FAQ
Everything homeowners and property managers ask before hiring Lawnshark.
Quick Answer
Lawnshark Landscaping Inc. offers nine landscaping and lawn care services across 14 St. Johns County neighborhoods. Free estimates, written flat pricing, licensed & insured. Most quotes are scheduled within 48 hours. Below are the questions we get asked most often.
Nine services: lawn maintenance (weekly/bi-weekly mow, edge, blow, trim), landscape design and installation, sod installation (Floratam, Zoysia, Bahia), mulch and pine straw, palm tree trimming, tree trimming and stump grinding, hardscaping (pavers, retaining walls, patios, walkways), irrigation/sprinkler repair, and yard/storm cleanup.
We do not apply fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, fungicide, or any other chemical lawn treatment. Chemical lawn applications in Florida require a separate FDACS license (Limited Urban Commercial Fertilizer Applicator for fertilizer; Commercial Pest Control license for insecticide, fungicide, and herbicide) that our crews do not hold. If you need a fertilizer program or chinch bug / fungus treatment, hire a licensed chemical lawn company — we’re happy to recommend local applicators we trust and coordinate our mowing schedule around their visits.
All of St. Johns County within a 15-mile radius of St. Augustine, FL. That includes St. Augustine Beach, Vilano Beach, Anastasia Island, Crescent Beach, World Golf Village, St. Augustine Shores, Palencia, TrailMark, Shearwater, SilverLeaf, Murabella, Beacon Lake, and Nocatee.
Yes. We carry general liability and workers' compensation insurance. Certificates of insurance are available on request and can be emailed directly to your HOA property manager.
Yes. Every estimate is free, on-site, and comes with a written flat quote. No deposit is required. Call 904-429-5845 or submit the free estimate form.
Pricing depends on lot size, grass type, frequency, and scope. We don't publish prices because every yard is different — but every quote is flat-rated and written so there are no surprises.
Most recurring lawn maintenance can start within 3–7 days of your approved estimate. One-time jobs like mulch refreshes, palm trims, or sod installs are usually scheduled within the same window.
Yes. We service HOA homes throughout St. Johns County and provide proof of insurance, written service scopes, and uniformed crews as required by property managers.
Floratam St. Augustine grass is the dominant choice for North Florida yards. Zoysia works well for smaller, high-visibility lots. Bahia suits low-maintenance and lower-irrigation properties.
Yes. Post-storm cleanup is one of our core services. Call us after a named storm passes and we'll get out within 24–48 hours to clear palm fronds, broken oak branches, and debris.
Yes. We invoice via email and accept credit/debit cards, ACH, and check. No cash-only requirements.
Yes. Weekly lawn maintenance is our most popular service. Bi-weekly is also available depending on grass growth and the season.
A lawn service (us) handles mow, edge, blow, and trim plus installs and maintenance: sod, mulch, pine straw, landscape design, palm and tree trimming, stump grinding, hardscape/pavers, irrigation repair, and storm cleanup. A chemical treatment company holds separate FDACS licenses to apply fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide, and fungicide. We do not hold those licenses and we do not apply chemicals. Most St. Johns County homeowners use both companies side-by-side — we can recommend local applicators we trust.
Recurring services use a simple written service agreement that can be canceled anytime. One-time jobs don't require any contract.
Yes. We service HOA common areas, small office parks, restaurants, and multifamily properties across St. Johns County.
If conditions are unsafe we reschedule to the next available day and let you know by text. We don't double-charge for rescheduled visits.
North Florida, not the Northeast
St. Augustine and the surrounding St. Johns County neighborhoods sit in USDA zone 9a, inside the Southeast humid subtropical belt. That single climate fact drives almost every decision a good landscaping crew has to make here: which grass cultivar to lay, how often to mow, which plants go in the foundation beds, how to prep palms before hurricane season, and how to irrigate without rotting roots in the rainy months. A company that applies a generic "lawn care" playbook from Atlanta, Dallas, or the Northeast will burn out lawns, overwater beds, and miss the timing windows that matter most.
Sandy soil · fast drainage
Our soils are mostly sand, sometimes with thin topsoil over limestone. That means water drains fast, nutrients leach quickly, and any yard running on a mow-only plan will slowly thin out over 12–18 months. The grass simply doesn’t get enough of what it needs from the soil alone. That’s also why it’s common to see a brand-new sod install look amazing for the first six months and then start struggling — the underlying maintenance cadence hasn’t kept up with the way sandy soil works in our climate.
