If lawn is a significant part of your garden, then caring for it is an important part of garden maintenance. A well-tended lawn sets off the rest of a garden and offers the perfect foil for many ornamental plants. Lawns are thirsty, so where water is short you may want to limit the extent of your lawn.
Autumn is the perfect time to renovate a lawn.
There are a number of steps in lawn renovation, including scarifying, coring, top-dressing and repairing. Look closely at your lawn and you will probably see a layer of thatch on the surface of the soil at the base of the leaf blades of the grasses. Thatch comprises decaying blades of grass as well as moss and other detritus. Scarifying is the process of thinning out this layer of thatch. A thin layer of thatch acts as a welcome mulch, reducing water loss and inhibiting weed germination.