Does your Seattle lawn have you feeling gray? When the winter snow melts away to reveal snow molds, dead grass, and thinning turf, it’s time to grab your tools and get to work. Or, you could hire a professional to handle the job for you. Let’s find out if TruGreen has the services and expertise to restore your lawn.
We did the research for you so you can make the best decision for your yard. In this TruGreen Seattle review, we cover everything you need to know about your local branch. Though LawnStarter has an affiliate relationship with TruGreen, this TruGreen lawn care review is fair and unbiased.
On top of its lawn care maintenance, TruGreen offers tree and shrub care and outdoor pest control. The company operates with more than 45 years of experience and is committed to customer satisfaction. Check out the review below for further details on TruGreen in Seattle.
Table of Contents:
- Overview
- Treatment Plans
- How it Works
- Other Services
- How to Order
- Customer Reviews
- Benefits of Lawn Care Services
- Highlights
- Final Word on TruGreen Seattle
- Buyer’s Guide to Choosing a Lawn Care Company
- FAQ About Lawn Care
- DIY Lawn Care
TruGreen Seattle At a Glance
TruGreen offers various services to keep your Seattle lawn healthy despite the gloomy weather.
| Basic Lawn Treatments | |
| Fertilization | ✓ |
| Soil amendments | ✓ |
| Weed control | ✓ |
| Aeration | ✓ |
| Overseeding | ✓ |
| Planting grass seed for a new lawn | ✗ |
| Sod installation | ✗ |
| Mulching | ✗ |
| Lawn mowing | ✗ |
| FAQ | |
| Does TruGreen offer eco-friendly options? | ✓ |
| Does TruGreen serve commercial properties? | ✓ |
| Does TruGreen give instant quotes online? | ✓ |
| Does TruGreen have an online portal for scheduling, billing, etc? | ✓ |
TruGreen Lawn Care Plans
Lawn care isn’t a one-and-done process. TruGreen specializes in customized treatment plans to provide regular service when your lawn needs it most. Though the various plan options have different costs and application frequencies, all plans come with:
- TruGreen Certified Specialist: Every technician at TruGreen is certified through TruGreen’s TruExpert Certification program. The program requires annual recertification so each technician can stay on top of the latest lawn care procedures.
- TruGreen’s Healthy Lawn Analysis: The first step with every TruGreen lawn care plan is a Healthy Lawn Analysis. This analysis allows the specialist to create a customized approach for your lawn by evaluating your climate, soil type, usage, and problem areas (like weeds or thatch).
- TruGreen’s Healthy Lawn Guarantee: TruGreen guarantees you’ll be satisfied with the results of your lawn care. In the event you’re not, a TruGreen specialist will return to your property as many times as needed to address the problem.
We researched TruGreen’s lawn care plans in Seattle by entering local addresses into the company’s online ordering system. TruGreen recommended the following plans for Seattle lawns, and we’ve listed them below from most expensive to least expensive. Your first application will be 50% off, and you can choose to pay for the whole year at once or one treatment at a time.
- TruComplete Lawn Care Plan
- TruNatural Lawn Care Plan
- TruHealth Lawn Care Plan
- TruMaintenance Lawn Care Plan
Don’t see the treatment you’re looking for? Give TruGreen Seattle a call for details.
TruComplete Lawn Care Plan
Are there soggy puddles on your lawn after every irrigation or rainfall? Does your turf have a thick layer of debris between it and the soil? It may be time to aerate your lawn to improve drainage and remove the debris layer (aka thatch).
The TruComplete Lawn Care Plan is the only TruGreen plan that covers aeration services. After the aeration treatment, your technician will determine whether your lawn would benefit from new grass seed.
- Aeration
- Overseeding
- Fertilization
- Lime soil amendment
- Pre-emergent and targeted weed control
TruNatural Lawn Care Plan
Looking for a natural approach to lawn fertilization? The TruNatural Lawn Care Plan offers 100% natural fertilizer. Conventional weed control is available upon request at no additional charge.
TruHealth Lawn Care Plan
Your soil may not need aeration, but it might still need some work. The TruHealth Lawn Care Plan prioritizes healthy soil through fertilization and soil amendments. It includes:
- Fertilization
- Lime soil amendment
- Pre-emergent and targeted weed control
TruMaintenance Lawn Care Plan
Want something simple? The TruMaintenance Lawn Care Plan provides the nutrients and weed protection your turf needs without extra bells or whistles. It’s also the most affordable TruGreen treatment plan.
