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 every street in Oxley, Canberra's smallest suburb, tucked between Drakeford Drive, Taverner Street and Erindale Drive next to the Tuggeranong Town Centre.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and gardens right across Oxley, and there is not much of it to cross: at 1.08 square kilometres it is the smallest suburb in Canberra. Oxley was gazetted in 1982 and settled from 1985, is named after the explorer John Oxley, and its streets are named after social reformers. It sits in the district of Tuggeranong between Greenway, Wanniassa and Monash, bounded by Drakeford Drive, Taverner Street and Erindale Drive, with the postcode 2903.
Because the suburb is so small and was built in one go in the mid-1980s, the lawns are fairly uniform: family blocks with forty-year-old couch or kikuyu, on ground formed from the same Deakin Volcanics rhyolite as its neighbours. That makes Oxley an easy suburb to run a tight round in. One local operator can do several neighbouring lawns on the same morning, which keeps the price down and means the whole street gets cut on the same day. Our operators also work Monash, Wanniassa and Greenway.
Book your free Oxley quoteA small suburb between Drakeford Drive and Erindale Drive, so most jobs here are regular rounds done well.
Fortnightly in the growing season, monthly through winter, edges every time. The lawn mowing and edging pages cover the inclusions.
With every Oxley block within a few minutes of the next, we can cut two or three lawns in a row on the same morning; ask about a shared day with the neighbours.
Couch and kikuyu laid when Oxley was settled want a feed from mid-October and again in February, and a potassium feed before the late-April frosts. See fertilising.
Late-May bindii pre-emergent, a spring plan for clover and winter grass, and spot treatment for anything else. Our bindii guide explains the timing.
Worn tracks and thin patches on 40-year-old lawns get cored, repaired and top dressed in October or March.
Oxley homes changing hands get a full outside tidy in one visit: mow, edge, hedges, beds and green waste gone. See pre-sale and end-of-lease gardening.
Oxley gardens were planted alongside the houses from 1985, so they are established rather than new. Fox Mowing ACT operators take care of hedges and pruning, bed weeding, clean-ups, mulching and green waste removal from $70 a visit.
The routine is seasonal: hedges shaped in late spring and late summer, hard pruning left until the frosts have finished in September, mulch renewed before the hot November westerlies and a leaf and bed clean-up in autumn. Being a small suburb, Oxley suits a combined mow-and-garden visit where one operator does the lot and there is nothing left for you to do at the weekend.
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One set of guide prices for the whole of Oxley, confirmed by the local operator once they have seen the block. The full pricing guide has the rest.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | Small, regularly mowed lawns and courtyards with easy access. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | A standard Oxley family block, front and back, edged and trimmed with paths and driveway blown clear. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedge shaping, weeding, bed tidy and green waste taken away. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | Long, thick grass cut in stages with extra catcher work and a full clean-up. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Larger blocks elsewhere in the district that need ride-on or slashing gear; quoted on site. |
Important: These are Oxley starting guide prices. The final figure depends on lawn size, grass height, access and how often the round is booked.
A free look at the block so the price fits your lawn.
A small suburb, a local operator, and a mower that is already in the next street.
Our operators cover Oxley, Monash, Wanniassa and Greenway, so your lawn slots into an existing round.
Small lawns from $50, gardening from $70; bigger or overgrown jobs quoted to the actual work.
Every operator is fully insured and police-checked, for homeowners, landlords and agents.
Edges, trimming and a blow-down of hard surfaces on every visit.
Weekly, fortnightly, monthly or a one-off; timed around commutes on Drakeford Drive and weekends away.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or fill in the form. Nearly every Oxley mowing job can be priced from the street.
Oxley gets the standard Tuggeranong winter: frosts from about May to September, hard ones in the middle, and couch and kikuyu that go straw-coloured and stop. That is normal, and we lengthen the interval rather than mowing frozen grass. September is wet and green, but the soil is slow to warm, so the first feed waits for mid-October. Summer brings heatwaves and dry north-westerlies; we mow higher, and watering goes on before 9 am to stay inside the ACT daylight-saving sprinkler rules. Autumn gives a second growth flush and the moment for a potassium feed, coring and top dressing, with fescue overseeded in April before the frosts come back.
We mow right across Tuggeranong — Oxley, Monash, Wanniassa, Greenway, Gowrie, Bonython, Calwell, Chisholm, Fadden, Gilmore and Gordon among them — and across the wider Tuggeranong district. 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.
Lawn mowing in Oxley starts from $50 for a small lawn that is kept on a regular round, with a full mow, edges and blow-down on a typical block between $70 and $150+. Gardening starts at $70 a visit and an overgrown Oxley lawn is quoted as recovery work from $100 to $250+. The operator who covers Oxley confirms the figure when they see the lawn.
Yes, Oxley covers just 1.08 square kilometres, making it the smallest suburb in Canberra. It does not change the guide price, but it does mean a Fox Mowing ACT operator can often fit your lawn into a round already running in the next street, and neighbours who book the same morning get the benefit of a shared trip.
Most Oxley lawns date from when the suburb was settled in 1985, so they are mature couch or kikuyu, often mixed, with the odd tall fescue lawn where someone wanted green through winter. Couch and kikuyu in Oxley go dormant and lose colour from May to September; that is normal and they green up again in spring.
Yes. Hedging, pruning, weeding, bed clean-ups, mulching and green waste removal in Oxley start from $70 a visit, and the same operator can do the garden straight after the mow.
Yes. Fox Mowing ACT runs scheduled mowing for Oxley rentals and does end-of-lease and pre-sale tidy-ups so the outside is ready for the final inspection or the photographer, invoiced to the agent or owner as you prefer.
Ring 1800 369 669 or send the form on this page and a local Fox Mowing ACT operator will call you back the same day. Because Oxley is small and close to our other rounds, most mowing jobs can be priced from the street without you being home.