Coast vs. canopy
If you live on the coast — St. Augustine Beach, Vilano Beach, Anastasia Island, Crescent Beach — salt spray is a factor. Not every shrub or palm tolerates salt. Oleander, Muhly grass, sea grape, Sabal palms, and coontie handle it well. Hydrangeas and most azaleas do not. Inland, in World Golf Village, Palencia, TrailMark, Shearwater, SilverLeaf, Murabella, Beacon Lake, and Nocatee, the limiting factor is usually shade from large live oaks and pines. St. Augustine Floratam grass needs at least six hours of direct sun to stay thick — under heavy canopy you’ll want either a shade-tolerant cultivar (Palmetto, CitraBlue) or a different ground cover entirely. We flag those edges during every estimate.
Weekly or bi-weekly
Depending on the season, our crews operate on a weekly or bi-weekly cadence. From March through October, Floratam grass grows fast and truly benefits from a weekly cut. From November through February, it slows down and most yards can move to bi-weekly without losing quality. Every visit includes mow, edge, blow, and string-trim around obstacles. Beds are kept clean and edge lines stay sharp. If you’re enrolled on a full-service plan we also scout for pest and fungus issues, check irrigation patterns, and flag anything that needs attention before the next visit.
HOA compliance, by default
Many St. Johns County homes are governed by HOAs with detailed standards — approved mulch colors, turf edge specifications, visible irrigation head rules, and insurance-certificate requirements on file with property management. We handle all of it routinely. If you live in Palencia, Nocatee, World Golf Village, Beacon Lake, SilverLeaf, TrailMark, Shearwater, or Murabella we’ve already worked in your community and know the local expectations. Certificates of insurance are emailed to property managers before the first visit, crews show up in branded uniforms with branded equipment, and service scopes are written down so there’s no ambiguity about what you’re paying for.
Local, not regional
Lawnshark Landscaping Inc. is a licensed Florida business, fully insured (general liability plus workers’ compensation), and locally operated in St. Augustine. Our trucks park here, our crews live here, and our service radius is strictly limited to 15 miles so we can actually keep our schedule tight. If you’ve ever had a larger regional company no-show, run late, or send a different crew every week, the fix is the same: hire locally, insist on the same crew, and lock a fixed day of the week. That’s what we do by default.
Atlantic hurricane season
Atlantic hurricane season runs officially from June 1 through November 30, and St. Augustine has taken multiple direct and glancing hits over the past decade. A good North Florida landscaper thinks about storms year-round, not just in August. That means trimming palms and live oaks well before the peak of the season so there’s less loose material to become projectiles. It means keeping bed mulch at a reasonable depth so it doesn’t wash into streets and storm drains. It means identifying which trees on your property have structural weak points and getting them addressed before a category-2 wind event rips them apart. After every named storm we run a response loop for current customers — priority calls within 24 hours, cleanup scheduled by severity, and, for the really bad ones, debris staging on the curb so municipal haul-out can collect it without damage to the turf.
Flat, written, honest
We don’t publish pricing because every yard is genuinely different. A 6,000 sq ft lot in St. Augustine Shores with mature oaks and an old irrigation system is not the same job as a 3,500 sq ft new-build in SilverLeaf. What we do promise is that every quote is on-site, free, written, and flat-rated before any work starts. No deposits required. No surprise invoices. If the scope expands mid-job we stop, call you, and agree on a revised number before continuing. That single commitment is why most of our customers have been with us for years and refer us to their neighbors.
Gear and standards
All our crews run commercial-grade equipment — zero-turn mowers for large lots, 21-inch walk-behinds for tight curves, steel-blade edgers for sharp driveway lines, backpack blowers for a clean finish, and battery-powered hedge trimmers for quiet residential work. Blades get sharpened on a schedule so we’re not tearing St. Augustine blades with dull edges (a major cause of brown tips and fungal infections). Uniforms are branded and consistent. Trucks are lettered and clean. That’s not vanity — it’s how HOAs, property managers, and neighbors can tell who’s on the property and who’s not supposed to be.
Is this a good match?
We’re the right fit if you want a local, consistent crew that shows up on the same day every week and takes pride in the edge lines, not a national company that rotates sub-contractors through your driveway. We’re the right fit if you value clear communication, written flat quotes, and text-based before/after photos after each visit. We’re probably not the right fit if your priority is the cheapest possible price on Craigslist — we’re fairly priced for licensed, insured, professional work, but we don’t compete with unlicensed mow-only operators on the bottom of the market. If any of this sounds like what you’ve been looking for, a single phone call to 904-429-5845 is enough to get a free on-site estimate scheduled this week.
Call 904-429-5845 or email lawnshark904@gmail.com. We answer the same business day.