- Fertilization
- Pre-emergent and targeted weed control
Overview
| Service | TruComplete | TruNatural | TruHealth | TruMaintenance |
| Healthy Lawn Guarantee | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Healthy Lawn Analysis | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| TruGreen Certified Specialist | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fertilization | ✓ | ✓(Organic) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Aeration and Overseeding | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Lime Soil Amendments | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Weed Control | ✓ | ✓(Available upon request) | ✓ | ✓ |
Day of Lawn Care: What to Expect
Once you sign up for a lawn care plan with TruGreen, a technician will schedule your first service. You’ll receive notifications the day before and the day of the appointment through email, text, and push notifications if you have the mobile app. You’re not required to be home, but if you’d like to be, let TruGreen know ahead of time so the technician can schedule accordingly.
Before your first treatment:
- Download the TruGreen app to track the driver in real-time.
- Unlock your gates.
- Bring pets and children inside.
When the technician arrives, they will:
- Perform one or more treatments depending on the plan(s) you’re signed up for.
After the appointment is over:
- Your technician will leave a service summary at your door or send it via text or email. It’s also available on TruGreen’s website and mobile app.
- Your technician will plant a TruGreen sign on your lawn.
- Wait an hour or two for liquid treatments to dry before letting your family and pets into the treated area.
- Water your lawn with 1 inch of water within 48 hours of the treatment to deliver nutrients to the roots.
- Complete a survey on the website or app to give feedback on your service and service provider.
Other TruGreen Services
Your grass isn’t the only part of your yard. The soil, trees, shrubs, and critters living there are all part of the bigger picture. TruGreen has plans to cover your other outdoor concerns as well.
Keep in mind that TruGreen doesn’t offer lawn mowing. When you need someone to mow the lawn, turn to LawnStarter.
TruGreen recommended the following services for Seattle homes when we entered local addresses into its online ordering system. Don’t see the service you’re looking for in the list below? Call your local TruGreen for further options.
Lawn Aeration Services
Is your soil compact, but you don’t want to commit to the TruComplete plan? TruGreen offers aeration services separately. This service is also a good fit if you perform your own lawn care but don’t want to buy (or rent) an aerator.
Does your patchy lawn need a pick-me-up? Your lawn can receive new grass seed after aeration when you select TruGreen’s lawn aeration and overseeding service.
Mosquito Control
Mosquitoes weren’t always as common in Seattle. Studies have discovered an estimated increase of one month of mosquito days in Seattle.
When you sign up for TruGreen’s Mosquito Defense, a TruGreen specialist will apply a mosquito repellent to target mosquito populations in the yard. The repellent will be effective at controlling mosquito populations within 24 hours of treatment and last for 30 days.
Tree and Shrub Care
As you tend to your lawn, don’t let the surrounding trees and shrubs fall too low on your list. TruGreen’s Tree and Shrub Care provides your trees and shrubs with:
- Fertilization
- Disease control
- Mite and insect control
A TruGreen specialist will begin this service with a tree and shrub evaluation to know exactly what maintenance is necessary for you. From there, a TruGreen specialist will create a customized, science-based approach.
Soil Amendment and Analysis
Is your yellow turf not responding to fertilizer? There may be a problem with the soil’s pH level. A TruGreen specialist will return your soil to the proper pH balance by applying the appropriate soil amendment over the lawn. The amendments will help your grass roots to absorb nutrients and grow healthier.
Perimeter Pest Control
As if mosquitoes weren’t enough to deal with, you’ve got other creepy crawlies around, too. With TruGreen’s Perimeter Pest Control, a TruGreen specialist will apply a combination of liquid and granular treatments around your home’s exterior to prevent the following pests from sneaking indoors:
- Ants
- Boxelder bugs
- Centipedes
- Cockroaches
- Earwigs
- Kudzu bugs
- Lady beetles
- Millipedes
- Mud daubers
- Paper wasps
- Scorpions
- Sow bugs
- Spiders
- Stink bugs
TruGreen’s Perimeter Pest Control does not protect against:
- Wood-destroying organisms (such as termites)
- Bed bugs
- Bees
- Fleas
- German cockroaches
- Hornets
- Pharaoh ants
- Rodents
- Ticks
How to Get an Instant Quote and Order Service Online
Nowadays, no one wants to pick up their phone and make a call. It’s easier to do everything online, including getting a quote for lawn care. TruGreen provides instant quotes online for its lawn care plans and add-on services.
Step 1: Visit www.trugreen.com and select ‘see pricing.’
Step 2: If any of the boxes apply to you, select them. You can still continue with your quote without selecting any boxes.
