Grand Victorians and terraced lawns on the high ground.
The Highlands is Fall River at its grandest — Victorian-era homes on the city’s high ground, with terraced front lawns that were built to be seen from the street.
Terraces are the neighborhood’s signature and its turf challenge: water and fertilizer want to leave before they soak in. Slope-smart care is the whole game here, and it’s a game we know.
A sloped lawn sheds rainfall toward the sidewalk, taking quick-release fertilizer with it. We counter with aeration so water penetrates, slow-release granular feeding that stays put, and dense turf that is itself the erosion control. On the steepest faces, split every watering into two short cycles.
Highlands soil has carried lawns since the mill era — compacted, often thin over ledge, and acidic under the old street maples. Rebuilding the root zone — aeration, organic matter, correct feeding — is the patient fix that turns a thin terrace into a thick one.
South-facing terraces warm early — Highlands pre-emergent often needs to land a week before inland Taunton’s. Humid bay summers bring red thread to hungry lawns in June; correct feeding outruns it. September aeration and overseeding do the heavy lifting on these streets.
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Excellent service! Our lawn is so healthy and green! Would highly recommend!
My lawn went from patchy and thin to thick and green. PROTURF knew exactly what it needed.
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