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 mows and gardens across Franklin, from the apartment and townhouse grounds along Flemington Road to the family blocks near Gubur Dhaura Heritage Park.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and gardens right across Franklin, the Gungahlin suburb named for the novelist Miles Franklin, where most streets carry the names of Australian women writers. It covers about 256 hectares between Flemington Road, Well Station Drive and Gungahlin Drive, was established in 2007, and in 2016 the Property Council of Australia gave it an award for best master-planned community. The 2021 census counted 7,484 people with a median age of just 30, well below the national average of 38. Not to be confused with other same-named places elsewhere in Australia, this Franklin is a light rail suburb: Manning Clark North, Mapleton Avenue and Nullarbor Avenue stations all opened on Flemington Road in April 2019.
Housing follows the road. Along Flemington Road it is higher-density and mixed-use, with apartments, townhouses and the local shops, so the lawns are strata grounds and strips beside a driveway. Further in, towards Gubur Dhaura Heritage Park and the Mulangarri Grasslands, the blocks are detached family homes on the Canberra Formation mudstone clay that sets hard by January. Gungaderra Creek and the Old Well Station Track run through the open-space corridors, and lawns beside them stay wet and slow in spring. Our operators in the 2913 postcode work all of it.
Book your free Franklin quoteA strata strip at Mapleton Avenue and a family yard near the North Mitchell Grasslands do not get the same visit, and they should not.
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly rounds through the growing season with edges on paths, kerbs and beds; see lawn mowing and lawn edging for inclusions.
The Flemington Road strip is dense and shared. Scheduled strata and commercial grounds rounds for body corporates and shop tenancies, with one invoice and a consistent finish.
A lawn the width of a car space is still a lawn. We price it for its size and keep the edges sharp, because that is what the street sees.
Franklin has a young, mobile population and a lot of rentals. Scheduled mowing for property managers and end-of-lease tidy-ups that get a yard back to hand-over condition.
Family blocks sit on mudstone clay that stays soggy near Gungaderra Creek and sets hard in summer. Coring in October or March plus gypsum or top dressing gets air back into it.
Young street trees give little shade and the grasslands corridors funnel the wind. A higher summer cut and a drought plan keep the buffalo from bleaching out.
Franklin gardens come in two kinds: the planted beds and hedges around apartment blocks and townhouse rows on Flemington Road, and the young gardens on the detached blocks further in. Fox Mowing ACT operators cover both with hedging and pruning, weeding, bed clean-ups, mulching and green waste removal from $70 a visit.
On the strata side it is about consistency: hedges along a row of townhouses shaped to the same line, beds weeded on a schedule, mulch topped up before the November heat so the whole frontage reads as one property. On the family blocks it is the usual new-estate list, screening hedges that need two or three shapes a season while they thicken, beds on clay that want mulch and a wetting agent, and plants sold as full-sun quietly cooking against a rendered wall. Franklin’s open-space corridors also drop plenty of seed, so bed weeding is on a round, not a rescue.
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One set of Franklin starting prices from the light rail stops to Well Station Drive, confirmed by the operator once they have seen the job. The full pricing guide covers the rest of our services.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | Townhouse strips, courtyards and small front lawns on a regular round with easy access. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | Detached family blocks: mowing, edges, trimming along fences and a blow-down of paths and driveway. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedge shaping, pruning, weeding, mulching, bed clean-ups and green waste removal, sized to the garden. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | A lawn left over a tenancy change or a wet spring: multiple passes, catcher work and a full clean-up. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Larger holdings on the district’s rural fringe that need a ride-on or slasher. |
Important: These are Franklin starting guide prices. Your final quote depends on lawn size, strata or private yard, grass height, access and booking frequency.
We look before we price, so a Franklin quote matches the lawn in front of us.
Local operators who cover the light rail corridor and know Franklin’s strata and family blocks alike.
Our Franklin operators also work Harrison, Gungahlin, Palmerston, Crace and Mitchell, so they know which streets are strata and which are clay family yards.
Small maintained lawns from $50, gardening from $70; strata, overgrown and large jobs quoted to the actual work and agreed first.
Every Fox Mowing ACT operator is fully insured and police-checked, which strata managers and property agents in Franklin ask about.
Edges, trimming and a blow-down on every visit, so a row of townhouse strips looks like one well-kept frontage.
Weekly, fortnightly, monthly or once-off, arranged around light rail commutes into Civic and inspection dates.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or use the form. Many Franklin lawns are small enough to quote from the street.
Franklin lawns run on Canberra time. From May to September frosts sit on the open blocks and the buffalo and couch go straw-coloured and stop; tall fescue in the shadier townhouse courtyards keeps growing slowly and wants a cut every few weeks. September and October are the wettest months, and low lawns near Gungaderra Creek can stay soggy well into spring while the mudstone clay under them warms slowly, so the first feed waits until mid-October. From November the hot north-westerlies cross the grasslands corridors and hit the young streets, and mowing high, watering deep before 9am and drought protection before the first heatwave carry the lawn through; ACT rules keep sprinklers off between 9am and 6pm in daylight saving. Autumn is the second growth flush and the potassium feed before the frosts return in late April.
We mow right across the Gungahlin district — Franklin, Harrison, Gungahlin, Palmerston, Crace, Mitchell, Amaroo, Bonner, Casey, Forde, Kinlyside, Moncrieff and Ngunnawal — 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.
A small, maintained lawn in Franklin starts from $50, which covers many of the townhouse strips and courtyards near Flemington Road. Detached Franklin blocks with edges and a blow-down are usually $70 to $150+, gardening starts from $70 a visit, and a neglected lawn is quoted as a recovery job from $100 to $250+. The operator confirms the price on site.
Yes, Fox Mowing ACT runs scheduled rounds for strata and body corporate grounds in Franklin, including the higher-density apartment and townhouse developments along Flemington Road and near the light rail stops. One invoice, one standard across the whole frontage, and operators who are insured and police-checked.
Because Franklin sits on Canberra Formation mudstone clay, and spring is the wettest time of year here. September and October rain sits in the clay, the low lawns near Gungaderra Creek and the open-space corridors drain slowly, and cold, waterlogged roots green up late and unevenly. Coring in October, gypsum or top dressing and holding off on the first feed until the soil warms in mid-October usually sorts it in Franklin.
Yes, Franklin gardening starts from $70 a visit and includes hedge shaping, pruning, weeding, mulching, bed clean-ups and green waste removal, for townhouse rows and family blocks alike. Screening hedges on Franklin's young blocks need two or three shapes a season to stay thick at the base.
Yes, end-of-lease and pre-sale tidy-ups are routine work in Franklin, where a young, mobile population means tenants change often. Fox Mowing ACT mows, edges, weeds and clears the yard back to hand-over standard, and can photograph the result for the agent.
Ring 1800 369 669 or complete the form on this page and a local Fox Mowing ACT operator will phone you back the same day. Mowing-only jobs in Franklin can often be quoted from the street.