Step 3: Enter your contact information, including your name, address, email address, and phone number.
Step 4: With the address you entered, TruGreen will estimate your lawn’s size and run a customized quote. Your quote will be displayed alongside TruGreen’s recommended package plans and add-on services.
Don’t see the service you’re looking for? Give your local TruGreen branch a call.
TruGreen Seattle North
15265 N.E. 95th Street
Redmond, WA 98052
(425) 881-3233
TruGreen Seattle South
402 Valley Ave. NW Bldg. A Suit 110
Puyallup, WA 98371
(253) 435-1347
Step 5: Once you’ve decided on which lawn care plan or add-on service you want, proceed to payment. You have the option to pay as a single payment or you can choose to have the payment divided between each service visit.
Note: If TruGreen can’t calculate your lawn size, it will prompt you to use an aerial tool to measure your lawn using satellite imaging. Follow the tutorial and then outline your front yard, back yard, and side yards to receive your quote. Only outline treatable areas.
TruGreen Seattle Customer Reviews
It’s always smart to read customer reviews before making a purchase. We’ve compiled customer reviews for TruGreen Seattle North and TruGreen Seattle South to make your review hunting a little easier.
TruGreen Seattle North
Positive Review: “The TruGreen staff are knowledgeable and efficient. They arrive when scheduled and perform their services quickly…and always remember to close the gate! Have used them for years and will continue to do so.” – Jo M. (Google review)
Positive Review: “Professional, on time, great communication and explanation of services. Lawn already looks better after one service.” – Mark R. (Google review)
Negative Review: “Terrible service! The techs do not follow service requests, there’s a different tech every other month, and they do a half-hearted job! Customer service is terrible! Tried to talk with a supervisor and was never called. I’ve put up with these guys for over 10 years! No way I recommend!” – Bill S. (Yelp review)
TruGreen Seattle South
Positive Review: “Technicians are friendly, courteous, and professional and always send emails telling us when they’re on the way. Reasonable prices and good service.” – Tom P. (Google review)
Negative Review: “Terrible customer service. Lawn service was done poorly and it took 3 calls and 2 no-shows before they finally returned to complete the work. No way to contact the local company; all the calls go through a corporate call center and it is not possible to be routed through or talk with management. Speechless about how disappointed I am.” – Amanda S. (Yelp review)
Positive Review: “I am so glad we made the decision to have TruGreen service our grass. It is much cheaper and way less time-consuming than when we do it. We have a large yard and after only two visits our grass looks better than ever!” – Terry H. (Google review)
Benefits of Lawn Care Services
Lawn care lingo can get confusing. It’s great to know that TruGreen offers many different services, but let’s find out how each service helps your lawn.
Benefits of Fertilization
Fertilization gives your lawn necessary nutrients. A lawn with proper nutrients will grow faster and healthier, giving it a fuller appearance, vibrant color, and more resistance to pests and lawn disease. Fuller lawns also have a natural ability to choke out weeds.
Benefits of Aeration
Sweet, sweet summertime. As sweet as summer is, it can be hard on your lawn. With the heat and increased outdoor activity, your soil gets compacted. Core aeration removes plugs of soil from the ground to relieve compaction and allow the good stuff to reach the roots.
Aeration also helps to:
- Improve root growth
- Reduce thatch, the buildup of organic matter over the soil. Too much thatch blocks air, water, and nutrients from reaching the soil and invites pests and diseases.
- Improve drainage
- Prepare the soil for overseeding
Benefits of Soil Amendments
We’ve covered why nutrients are important for soil, but pH balance should also be top of mind. Why? Because when soil pH is too low or too high, the grass roots are unable to uptake available nutrients.
Soil amendments help improve the physical nature of the soil, such as lime (raises pH, reducing acidity) and sulfur (lowers pH, increases acidity). By returning the pH to a balanced level between 6.0 and 7.0, your turf will have a much better chance for healthy growth.
Benefits of Weed Control
The more weeds you have, the longer it’s going to take to get them under control. Early weed control is critical to a healthy lawn. Dandelions, for example, will continue to increase in quantity every year if they are not effectively controlled. Weeds will also steal the water, air, and nutrients intended for your lawn.
Benefits of Overseeding
Overseeding thickens your lawn, increasing its ability to fight off lawn diseases and pests as a result. The need for overseeding occurs when you want to fill in thin or bare spots on your lawn. Usually, a lawn care company will perform an aeration service before overseeding to increase soil exposure for the new seeds.
