Lawn Care and Landscaping in Nashville, North Carolina: Costs, Licensed Companies, and When to Hire
We list 9 lawn care and landscaping companies serving Nashville. Mowing here typically runs $37 to $57 a visit and crews bill about $50 an hour for everything else, on a transition-zone calendar that puts seeding and aeration in a narrow window each year.
What lawn care costs in Nashville
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 | $37 to $57 | per visit | Weekly through the growing season on an average quarter-acre lot. |
| Edging and trimming | $12 to $18 | per visit | Usually bundled into a mowing visit rather than billed alone. |
| Fertilizer application | $12 to $19 | per 1,000 sq ft | Slow-release blend, three to five rounds a year. |
| Weed control | $8 to $13 | per 1,000 sq ft | Pre-emergent in spring, post-emergent as broadleaf weeds show. |
| Core aeration | $12 to $18 | per 1,000 sq ft | Once a year, priced higher on compacted clay soil. |
| Overseeding | $19 to $29 | per 1,000 sq ft | Nearly always quoted together with aeration. |
| Grub and insect control | $10 to $15 | per 1,000 sq ft | One preventive round covers most of the season. |
| Dethatching | $9 to $14 | per 1,000 sq ft | Only needed when thatch is over half an inch thick. |
Priced for a city of 5,632 in Nash County, outside the major metros.
Compare against national lawn care costs or price your own lawn on the lawn cost estimator.
Services in Nashville
Lawn care companies in Nashville
Blast Grass Lawn Care Services
5.0on Google (2)Nashville, NC
Blast Grass Lawn Care Services works on properties in Nashville, North Carolina, handling lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2025, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(252) 452-8142Bob Williams Landscaping
5.0on Google (3)Nashville, NC
Bob Williams Landscaping works on properties in Nashville, North Carolina, handling lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2016, and a published phone number.
Landscaping(252) 459-2792Brannan's Yardworks LLC
5.0on Google (1)Nashville, NC
Brannan's Yardworks LLC serves Nashville and the surrounding North Carolina area with lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2023, Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(252) 903-3880Hilliards Lawn Maintenance
5.0on Google (2)Nashville, NC
Hilliards Lawn Maintenance serves Nashville and the surrounding North Carolina area with lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2021, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(919) 878-0600Lafferty's Lawnscape
5.0on Google (5)Nashville, NC
Lafferty's Lawnscape works on properties in Nashville, North Carolina, handling lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2020, and a published phone number.
Lawn care(252) 903-5988Oakleys Lawn maintenance LLC
5.0on Google (9)Nashville, NC
Listed in Nashville, North Carolina, Oakleys Lawn maintenance LLC offers lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2025, and a published phone number and website.
Hilliard's Lawn Maintenance
4.9on Google (7)Nashville, NC
Listed in Nashville, North Carolina, Hilliard's Lawn Maintenance offers lawn care, with Google reviews going back to 2019, and a published phone number and website.
R & B Landscaping and Lawn Care
1.0on Google (1)Nashville, NC
Based in Nashville, North Carolina, R & B Landscaping and Lawn Care covers lawn care and landscaping, with Google reviews going back to 2023, and a published phone number and website.
Batchelor’s Lawn Care LLC
Nashville, NC
Based in Nashville, North Carolina, Batchelor’s Lawn Care LLC covers lawn care, with Saturday hours listed, and a published phone number and website.
Showing 9 of 9
Where these companies are
When to do the work in Nashville
Nashville sits in the Mid-Atlantic climate region, which runs transition-zone lawns. Last frost usually falls March 15-April 15 and first frost October 15-November 1, and that pair sets every date below.
Grasses that do well here
- Tall Fescue
- Kentucky Bluegrass
- Fine Fescue
- Bermudagrass
| Task | Local window | Why then |
|---|---|---|
| Seed or overseed | Late August to early October for fescue, late spring for bermuda | The right window depends on which grass you actually have. |
| Fertilize | March, May, September, and October | Cool-season lawns lean on the fall rounds, warm-season lawns on the spring ones. |
| Core aerate | September to October for fescue, June for bermuda | Aerate while your grass is growing hardest, not on a fixed date. |
| Pre-emergent for crabgrass | March 15 - April 15 | Go by soil temperature: apply before it holds 55 degrees. |
Problems local crews deal with most: Summer stress, fungal diseases, grub damage.
Want the exact soil temperature before you book pre-emergent? Check your ZIP on the soil temperature tracker.
How we verify these companies
- Ratings and review counts come from the platform named
- Hours, ratings, and photos come from public listings and can go stale
Lawn care in Nashville: common questions
How much does lawn care cost in Nashville?
A single mowing visit in Nashville typically runs $37 to $57 for an average quarter-acre lot, and crews bill around $50 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 Nashville 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: North Carolina 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 North Carolina?
Yes, for pesticide work. Applying herbicides, insecticides, or fungicides on someone else's property for payment requires a commercial pesticide applicator licence issued by North Carolina, 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 Nashville?
Book before the season starts rather than during it. Nashville runs transition-zone 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 Nashville?
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 Nashville split it, mowing themselves and buying the treatment rounds.