What to ask before you sign up for a lawn care plan

Most Tampa Bay lawn companies sell recurring plans: mowing on a schedule, treatments every few weeks, or both. The plan is only as good as its terms, so get them in writing before the first visit.

What to ask

• How often, all year? Many plans visit more often in the growing season and less in the cooler months. Ask for the schedule and whether the monthly price changes.
• What’s included in a visit? Mowing, edging, string trimming, blowing hard surfaces, weeding beds, hedge trimming — which are standard and which are extra?
• What about treatments? Which products, how often, whether re-treatments between visits are free, and who applies them.
• Missed visits and rain-outs. How are they rescheduled or credited, and how will you be told?
• Price changes and cancellation. How much notice before a price increase, how to cancel, and whether there’s a minimum term.
• Insurance and damage. What happens if a crew damages a sprinkler head, a window or a car?

153 pros in our directory list recurring lawn care plans, 180 pros publish agreement or guarantee terms and 98 pros publish prices you can compare (as of November 6, 2026).

Before you switch companies

If your current company keeps missing visits or raised the price, tell them before you leave — many will fix it. If you do switch, check your agreement’s notice period first.

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