate | September to October | Autumn rain does the softening for you. |
| Pre-emergent for crabgrass | January 15 - February 28 | Go by soil temperature: apply before it holds 52 degrees. |
Problems local crews deal with most: Drought and water restrictions, summer heat stress on cool-season lawns, billbugs.
Want the exact soil temperature before you book pre-emergent? Check your ZIP on the soil temperature tracker.
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Lawn care in La Habra: common questions
How much does lawn care cost in La Habra?
A single mowing visit in La Habra typically runs $50 to $77 for an average quarter-acre lot, and crews bill around $66 an hour for work outside a routine cut. Treatments are quoted per 1,000 square feet: fertilizer and weed control land in the single-digit to low-teens dollars, while core aeration and overseeding cost more because they are once-a-year jobs. Full-season contracts almost always beat per-visit pricing.
Which lawn care company in La Habra should I hire?
Compare the attributed Google and Yelp ratings rather than any single score, check the company actually offers the service you need, and get two quotes for the same scope rather than one. For spray work, ask for the company's pesticide applicator licence number directly: California requires one for anyone applying herbicide or insecticide for payment, and we have no public register for this state to check it against for you.
Does a lawn care company need a licence in California?
Yes, for pesticide work. Applying herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides on someone else's property for payment requires a commercial pesticide applicator licence issued by California, and the licence carries a number and an expiry date. Plain mowing and trimming generally do not require that licence, so a company can be perfectly legitimate for mowing and still not be licensed to spray. Ask which one you are hiring for.
When should I hire a lawn care company in La Habra?
Book before the season starts rather than during it. La Habra runs mixed-season lawns, so the calendar that matters is the timing table on this page: pre-emergent goes down off soil temperature in spring, and the seeding and aeration window is the single busiest stretch of the year for local crews. Calling two to three weeks ahead of a window is the difference between getting your date and getting whatever is left.
Is a lawn care service worth it in La Habra?
It depends on which jobs you hand over. Mowing is the easiest thing to do yourself and the most expensive thing to buy repeatedly. Pesticide application is the opposite: it is the job where a licensed applicator with calibrated equipment and the right product beats a homeowner with a hose-end sprayer. Many people in La Habra split it, mowing themselves and buying the treatment rounds.