The Fox Mowing gentleman was so polite and did a brilliant job on my yard. I have already recommended him to my neighbours.
Fox Mowing ACT covers Casey from the Group Centre at the corner of Horse Park Drive and Clarrie Hermes Drive up to the hillside streets below the north-western ridge.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and gardens right across Casey, in the north-west corner of the Gungahlin district, 4 kilometres from the town centre. Until 1990 the land was part of Gold Creek, a 3,940-acre rural property, and the flatter ground was once a practice track for racehorses; a stand of old trees along Horse Park Drive still marks the line of the original Queanbeyan to Yass road. The suburb, named after Richard Casey, later Governor-General, was on the map from 1991 but nothing was built until road works started in September 2008. Overall Avenue opened in December 2009 and the first residents arrived in 2010.
Casey is planned for about 1,940 dwellings on 192 hectares, including around 275 medium-density units around the commercial centres, so lawns range from a unit courtyard near the Group Centre to a full block on the hillside. The land tilts to the south-east from 726 metres in the north-west corner down to 622 metres at the Gungahlin Drive roundabout, and the soil is lighter and rockier than the clay further east, with dacite and andesite under the hilltops. It drains fast, which is good in a wet October and hard on a buffalo lawn in January. Our operators in the 2913 postcode mow with that in mind.
Book your free Casey quoteA courtyard off Overall Avenue and a sloping block under the ridge get the same care: cut, height and advice set to Casey’s fast-draining ground.
Scheduled rounds from October to April, monthly through the cool months if the lawn is fescue, with edges kept crisp. Our lawn mowing and edging pages cover the details.
Casey’s lighter soil sheds water quickly and dries from the top. We cut higher in summer, advise on deep watering, and can add compost and wetting agent through soil conditioning so the lawn holds moisture longer.
The north-west of Casey climbs towards 726 metres. Sloping yards get mowed across the grade with the right gear, and the dry upper edge gets extra attention.
Around 275 medium-density units sit near the Group Centre and the northern shops. A courtyard is priced as a courtyard, and shared strips are kept uniform for the whole row.
Turf laid since 2010 on thin topsoil runs out of food fast. A mid-October and February feed plus a potassium boost in autumn keeps the colour in.
A holiday in December on a fast-growing buffalo lawn ends in knee-high grass. Multiple passes, catcher work and a full clean-up bring it back.
Casey gardens were planted into ground that drains fast, so the plants that have done well are the tough ones and the rest are struggling by February. Fox Mowing ACT operators do hedging and pruning, weeding, bed clean-ups, mulching and green waste removal from $70 a visit, on the same trip as the lawn.
Mulch is the single most useful thing a Casey bed can get, and timing it before the first hot westerly in November rather than after makes the difference. Builder-planted screening hedges along side fences are still young enough to shape well; two or three trims a season keep them dense instead of leggy. On the hillside streets we shape beds so a heavy spring storm does not carry the mulch down the drive, and around the Group Centre we keep unit gardens on a fixed round so every courtyard in the row reads the same from the street.
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The same starting prices apply from the sediment pond end of the suburb to the northern shops, confirmed by the operator once they have seen your block. Our pricing guide covers everything else.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | Unit courtyards and small front lawns on a regular round with straightforward access. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | Family blocks, level or sloping: mowing, edges, whipper snipping along fences and a hard-surface blow-down. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedge shaping, pruning, weeding, mulching, bed tidy-ups and green waste removal, sized to the garden. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | Grass left to run over spring or a long summer holiday: extra passes, catcher work and clean-up. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Larger blocks on the rural fringe towards the Barton Highway that need a ride-on or slasher. |
Important: These are Casey starting guide prices. Your final quote depends on lawn size, slope, grass height, access and how often you want us there.
Seeing the block first means the price fits the ground, not an estate-wide average.
Local operators who work the north-west of the district and know its dry, rocky ground.
Our operators run Casey together with Ngunnawal, Nicholls, Moncrieff and Kinlyside, so they arrive already knowing what the soil does in summer.
