Weedman

Skilful, regular maintenance is essential to a healthy lawn - and that means Weed Man - a network of locally-based, locally-owned lawn care providers, supported by 40 years experience. We won our reputation for professionalism, courtesy and punctuality in Canada and North America - where service with a smile is compulsory. This is the ethos that now is winning the trust of customers in the UK. We start with a Free Lawn Care Analysis - and if you agree with our findings, we work with you to achieve perfection.

Weedman is the corporate Head Office of the Weed Man franchise network, here in the United Kingdom. We own the license, granted for use of the Weed Man name, trademarks and business systems, through a Master Franchise Agreement. Weed Man offers our customers and franchisees a unique combination of tradition, horticultural professionalism and commercial success. We add to this the best advice of leading by UK institutions and the best available standards of UK professionals bodies. Our dealers provide responsible, conscientious lawn care services for home owners and organisations in both private and public sectors.

We promise that the finest quality products will be applied to your lawn, by highly trained, experienced professionals. Used in conjuction with proper watering and mowing procedures, our complete lawn care programme guarantees you a healthier, better looking lawn. At the time of treatment we will tell you how soon you should expect to see an improvement - though that will depend on the weather conditions. If you are not entirely satisfied, we will visit you within 2 working days, to resolve the situation.

To understand why mowing is so important to the health of your lawn, you need to get down to lawn level and see what mowing really does. Grasses are like most plants - if you clip off the growing points, the plants branch out and become denser. If you didn't mow at all, your lawn would look more like a prairie. You would have a bumpy surface composed of mounding or spongy grasses, separated by open spaces or weeds. When you mow each grass plant fights for every available space, and eventually creates a dense turf.

To provide a consistently high standard of lawn care services - one combining value to the customer with incentive to our franchisee to provide best available service.

Areas of poorly developed turf allow moss to gain a hold simply because of the lack of competition from growing grass. Moss control is best achieved by improving the lawn environment. Often when we first become involved, or often following prolonged cold weather, moss can take over areas of your lawn and become a serious problem. A moss control material can be applied, following which the moss dies and should be raked out. Wherever possible we apply preventive moss control treatments in advance of the onset of winter.

Intelligent Weed Control helps to eliminate weeds and promotes such thick, dense turf that new weeds cannot easily grow. This actively corrects weed imbalances for example invasion by broadleaf weeds such as dandelions, clover, daisy, plantain and others. Effective Weed Control fluids are applied sparingly, when and where needed, by licensed, trained personnel. Technology is changing. Where alternative weed control methods might be appropriate we work with their developers to ensure our customers benefit.

Periodically all lawns benefit from mechanical scarification that will remove thatch and help prevent moss from spreading. It improves lawn health and beauty by optimising root development and by removing dead moss. It can be used to help leveling uneven lawn areas. Scarification is also good for preparing your lawn for over seeding. Whenever there is a need to improve drainage or the movement of air, fertiliser, or water, scarification can make a vital difference. The increase in soil quality resulting from the right scarification regime can also reduce the need for watering.