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 Environa through its Jerrabomberra and Tralee operators: a handful of properties today, and the new South Jerrabomberra lots as they are built.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and gardens in Environa through the operators who already work Jerrabomberra and Tralee on either side of it. There is not much to mow yet. Environa is a gazetted locality west of Jerrabomberra Creek, hard against the ACT border and the Hume industrial estate, and the 2021 census recorded no residents at all. Henry Halloran bought the land in 1924 and planned a city here with offices, a hospital, theatres and streets named Rue de Paris and Piazza di Roma; the Depression killed it, no blocks were sold, and the stone arch and pillars he built are about all that came of it. A house went up in 1971, and the rest stayed grazing land.
That is changing. Environa has been folded into the South Jerrabomberra development, a new road called Environa Drive now links the area through to Tompsitt Drive, and the first lawns of the new estate will be laid on the lower slopes of Pemberton Hill between 620 and 660 metres above sea level. We are not going to pretend there is a village here. What we can promise is that any property on the 2620 side of the creek, rural or brand new, gets a local operator.
Book your free Environa quoteGrazing grass, a build site or the first strip of turf — there is a service that fits what stands on the block today.
For the established homes, a straightforward mow, edges and blow-down on a schedule. See lawn mowing and edging for what is included.
Most of Environa is still open ground. Slashing or ride-on mowing a few times a season keeps it down and is quoted per block after a look.
Owners and builders sitting on land ahead of construction need it kept tidy for council and neighbours. We handle property maintenance visits on vacant lots.
The rock under Environa is rhyolite and rhyodacite, which weathers to thin, fast-draining soil. New turf here needs soil conditioning and organic matter under it first.
Earthworks wake up every weed seed in the soil. Weed control on new lots stops thistles and paddock grasses seeding the first lawn.
The few long-standing homes get garden clean-ups, hedge work and tree trimming like anywhere else on the Jerrabomberra round.
Today gardening in Environa means the odd rural garden: windbreaks, a vegetable patch, a hedge along a drive. Our operators cover hedging and pruning, weeding, mulching and seasonal clean-ups from $70 a visit, and the green waste leaves with them.
As South Jerrabomberra lots are built out, the work will shift to what new estates always need: builder-planted screening hedges shaped before they get leggy, beds on raw fill mulched deeply before the first hot westerly, and young trees staked and pruned so they survive the wind off Pemberton Hill. We do pre-sale and end-of-lease gardening as well, for the investors who will follow the builders in.
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Environa uses the same guide prices as Jerrabomberra and Tralee next door; the open-ground work is quoted per block. The full pricing guide has the rest.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | A small, regularly maintained lawn at one of the established properties. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | A full house lawn: mowing, edges, trimming along fences and a blow-down. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedge and windbreak pruning, weeding, bed tidy and green waste removal. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | A lawn or house paddock left through a wet spring: slashing first, then passes and clean-up. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Most of Environa today — rural lots and land held for development, cut by ride-on or slasher and priced to the area. |
Important: These are Environa starting guide prices. With so few established lawns here, most jobs are quoted on site for slashing, vacant-lot upkeep or new-turf work.
There is no typical Environa block yet, so every price starts with a look.
Environa is covered from both sides: Jerrabomberra operators to the north-east, Tralee and Hume to the south and west.
Our Jerrabomberra and Tralee operators already pass Environa on their rounds, so a job here is not a special trip.
Lawns from $50, gardening from $70, and open-ground work quoted to the actual block. No inflated rural loading.
Every Fox Mowing ACT operator is fully insured and police-checked, including for work on vacant land and build sites.
An even slash with no missed strips, and a real finish with edges and blow-down where there is a lawn.
Seasonal slashing, a monthly tidy of a vacant lot or a weekly cut once the lawn is in — we fit the visit to the stage the block is at.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or use the form. We will tell you straight away which operator covers your side of Environa.
With almost no houses and no tree cover, Environa gets the Canberra-region climate undiluted. Frost sits on the paddocks from May to September and hard frosts fill the low ground along Jerrabomberra Creek through mid-winter. The spring rain in September and October starts the main growth flush, which on unmown land means seed heads by late November and dry fuel by January, so the first slash needs to be booked early. Summer westerlies cross the lower slopes of Pemberton Hill with nothing to break them. Any new lawn laid here will want a feed in mid-October and again in autumn, and the ground will almost certainly need top dressing to build some soil depth over the volcanic rock before it holds colour through a summer.
We mow right across Queanbeyan and its surrounds — Environa, Jerrabomberra, Tralee, Hume, Googong, Karabar, Crestwood, Queanbeyan West, Queanbeyan East, Greenleigh and Royalla — and across the wider Queanbeyan 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.
The guide prices for Environa are the same as the rest of the Queanbeyan area: a small maintained lawn from $50, a medium to large mow with edges from $70 to $150+, and gardening from $70. In practice most Environa work today is slashing open ground or tidying vacant lots, which is quoted per block after a free look.
Very few people: the 2021 census recorded no residents in Environa, which is a gazetted locality between Jerrabomberra and Tralee that was planned as a city in the 1920s and never built. We service it through the Fox Mowing ACT operators who already cover Jerrabomberra and Tralee, for the handful of existing properties and for the new South Jerrabomberra lots as they are developed.
Thin soil over acid volcanic rock. Environa sits on the lower slopes of Pemberton Hill on rhyolite and rhyodacite from the Deakin Volcanics, which weather to shallow, fast-draining ground. A new lawn here needs organic matter and soil conditioning worked in before turf goes down, and top dressing afterwards, or it will dry out in its first January.
Yes. Slashing or ride-on mowing a vacant Environa lot two to four times a season keeps the grass down, the weeds from seeding and the neighbours happy, and it is priced per visit to the size of the block. We can also do a one-off clean-up before the builders arrive.
Yes. Hedging, pruning, mulching, bed weeding and garden clean-ups in Environa start from $70 a visit, and new-estate gardens on raw fill need a deep mulch and early hedge shaping more than most. End-of-lease and pre-sale tidy-ups are available for investment properties too.
Call 1800 369 669 or use the form on this page, and the Fox Mowing ACT operator covering your side of Environa will call you back, usually the same day. For open ground or a vacant lot we will come and look before pricing.