Two grass programs, one property.

Burnt Hickory Registry isn't a template subdivision. Lots run bigger — half an acre and up in most cases — and the tree cover is real. That means the way we maintain the property has to bend around what your specific lot actually is, not what a checklist says a Kennesaw lawn should be.

Two things follow from that. Most Registry properties run two grass programs on one lot: Bermuda where the sun hits, Fescue where the trees don't let it. And the service visit itself is longer — more mow-line, more edge, more back-yard blow-off — so we quote from photos before we schedule, not after we invoice. The rest of this page is how we actually handle both.

Bermuda and Fescue want almost opposite things — different soil temps to green up, different mow heights, different treatment windows. Zoysia sits on Bermuda's side of the calendar and follows nearly the same schedule. So a mixed Registry property comes down to two calendars running in parallel: one warm-season, one cool-season. Ours follow UGA Extension's calendars for each grass type, adjusted for the specific microclimate on your lot.

Turf calendars we follow: UGA Bermudagrass (Cobb County, PDF) · UGA Tall Fescue (PDF) · UGA Zoysiagrass (PDF).

A weekly visit at a Registry property is longer than the neighborhood average. Here's the walk-through of what actually happens.

Crew pulls up and checks the property for anything new since last week — fallen limbs after a storm, a gate the client added, mulch that shifted after rain. Front yard first: Bermuda cut at 2 inches, string-trimmed edges along the beds and walks, hard edge along the driveway. Back yard next: Fescue cut higher (roots need it), edges around the deck and any beds under the tree line.

Full property blow-off closes the visit — driveway, walkways, front porch, back deck, any hardscape at the perimeter. Debris hauled out, not left curbside. On aeration weeks the visit runs longer; on overseeding weeks we're on-property with additional equipment. On a standard maintenance week, expect the crew for 45 to 75 minutes depending on lot size and detail work.

The pattern we see across the neighborhood: three specific moments drive most of the calls we get from Registry owners.

• August, when the Fescue back yard looks fried. July and August are Fescue's brutal months in Georgia. If the back yard is thin, brown, and patchy by then, it's worth a call — we can plan the September aeration + overseed that actually resets it before the window closes in mid-October.
• March, when the Bermuda front hasn't broken dormancy yet. If neighbors' lawns are greening up and yours isn't, there's usually a soil-pH or fertilization gap. A soil test in early March saves a lot of guessing about why.
• October, after leaf drop from Registry's mature hardwoods. Leaf haul, bed refresh with hardwood / pine bark / pine straw, and one final Bermuda cut before dormancy. This visit sets how the property reads for the whole winter.

Weekly maintenance starts at $50/visit for standard Kennesaw lots — but Registry properties are almost always larger than that baseline. We quote your specific property from photos before you commit, so the number is real, not a "starting from" placeholder that jumps after the first visit.

For projects beyond weekly maintenance — sod, mulch, bed renovation, hardscape, drainage where the clay finally lost — every scope goes through the same photo-based fixed-price process. See recent Kennesaw and West Cobb projects →