Ratings, services and a phone number for every sod installer in Ontario.
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LawnSavers Plant Health Care has spent 36 years helping homeowners across the Greater Toronto Area grow thick, green lawns, and it is a Canadian family business. Lawn fertilization,…
Gardenzilla Lawn & Garden is a women-owned lawn, garden and snow removal service that serves homes, condos, retail and commercial buildings in Midtown Toronto. Its landscape installations include…
Underground sprinkler systems are the main work at The Sprinkler Company Inc., a Vaughan contractor with over 15 years in the business serving the GTA. It designs and…
One Landscape Design and Build has served Peterborough and surrounding communities for more than 25 years from Lakefield Road in Lakefield, covering Clarington, Millbrook, Port Hope, Cobourg, Trent…
Lawn Troopers provides residential and commercial lawn care in Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Milton and the surrounding area. Treatment packages bring fertilizing, weed control, a 10-point inspection, spring or…
Gelderman Landscape Services has looked after commercial and residential properties around Oakville, Burlington, Ancaster and Hamilton since 1955, and the family company is now in its third generation.…
Every Ontario landscaper on Google Maps with at least one review.
Its website and the services it lists on its own Google profile.
Listed only when it says it lays sod. Selling sod or installing turf is not enough.
Claims, corrections and removals are verified before a page changes.
Every business on Sod Installers started as a landscaper on Google Maps in Ontario. That is where the list begins, not where it ends. A landscaping category says nothing about whether a company lays sod, so each business was checked against its own words: its website, and the services it lists on its own Google profile.
A business is listed only when it says it installs sod: a sod installation service, sodding, laying new sod or a finished sod project. Selling or delivering sod is not enough, and neither is artificial turf or seeding on its own. Nearly 2,000 Ontario landscapers did not show that, and they stay off this directory until they confirm it.
Owners can claim their listing to correct details or add photos. Every claim and every correction is checked by hand before the page changes, and a business that asks to be removed is removed.
Owners can claim a listing to correct details or add photos. A person checks every claim. Published by Evan Woods.
A new lawn often comes down to what happens underneath it, so the way to choose between sod installers is to compare how each one plans the work, not only the price. Every business on our city pages has said in its own words that it lays sod, and how listings are checked explains the evidence each one needed. Shortlist three or four that serve your address, then ask each of them for the same things.
Get a site visit and a written scope. A careful installer walks the yard, measures it, checks how water drains away from the house and looks at access before quoting. Ask for each part of the job as its own line: removing and hauling away the old lawn, minor or major grading, the depth of topsoil or triple mix, the type of sod and the farm it comes from, cleanup, and a warranty that says whether it covers the sod, the labour or both. Two quotes with the same total can describe very different jobs.
Ask about the preparation. Problems with a new lawn often start below the sod. Ask how the old lawn comes out and where it goes (installers who handle old-lawn removal say so), how the yard will be graded so water runs away from the foundation, and what they'll do about pooling water, which new sod won't fix on its own. Removing a lawn and regrading both break ground, so a free utility locate has to be requested before anyone digs.
Ask about the sod itself. It's a living product, and rolls left stacked too long can yellow. Ask which farm it comes from, when it's cut and whether it's laid the day it arrives. Ontario's agriculture ministry says Kentucky bluegrass, widely used for home lawns, performs best with well-drained soil and full sun, so ask what the installer lays in the shady corners.
Check the work before the crew leaves. Look for staggered seams pushed tight, clean edges along beds and the driveway, a roller pass and a deep first watering. From that day the watering is yours, so get the plan in writing and check your municipality's rules for new sod, which differ from town to town. If you're adding irrigation, ask whether the lines go in before the sod.
Compare on scope, not on the total. The price of sod installation depends mostly on the work around the sod: the size and shape of the area, removal and disposal, grading, topsoil, access for the crew and delivery. Pick the installer whose written quote spells out the preparation, and keep that quote for the day the crew arrives.
It has to say, in its own words, that it installs sod: a sod installation service, sodding, laying new sod or a finished sod project, on its website or in the services it lists on Google. Selling or delivering sod is not enough, and neither is artificial turf or seeding on its own.
If the job breaks ground, yes. Ontario Dig Authority, formerly Ontario One Call, says a locate is required for any project that breaks ground, no matter the size, and asks for the request at least 5 business days ahead. The service is free, and the person doing the digging should submit it. Lines you own yourself, like power to a shed, need a private locate.
They are set by municipalities, not the province. The Region of Waterloo issues a temporary permit for extra watering days from May 31 to September 30, Barrie allows 14 days of watering for newly laid sod, Markham allows 2 months, and several York Region towns give new sod a grace period. Check your city page or your municipality before the sod arrives.
Only with permitted products. Ontario bans cosmetic pesticides on lawns: pesticides made with 2,4-D, Diazinon or glyphosate cannot be used to kill weeds or insects, and only ingredients on the province's Allowable List can be used. A business that applies pesticides for hire needs an exterminator licence from the ministry.
No. Sod Installers lists businesses that install sod and shows their Google rating and the services they confirm. It does not check licences, insurance or WSIB coverage. Ask for proof of insurance and a written quote that names the sod, the preparation and the cleanup before work starts.
Yes. A basic listing is free and stays free. Businesses can pay for a featured position or a premium listing, and those are marked as paid on the page.
Use the claim form with your business name, phone number and a link to where you offer sod installation. Every request is checked by hand before a listing is added or changed.