Fresh Turf Delivery to Your Door Six Days a Week

Londonderry’s acreage blocks and the streets of North Richmond ask very different things of a delivery. On the larger Londonderry lots, orders tend to be big, with wide open lawns, long driveways and several pallets landing at once. In North Richmond, many jobs are suburban backyards and front verges, where space to set down a load is tighter and the homeowner is often laying the turf that same afternoon. In both places the grass needs to arrive fresh and go down quickly, because rolled turf cannot feed itself for long.

We plan every turf delivery around your lay day. Our team helps you choose a variety that suits your sun, soil and use, works out how much you need, then cuts it on the farm and sends it out Monday to Saturday. Larger orders come on pallets, smaller jobs can be collected from Windsor, and you can compare our turf varieties before you book a date.

Hawkesbury summers are hot, and heat is the biggest threat to any turf delivery. On a still afternoon in Londonderry or North Richmond, rolls left stacked on a pallet begin to warm from the middle, and the grass inside can yellow before it ever touches the soil. Fresh turf should be laid on the day it arrives, and in hot weather that rule matters even more.

The second problem is timing. Plenty of people book a delivery before the ground is ready, then spend half the day hoeing or spreading underlay while the turf waits. On a 35-degree day that delay can cost you part of the lawn. Hot westerly wind makes it worse, drying out the exposed edges of each roll faster than most people expect.

We help you avoid both problems by talking through your preparation before we lock in the harvest. If the ground isn’t ready, it is better to move the delivery than to leave cut turf sitting in the sun. Once it lands, start laying from the furthest point and water each section as you go.

Fresh turf is heavy. Depending on moisture, it typically weighs around 15 to 25 kg per square metre, so a 50 square metre lawn means somewhere between 750 kg and 1.25 tonnes of grass arriving at once. That is why bigger orders come on pallets, and why it pays to decide where the load will sit before the truck pulls up.

Turf is a living crop, and once it is cut the clock is running. Laid on prepared soil and watered well, fresh turf usually starts rooting within about two weeks in warm weather. Left rolled up, it heats and declines. Because a harvested paddock needs around 10 to 18 months to regrow, we cut only what has been ordered, which keeps our fields healthy and your delivery fresh.

Getting a loaded truck to the right spot is a real consideration out here. Many Londonderry properties have long gravel driveways, gates and soft paddock edges, and after a wet week that ground can be too boggy for a heavy vehicle to cross without damage. In parts of North Richmond, sloping blocks and narrow side access make it hard to place pallets close to where the lawn is going.

Rain affects the farm end too. Our paddocks sit on the Cornwallis Flats beside the Hawkesbury River, and when they are waterlogged the harvesting machinery cannot cut clean rolls. If heavy rain is forecast, we will talk with you about shifting the harvest rather than sending out damaged turf.

Before delivery day, tell us about gates, slopes, overhead wires and where you would like the turf set down. A few details up front help the drop go smoothly and keep the turf near where it will be laid, which saves you carrying heavy rolls across the yard.