Join the SMART Lawns Program

This program is on hiatus for the 2024 season. Check back in 2025!

SMART Lawns is a seasonal, comprehensive program that teaches a step-by-step approach to building healthy lawns and provides participants a plan tailored to fit their specific lawn-care needs. SMART Lawns are beautiful because they are healthy, green up more quickly in the spring, and make the best use of two valuable resources – your time and money. They are also environmentally responsible and protect your neighborhood streams, lakes, ponds, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.

Producing quality lawns in Virginia can be challenging. Geographically, Virginia is located in what is known as the transition zone for turfgrasses. This means the climate can be hostile to both cool-season grasses (Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue) and warm-season grasses (bermudagrass, zoysiagrass). However, with proper cultural practices, a healthy lawn can be established and maintained.

When you join the SMART Lawns Program, a Master Gardener volunteer will come to your home to collect a lawn soil sample and measure your total lawn area. Once we receive the results of your soil analysis, we will formulate a Nutrient Management Plan that will tell you the right kind of fertilizer to apply to your lawn at the right rate and at the right time. Lawn aeration combined with proper maintenance strategies will help correct weed and disease issues, improving the health and appearance of your lawn.

Let us help you get started toward a beautiful, healthy lawn today. It’s the SMART thing to do and enrollment is easy!

~~Complete the SMART Lawns Enrollment Form using the SMART Lawns brochure to help complete questions.~~ This program is on hiatus for the 2024 season. Check back in 2025!
Attach a check or money order made payable to: Henrico Master Gardener Fund. (Includes one free soil test for one area of your lawn; for additional lawn areas, there will be an additional small fee per soil sample).
Mail or hand-deliver your enrollment form and check to:
Henrico Extension Office
8600 Dixon Powers Drive
(Human Services Building, 2nd Floor)
P. O. Box 90775
Henrico, VA 23273-0775

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Additional Resources

Establishment/ Renovation

Fertilization

Miscellaneous

Maintenance