What is Lawn Overseeding and Top Dressing?
Overseeding lawn, also known as reseeding a lawn, is a key part of professional lawn care. When paired with top dressing, this process can dramatically improve the condition, appearance, and long-term health of your grass. Whether you’re looking to overseed lawn areas that are thinning, or simply want to keep your lawn looking its best, this combination treatment is the ideal solution.
Why Overseed and Top Dress?
By overseeding grass, you’re introducing high-quality overseeding lawn seed into your existing lawn. This helps restore thickness, improve colour, and create a dense sward that naturally crowds out weeds and moss. When combined with lawn top dressing, the benefits are even greater: the dressing protects the seed, nourishes new growth, and improves soil structure—whether you're dealing with clay or sandy soil.
If you've been searching for "grass seeding companies near me" or wondering about the cost of overseeding, GreenThumb offers an expert service using only the best seed and practices.
We have our own exclusive and bespoke grass seed called Diamond Green, as the new seed is introduced into the lawn to replace any of the dead grass, as a blend of Perennial Rye and Fescue grass species which have adapted specifically to any environment. For example, Rye grass performs better in heavier clay soils and Fescue more so in sandier soils.
Benefits
- Helps to create a thick, healthy grass sward.
- This healthy sward helps to manage moss and weeds.
- Seed is designed to tolerate drought, shade, disease.
- Top dressing lawn helps with water retention and protecting the soil surface helping with drought.
- Helps to speed up recovery of the lawn after Aeration and Scarification.
- Giving the lawn an improved colour.
How Often to Overseed Lawn?
Overseeding and Top Dressing should ideally be done once a year. Spring and autumn are the best seasons for overseeding because the soil is warm, and the weather provides optimal moisture conditions for germination. Regular overseeding helps maintain a lush, thick lawn and prevents thinning, which can lead to an invasion of moss and weeds.