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 Turner's wide nature strips and big garden-city blocks as well as the courtyards and shared lawns of the unit blocks that now make up most of the suburb.
Fox Mowing ACT mows and gardens right across Turner, the small inner-north suburb between Northbourne Avenue, the Australian National University and the O’Connor shops. It was laid out in the 1940s and 50s on garden-city lines, with wide nature strips and generous roads, and named after Sir George Turner, a former Premier of Victoria and Federal Treasurer. The original blocks were big for an inner suburb, mostly 900 to 1,000 square metres and some reaching 1,600, but the post-war houses put on them were small, which is why so many have since been replaced by units, townhouses and dual occupancies.
The result is a suburb where 73 per cent of homes are flats and only about one in eight is a separate house. The western part between Barry Drive, David Street and McCaughey Street still holds most of the detached homes; the south-east near Haig Park and Turner Parkland has gone almost entirely to unit blocks. Our operators in postcode 2612 mow both: a full garden-city block with its nature strip, and a shared lawn behind a three-storey block near Sullivans Creek.
Book your free Turner quoteFrom a wide nature strip on Condamine Street to a courtyard under the Haig Park pines, each job is set for the grass, the shade and the size of the space.
Fortnightly or weekly rounds through the growing months with edges along paths, kerbs and beds. Our lawn mowing and edging pages explain what a visit includes.
Turner’s garden-city layout gives most blocks a nature strip as big as some courtyards. We mow it with the front lawn and keep the kerb edge clean, with the powerlines out the back and the street trees left alone.
With nearly three-quarters of Turner homes in flats, shared lawns, entry strips and courtyards are the bulk of the work. Body corporates get a fixed roster and a price that matches the area.
The pines in Haig Park and the trees along Masson Street drop needles and shade the lawns beneath. We cut higher, clear the needles and overseed with fescue where the grass has thinned.
Turner blocks are being rebuilt constantly. After the trades leave we level the compacted ground, top dress and lay new turf in the warm-soil window.
The flood and drainage reserve along Sullivans Creek keeps nearby lawns soft after spring rain. We time visits so we are not rutting a wet lawn, and core it in October or March to get air back in.
Turner’s older gardens were planned with room to spare, so the surviving houses come with deep beds, mature trees and hedges that need a firm hand. Our operators provide hedging and pruning, bed weeding, garden clean-ups, mulching and green waste removal from $70 a visit.
The unit blocks are a different job: narrow strips of planting along fences and entries that need tidying on a schedule rather than a big seasonal reset. Both get the same care, and both need mulch down before the hot westerlies in November rather than after. With tenants and owners changing over constantly this close to the city and the university, end-of-lease and pre-sale gardening is one of the most common Turner bookings, and scheduled garden maintenance keeps a block from ever needing one.
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The starting prices are the same on every Turner street; the number is confirmed by the local operator once they have seen the block. See the pricing guide for the rest of our services.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | Courtyards and small, regularly maintained lawns with straightforward access. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | Mowing, edges and whipper snipping around paths and fences, plus a hard-surface tidy-up. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedging, pruning, weeding, bed tidy and green waste removal, sized to the job. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | Long, thick growth, multiple passes, extra catcher work and clean-up time. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Uncommon in Turner, but larger club or oval grounds can be quoted for ride-on mowing. |
Important: These are Turner starting guide prices. Your final quote reflects lawn and nature-strip area, grass height, shade, access to shared grounds and booking frequency.
We price the block in front of us, not a district average.
Operators who live and work in the inner north, answering their own phones.
Our operators cover Turner, O’Connor, Braddon and Lyneham every week and know which blocks sit wet beside the creek and which cop the afternoon sun.
Small maintained lawns from $50, gardening from $70, and strata or overgrown work quoted to the actual area before anyone starts.
Every operator is fully insured and police-checked, which is what body corporates, landlords and agents managing Turner units need to hear.
Edges, whipper-snipping and a full blow-down come with every mow, so the block and its nature strip read as cared-for from the road.
Weekly, fortnightly, monthly or a one-off before an inspection, fitted around ANU semesters, Civic office hours and tenancy changeovers.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or use the form and a local operator calls back the same day. Most Turner mowing jobs can be quoted from the footpath.
Turner’s lawns spend winter under frost and pine shade and summer under a hot sky. From May to September the couch and kikuyu on the sunnier blocks go straw-coloured and stop, while the fescue that copes with shade near Haig Park keeps growing slowly and wants a cut every few weeks. The soil does not warm past the mid-teens until mid-October, so spring feeding waits until then, and the wettest weeks of the year in September and October leave the lawns beside Sullivans Creek soft. Summer is watering as much as mowing: deep soaks before 9 am, because ACT rules keep sprinklers off between 9 am and 6 pm through daylight saving. Autumn is the second growth flush and the right time for a potassium-rich feed before the late-April frosts and for top dressing on any lawn that wore thin. Each customer’s schedule shifts with the season, not the calendar.
We mow right across the inner north — Turner, Acton, Ainslie, Braddon, Campbell, Dickson, Downer, Hackett, Lyneham, O’Connor, Reid and Russell — and across the wider Canberra northside. 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 Turner lawn or courtyard starts from $50, and a full mow, edge and blow on one of the original garden-city blocks with its nature strip typically costs $70 to $150+. Gardening starts from $70 a visit and overgrown lawns are quoted as recovery jobs from $100 to $250+. Once the operator has seen the yard the price is confirmed and the work goes ahead.
Yes, and in Turner it matters, because the garden-city layout gives most blocks a nature strip as wide as a small lawn. We mow the verge with the front lawn on every visit, edge the kerb and footpath, and leave the street trees alone.
Pine shade and pine needles are the cause. The needles pile up and smother the grass, and the deep shade in the Turner streets beside Haig Park is too much for couch or kikuyu. Clearing the needles regularly, cutting higher and overseeding with tall fescue in April or September gives those Turner lawns a fighting chance.
Yes, that is most of our Turner work. Around 73 per cent of Turner dwellings are flats, so common lawns, entry strips and courtyard beds for body corporates and managing agents are the bulk of what our Turner operators do, on a fixed roster with no resident needing to be home.
Yes, in one booking. Hedging, pruning, bed weeding, mulching and green waste removal start from $70 a visit in Turner, and the surviving garden-city houses with their deep beds and old hedges usually need a solid spring cut-back followed by lighter visits through summer. End-of-lease and pre-sale tidy-ups are booked the same way.
Call 1800 369 669 or complete the form on this page, and a Fox Mowing ACT operator based in the inner north will call you back the same day. Most Turner mowing jobs can be priced from the footpath without you being home.