A mowed Florida front lawn in front of a pale house, with palms along the side and a lawn mower at the far edge of the grass.
Florida Lawn Care Hub · Updated 2026-10-19
Lawn care for a Florida yard
You can send a request for mowing and edging on a house, a rental, or an HOA lawn in Florida.
A figure on a county page is printed only when the quoted public page states it.
Florida Lawn Care Hub receives the request and replies by email.
What the quoted page says
Palm Beach County’s MS4 coordinator presentation states the fertilizer distance and the clipping rule in these words:
Florida statute (Section 403.9337) and the Palm Beach County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Permit requires local governments within the watershed of a nutrient impaired water body to adopt, as a minimum, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Model Ordinance for Florida-friendly fertilizer use on urban landscape. Fertilizer shall not be applied within ten (10) feet, or three (3) feet if a deflector shield or drop spreader is used, of any pond, stream, water body, lake, canal, wetland, or from the top of a seawall or lake bulkhead. In no case shall grass clippings, vegetative material, and/or vegetative debris intentionally, be washed, swept, or blown off into stormwater drains, ditches, conveyances, water bodies, wetlands, sidewalks or roadways. No Applicator shall apply fertilizer containing nitrogen and/or phosphorus to turf and/or landscape plants during the prohibited application period (heavy rainfall forecasted by the National Weather Service) or to saturated soils.
Palm Beach County presentation on the fertilizer ordinance (PDF)
| How the fertilizer is applied | Distance the presentation states |
|---|---|
| Any pond, stream, water body, lake, canal, wetland, or the top of a seawall or lake bulkhead | ten (10) feet |
| The same edge, if a deflector shield or drop spreader is used | three (3) feet |
What was not measured
This site did not measure your lawn, run a soil test, time a mowing, or price the work. The presentation does not state a monthly fee, a turf height, or a fine.
Questions the quoted page can answer
How far from the water does the Palm Beach presentation say fertilizer must stay?
Ten (10) feet from a pond, stream, water body, lake, canal, wetland, or the top of a seawall or lake bulkhead. Three (3) feet if a deflector shield or drop spreader is used.
Does sending this request mean a company will call?
No. Florida Lawn Care Hub receives the request and replies by email. The button does not promise a call.
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Where the quoted pages differ
- Palm Beach County lawns
Fertilizer distance and clippings, from the county presentation.
- Coastal salt and the lawn
A Tampa Bay sod guide on seashore paspalum. It does not state a Pinellas buffer.
- Horizon West lots
Equipment setbacks in an Orange County zoning file, including a Horizon West alley exemption.
- Yards that stay wet
A flooding page on a summer fertilizer summary and on staying off saturated soil.
- Cape Coral canal edges
A listing that describes mowing and string trimming beside a dock. No price is stated.