Dundee · Broughty Ferry · Monifieth · Invergowrie

New Lawns & Turfing across Dundee

Professional lawn installation using quality turf to transform tired gardens into beautiful green spaces. Serving Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Invergowrie, Dundee West End and the surrounding communities.

New Lawns & Turfing · Dundee

Local new lawns & turfing you can rely on

A new lawn is one of the fastest ways to transform a tired garden. We lift worn out grass, prepare and level the ground properly, and lay fresh quality turf that knits in quickly and gives you a usable green space within weeks. We turf gardens of all sizes across Fife, Dundee, Angus and Perthshire, whether you are replacing a patchy, mossy lawn, finishing off a new build plot, or reinstating ground after building works or a garden redesign.

Dundee's older suburbs hold some genuinely large mature trees — beech, lime, sycamore and pine planted when the villas were built — and these often need reduction or deadwooding rather than removal. Gardens sloping towards the Tay catch the wind coming up the estuary, and the sandier ground in parts of Broughty Ferry and Monifieth drains quickly, which affects both lawn establishment and which turf we recommend.

Several parts of the West End, Broughty Ferry and Newport-adjacent streets fall within conservation areas, and protected trees are common on the older villa plots. We confirm protected status with Dundee City Council before starting. Space is the other constraint — many city gardens have no side access, so large trees are dismantled in sections and taken out through the house side or over walls with proper protection in place.

We cover Broughty Ferry, Monifieth, Invergowrie, Dundee West End and the villages in between, and you can read more about our wider work on our Dundee page or the full new lawns & turfing guide.

New Lawns & Turfing carried out by LM Trees & Landscaping in Dundee
  • Removal of old turf and debrisStripping out failed grass, moss and surface roots so the new turf is not laid over the problems that killed the last lawn.
  • Ground preparation and levellingCultivating, grading and firming the soil to remove hollows and bumps, so the finished lawn mows evenly.
  • Drainage improvementBreaking up compaction and improving the top layer where ground sits wet, which is common on heavy Scottish soils.
  • Quality turf layingFresh turf laid in staggered courses with tight joints and neatly cut edges around beds, paths and curves.

Why Dundee homeowners choose us

The difference between a lawn that looks good for a season and one that looks good for a decade is nearly all in the preparation. We take the time to get levels, soil condition and drainage right before a single roll is laid, and we are fully insured and careful with access routes through your property while the turf is moved in.

Typical Dundee jobs: sectional dismantling of oversized conifers in tight city gardens, hedge reductions on long boundary runs in Broughty Ferry, and artificial grass in small, shaded back gardens where real lawn will not thrive.

Landscaped Scottish garden with mature trees and stone paths

Your garden, considered

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