Bridgewater, MA · Turf & Landscape Care
Integrated fertilizing programs, tree and shrub care, pest control, aerating, thatching and seeding for Bridgewater and the surrounding towns. Licensed and insured.
About Us
Higgins Landscaping Inc. has been serving Bridgewater and the surrounding towns for over a decade. We specialize in turf management through integrated fertilizing programs, shrub & tree care, turf pest control and organic feedings.
Annual thatching & aerating programs, slice seeding & over seeding, and much more. Service excellence is our mission to you, our customers.
Contact a lawn care professional today and experience the difference.
Our Services
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Lawn mowing (space is limited).
Beds edged and mulched with many kinds of mulch.
Spring and fall clean-ups, plus new landscapes.
Planting of trees and shrubs. Call for a free estimate.
Lawn Care & Fertilization
We combine fertilization and weed control treatments designed to target every lawn care issue. Grub and insect control are part of our programs, and lime applications to adjust pH are available all season. We also do soil testing.
Balanced fertilizer for quick spring rejuvenation, with a pre-emergence for crabgrass control.
Balanced fertilizer with weed control and spot treatment for broadleaf weeds.
Balanced fertilizer and a pre-emergence for crabgrass control.
High-nitrogen feeding for summer color, spot-treated broadleaf weeds, and grub prevention applied.
Slow-release fertilizer, applied with aeration and seeding if requested, plus spot treatment for broadleaf weeds.
A hardening feeding that supports turf through dormancy and becomes available with the spring thaw.
Organic Feedings
We can put together an organic fertilizing and pest control program for you. Organic feedings are more expensive and do not work as quickly as chemically treated products, but the Department of Agriculture recommends one or two organic feedings a year to put natural organisms back into your lawn. Please remember all feedings should be watered in.
Our soil enhancement, Bio•Spectrum, is a complex of microbes, amending ingredients and enzymes. It helps beneficial microbes multiply in the soil, breaks down thatch into usable nutrients, and is 100% non-GMO and non-synthetic. It is approved for use on certified organic crops.
Please call for details.
Fungicidal Treatment
Most fungi do not cause long-term damage, and fungus usually comes from wet conditions. It can be taken care of if the problem persists, and many times fertilizing alone makes it go away. We have the products on hand to fix the problem.
Tree & Shrub Care
Most people assume trees and shrubs need little attention after planting. Proper fertilizing, watering and pruning matter. Call a good professional in your town to prune, and call Higgins Landscaping to spray and fertilize. We are fully licensed and insured.
Basic and micronutrients injected into the feeder roots to relieve winter stress and enhance flowering.
Controls mites, chewing and sucking insects, and fungus diseases.
The second in a series of two insect and disease treatments for continued protection.
Deep-root fertilization to replace summer nutrients, plus spraying for caterpillars and other insects.
Nuisance Pest Control
Warm weather brings ants, fleas, ticks, spiders and more into your lawn and around your home. We come to your home and apply our specially formulated treatment around the perimeter, then spread a granule insecticide on your lawn. Both treatments reduce pests so you can enjoy the yard all summer and beyond.
We guarantee your satisfaction.
Mosquito & Tick Control
Mosquito spraying is ideal before a party or special occasion. Our technicians come to your property for a free estimate on your yard, to help protect your kids and pets.
EEE is one of the most severe mosquito-transmitted diseases in America, with about 33% mortality and significant brain damage in most survivors. West Nile virus is spread when a mosquito bites an infected bird and then a person. Mosquitoes carry the most virus in early fall, and risk falls as the weather turns colder.
Organic Mosquito & Tick Control
kill rate for pests and larvae within 24 hours in efficacy tests run to World Health Organization standards. Killing the larvae disrupts the egg cycle, so future outbreaks are reduced over time.
Safe to spray around people, pets and plants, with an immediate re-entry time once the spray settles.
Call for a free estimate
Aerating
Even with the best care, lawns thin out from thatch, foot and pet traffic, and heat or drought. Aeration removes small cores of soil and thatch so air, moisture and nutrients reach the root zone. Turf experts such as golf course superintendents rate aerating and over seeding as the best treatment for thatch and compacted soil.
When to aerate: September through November in fall, or March through May in spring. Most lawns benefit from annual aeration.
Thatching
Thatch is a layer of living and dead grass stems and roots that builds between the soil and the green lawn. Too much of it blocks water and nutrients, absorbs pesticides, crowds out new grass, and hides insects and disease.
For best results, dethatch about every one to two years, in March or April or in early fall, and fertilize afterward.
Slice & Over Seeding
Slice seeding repairs a damaged lawn or improves a thin one. The seeder cuts furrows into the soil and plants the seed in them, so it touches the soil and germinates, rather than being spread on top where much of it would not take. It is also the best way to renew a heavily thatched lawn and sow improved grass varieties.
Fall is the best time to aerate and over seed. The temperature has dropped, crabgrass and annuals are dying off, and new seed has a better chance to grow.
Tips & Resources
Simple steps to make your lawn a beautiful one.
Plant when temperatures and rainfall are right, and never mulch too high around trees, which can rot the trunk. Plant shrubs and trees high and they won't die; plant them low and they won't grow.
Figure out what your lawn, trees and shrubs need, and water to avoid drought stress without overwatering. Summer is when crabgrass and nutsedge thrive, and when insects make homes in your lawn and eat your trees.
An excellent time to plant grass, trees and shrubs. Water new plantings well if rain is scarce, plant spring bulbs such as tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, and aerate and over seed.
Cut at 3 inches in April and May, when grass grows fast. In June, July and August, raise the cut to 3½ inches to shade the roots from the sun.
Water less in spring and more in summer, watering deeper so roots grow down toward moisture and survive drought. Judge watering by the season's temperatures and rainfall.
Fungi cause most lawn diseases. Overall lawn health, weather and season all play a part. Proper watering and fertilizing boost your lawn's resistance.
One of the common lawn diseases we treat. Pictured above as it appears in turf.
One of the common lawn diseases we treat. Pictured above as it appears in turf.
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