Small maintained lawns from $50, gardening from $70; anything bigger or wilder is quoted to the actual job before we begin.
Every Fox Mowing ACT operator is fully insured and police-checked, for owners, agents and body corporates alike.
Edges, trimming and a blow-down are part of the standard visit, so the front of the block always looks cared for.
Fortnightly or monthly rounds, or a one-off, arranged around commutes down Gungahlin Drive and school pick-ups.
Phone 1800 FOX MOW or use the form. Plenty of Casey lawns can be priced from the kerb.
The thing to know about Casey is that the ground lets go of water. Spring is the easy season: September and October are the wettest months, the lawn greens up and the soil warms past the mid-teens by mid-October, and mowing settles into a fortnightly rhythm. By November the hot north-westerlies come over the ridge and a buffalo lawn on rocky fill can go from green to grey in a week. Deep watering two or three times a week before 9am, kept within the ACT rule of no sprinklers between 9am and 6pm in daylight saving, is what carries it through; our watering guide sets out how much. Autumn brings a second flush and the potassium feed before the late-April frosts. Winter frosts from May to September send the buffalo dormant and it stays straw-coloured until spring; that is normal, not a dead lawn.
We mow right across the Gungahlin district — Casey, Ngunnawal, Nicholls, Moncrieff, Kinlyside, Amaroo, Bonner, Forde, Crace, Franklin, Harrison and Gungahlin — and across the wider Gungahlin area. Nearby? Ask and we will sort a local operator.
The Fox Mowing gentleman was so polite and did a brilliant job on my yard. I have already recommended him to my neighbours.
They were very accommodating to my tight deadline for the initial work that I have decided to make it a permanent mowing job every fortnight. Our yard has never looked better. Great people, great experience. Would highly recommend them.
What a great company. Its really refreshing to get a mowing job done where you as a person feel looked after. Will use them again on an ongoing basis. Please try them, you will be glad you did.
My initial mowing job was quite a difficult task for the person from Fox Mowing as the grass was tall. However, the skill and patience he showed was admirable. He took his time and made sure that the yard was brought to its original glory days. Cannot recommend them highly enough. They truly are a cut above the rest.
Fox gave me a quote, made an arrangement, set the time and date, and was here on time and did what we discussed. Would use Fox again for sure.
Chris was very accommodating to my tight deadline. Extremely happy with both the customer service and the work undertaken.
Mowing a small, maintained lawn in Casey starts from $50. A full Casey block with edges and a blow-down is usually $70 to $150+, gardening is from $70 a visit, and a lawn that has bolted is priced as a recovery job from $100 to $250+ depending on height and access. Your local operator confirms the figure on site.
Because Casey sits on lighter, rockier ground than the heavy clay further east, so water drains through instead of being held. Add thin builder's topsoil, a slope that sheds rain, and few mature trees to break the westerlies, and a Casey buffalo lawn in January is under real stress. Deeper, less frequent watering before 9am, a higher cut and compost or wetting agent worked into the soil all help it hold on.
Feed a Casey buffalo, couch or kikuyu lawn from mid-October and again in February, then give it a potassium-rich feed in autumn before the late-April frosts. Casey soil rarely warms past 14 degrees before mid-October, so feeding earlier is wasted, and on this fast-draining ground it is better to feed lightly and regularly than heavily once.
Yes, Casey gardening starts from $70 a visit and includes hedge shaping, pruning, weeding, mulching, bed clean-ups and green waste removal. On Casey's dry ground, getting mulch down before the November heat is the job we push hardest.
Yes, Fox Mowing ACT keeps Casey unit courtyards, strata strips and rental lawns on a scheduled round, with end-of-lease and pre-sale tidy-ups available when tenants change. Nobody needs to be home as long as the operator can reach the yard.
Phone 1800 369 669 or fill in the form on this page and a local Fox Mowing ACT operator will call back the same day. For a mow-only job in Casey we can often quote from the street.