Long Grove Lawn Care, Fertilizing & Weed Control
The grass really is Greener the way we treat it.
The grass really is Greener the way we treat it.
Long Grove is unlike any other suburb we service. Located in Lake County (ZIP 60047), Long Grove sits on large, heavily wooded lots — most properties here are one to five acres or more, with deep setbacks, mature oak and hickory canopy, and wide-open turf areas that set it apart from the compact quarter-acre lots in nearby Buffalo Grove or Arlington Heights. The village runs along Robert Parker Coffin Road and Old McHenry Road, with the downtown shoppes at the crossroads and estate-sized parcels spreading in every direction. Properties off Checker Road and along the south side near Kildeer have some of the largest lawns in the area. The challenge on Long Grove lots is the combination of scale and conditions: massive sunny expanses that need consistent fertility, deeply shaded transition zones under the tree canopy, heavy clay that compacts under riding mowers, and wooded borders that bring mosquitoes, ticks, and deer. Our 7-round fertilizing and weed control program is built for exactly this — we handle both the open turf and the shaded edges, and we push-spread every application on foot for precision. Every treatment is guaranteed.
Seven treatments from early spring through late November. We begin with a crabgrass preventer and granular slow-release feed in early April. Spring broadleaf sprays target dandelions, clover, and Creeping Charlie — treatment is adjusted to each property, because Long Grove lots have vastly different conditions from the sunny front lawn facing the road to the shaded woodland edge at the back. Summer rounds use lighter, slow-release nitrogen to hold green color without burning during July and August heat. Fall rounds increase nitrogen to drive root expansion and thicken the stand. The final late-November winterizer deposits nutrients deep into the root zone for winter storage. On larger Long Grove properties, we bring a bigger rig and additional crew to ensure full coverage in a single visit. Every visit includes a detailed door note. Retreatments between rounds are always free.
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Serving Long Grove and all of Chicagoland, we have built our reputation on honest service, guaranteed results, and treating every lawn like our own. Our 7-round program is designed specifically for Illinois growing conditions — heavy clay soils, harsh freeze-thaw winters, and hot summers.
Greener Living Lawn Care delivers expert lawn fertilizing and weed control in Long Grove, Illinois (Lake County, ZIP 60047). Long Grove is a small village — only about 8,000 residents — but the lots are some of the largest in our entire service area. Where a typical Cook County suburb has quarter-acre parcels packed tight, Long Grove properties commonly sit on one, two, or even five-plus acres of rolling terrain with mature hardwood trees, long driveways, and wide-open lawn expanses between the house and the tree line. The roads tell the story: Robert Parker Coffin Road and Old McHenry Road wind through the village core, Checker Road runs along the south side toward Kildeer, and the properties on the north and west sides push toward Hawthorn Woods and Lake Zurich. The downtown shoppes at the main crossroads are the center of the village. It is a genuinely rural-feeling community, even though it sits just a few miles from the commercial density of Buffalo Grove and Vernon Hills.
The soil in Long Grove is the same Lake County clay found across the northern suburbs — alkaline, dense, and slow-draining. On large lots, clay compaction is especially pronounced along mower tracks, foot-traffic paths, and under the drip lines of mature trees where roots compete with grass for moisture and nutrients. Our program addresses this with slow-release nitrogen that feeds evenly without burning and iron-boosted summer applications to maintain dark green color on alkaline clay. Annual core aeration each fall is critical for Long Grove properties — it relieves compaction, improves drainage, and creates the ideal seedbed for overseeding shaded areas with fine fescue. On a large, tree-heavy Long Grove lot, fall aeration is the highest-impact service we offer.
Long Grove weed pressure is shaped by the big-lot layout. Wide-open, south-facing front lawns are prime crabgrass territory — plenty of sun and heat radiating off driveways gives crabgrass exactly what it needs to germinate. Our spring pre-emergent goes down in early April to block it before soil temperatures reach the threshold. The shaded areas under the tree canopy tell a different story: Creeping Charlie thrives in damp, low-light conditions and spreads aggressively through runners. We use Momentum herbicide, which penetrates the plant's waxy leaf coating and kills it systemically over two to three targeted applications. Wild Violets, clover, dandelions, and plantain are controlled through regular broadleaf spray rounds. On Long Grove lots with extensive woodland borders, ground ivy and wild garlic can also encroach on the turf edge — we treat those as part of the standard program. Retreatment between visits is always free.
Mosquito control is one of our highest-demand services in Long Grove. The combination of wooded lot borders, natural depressions that hold standing water, and dense understory vegetation creates ideal mosquito and tick breeding habitat. Long Grove residents who spend evenings on their patios and decks know how severe the pressure can get from June through September. Our organic cedar-and-peppermint barrier spray is applied to perimeter shrubs, under decks, along fence lines, and around outdoor living areas every 3 to 4 weeks from May through October. For grub prevention, Japanese beetle adults lay eggs in well-watered sunny turf each July, and the white grubs feed on grass roots through late summer. Skunks and raccoons dig up grub-infested turf, compounding the damage. Our preventive application is timed for mid-summer before feeding begins. Perimeter pest control targets ants, spiders, and other crawling insects around the home's foundation.
We also provide lawn fertilizing, weed control, pest control, and tree care in these nearby communities: