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How to Save Your Lawn & Trees From Heat and Drought Stress

Many homeowners like you want to know how you can help your lawn and garden make it through intense heat when it is sweltering hot and humid out. Lawns in Ontario are comprised of ‘Cool-season’ grass species like Kentucky Bluegrass…

Bentgrass Plus Drought Plus Heat, Means Dead Patches on Lawns

When we receive unseasonably high heat and dry weather, these conditions cause bentgrass and other annual weedy grasses in lawns to brown out much earlier than we normally see it. If you are seeing areas on your lawn yellowing or browning right now,…

Chinch Bugs In Your Lawn Spotted (Everywhere!)

Our technicians begin to find adult chinch bugs emerging  from lawns as early as the beginning of June most years in the Toronto Area.  They are usually found in the thatch. Their young, commonly called ‘nymphs’ are the ones that…

Necrotic Ring Spot Fungal Disease appearing on lawns

What to do with Brown Circles on your lawn? You might have Necrotic Ring Spot! The hot weather and frequent rain are creating ideal conditions for lawn fungus disease to thrive. The most serious lawn fungus/disease issue we see exposed…

White Grubs in Your Lawn? How to Repair Lawn Damage From Grubs

Grub damage is typically caused in the spring and is the end result of hungry insects attacking lawns in the previous fall, coupled with raccoons and skunks digging up the lawn to look for them and eat them.  Preventative grub…

Spruce Tree Losing Needles – Sawfly Emergency

If something is eating the needles on your Spruce tree, you may have a Sawfly problem. Yellow-headed sawfly can attack spruce trees usually from early June to  July. These voracious eaters strip needles from spruce, and those needles will NEVER…

Southern Ontario Leatherjacket Alert!

Leather jackets and Crane Flies are cropping up again on lawns in the GTA.  Leather jackets are the larval stage of Crane Flies. They usually re-appear in the leatherjacket form in Late April through Early May, as the rain helps…

2016 Spring Lawn Conditions update (Greater Toronto Area)

Subject:  Transcript of Spring Update for our customers. Greater Toronto Area Weather review Partnering on your lawn for best results My name is Kyle and I’m calling from your lawn care company LawnSavers with a spring update and special request.…

Choosing a reputable lawn care company- Global News Story

Today, I woke up to hear the story of a fly-by-night , so called ‘lawn care contractor’ who ripped off an unsuspecting disabled lady.  When confronted, not only did he run from Global News Investigative Reporter Sean O’Shea, he punched…

WORLDS BIGGEST Christmas Colouring Contest PRIZE!

That’s right, LawnSavers Professional Christmas Lighting and Decorating Specialists are sponsoring the biggest prize in Kids Christmas Colouring Contests ever!* YOUR KIDS CAN WIN a $3500.00 Christmas Decoration package for your family home by Entering our Christmas Colouring Contest today!!