TruGreen Highlights
Want to know why the people of Emerald City turn to TruGreen for their lawn care needs? Maybe it’s the mobile app, the guaranteed satisfaction, or the certified specialists. Let’s take a deeper look into each of these TruGreen highlights
Mobile App
TruGreen’s mobile app is packed with many features. The company is always looking for feedback to continue to improve the in-app experience.
In the TruGreen app, you can:
- View your most recent service visit and see if there’s a balance due
- Manage your payment options, including adding a new credit card
- Add additional services
- Reschedule your upcoming service visit
- Get real-time GPS updates for your upcoming service delivery
- Leave feedback after your service
Guaranteed Satisfaction
When you’re investing valuable money into TruGreen for lawn care services, it’s nice to know your investment comes with a guarantee. All TruGreen Lawn Care Plans, Mosquito Defense, Tree and Shrub Care, and Perimeter Pest Control come with the TruGreen Guarantee.
If you’re unhappy with a recent lawn treatment, you request to have a TruGreen specialist return to your property to fix the problem at no additional cost.
Certified Specialists
All TruGreen specialists are certified through TruGreen’s TruExpert Certification program. This program requires annual recertification to ensure each specialist stays up-to-date with the newest lawn care information.
Final Word on TruGreen Seattle
Let’s face it, Seattle weather can be a real thorn in your side. It feels like it’s been raining for days yet barely any rain has occurred. It can leave you scratching your head about the best approach to your lawn care. TruGreen’s certified specialists look to provide a science-based approach that serves your lawn’s individual needs.
Need help with lawn mowing, edging, or trimming? Turn to the pros at LawnStarter.
Buyer’s Guide to Choosing a Lawn Care Company
Everyone has their criteria for picking service companies to work with. If you’re struggling to decide on a company, here are some factors to consider.
Location
A local company is oftentimes preferred to a company that is based in a different city. That way, in the event a problem arises between visits, you’ll receive prompt attention. If grubs are eating away at your lawn, do you want to wait days before getting treatment? Waiting days for grub treatment can make the difference between isolated damage or complete destruction.
Price
Good lawn care doesn’t have to break the bank. Companies like TruGreen offer treatments at various price points, but even then, you can shop around for the best deals. But buyer beware: the lowest price won’t always be the best (nor will the most expensive). Weigh both reviews and cost to get the most bang for your buck.
Years in Business
This one might depend on your preference. If you want to support a small startup company, then go for it! Or you might prefer to work with a company that has many years in business. This way you know the company has its services dialed in. The longevity of the business can speak volumes. Either way, it’s worth finding out how many years a company has been in business.
FAQ About Lawn Care
Why is it Bad to Walk on Frozen Grass?
As pretty as a frosted lawn might be, the frost makes your lawn incredibly delicate. The grass blades can break if they’re stepped on while frozen over. This can cause damage to your lawn come springtime and increase your spring lawn care to-do list for repairing it.
Do I Need to Bag My Grass Clippings After I Mow?
It depends. Grass clippings have nutrients, and allowing them to stay on your lawn lets your lawn receive those healthy nutrients. You’ll also save time by leaving the clippings on your lawn since you won’t have to bag them.
On the other hand, if you notice any signs of lawn disease, you should bag those clippings so the disease doesn’t spread. You can also bag grass clippings if you simply don’t like how they look on your lawn.
What Are the Benefits of Having a Healthy Lawn?
Having a healthy lawn can have personal and environmental benefits. Some customers feel a sense of accomplishment while enjoying their dense lawn, which contributes to less stress and a boosted immune system. In addition, healthy lawns can reduce erosion and runoff, have a cooling effect, and increase oxygen generation.
DIY Lawn Care
Mower? Check. Weed eater and edger? Check. Irrigation system or sprinkler? Check. Lawns require a significant commitment of time and energy. During the active growing season, a lawn will need a weekly mow plus ensuring adequate water. That only touches the basics, though.
You may want to invest in a spreader to evenly distribute fertilizer, new grass seed, or granular weed killer. A tool to aerate your lawn might be a good investment, too.
Remember: Be careful with your DIY lawn care because overfertilizing and overwatering could make your lawn more susceptible to pests and diseases. Oh no!
Is DIY lawn maintenance starting to sound like a big mountain to climb? Sometimes, hiring a pro is the best way to go, especially if you want to relax on the weekends sipping your favorite Starbucks drinks. When your ailing lawn needs a health boost, call up a TruGreen specialist. When your lawn needs trimming, edging, and mowing, turn to the LawnStarter pros.
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