Healthy Virginia Lawns

Yes, you can have a healthier, greener lawn while also improving the Chesapeake Bay watershed and reducing pollutants.

Thank you Loudoun for a successful 2024 Healthy Virginia Lawns season!!
We were honored to help you attain your lawn’s exact needs while protecting the environment from excessive or incorrect fertilization. Thank you for teaming up with us and doing your part to protect our waterways.
Our portal will be open again for new signups in April 2025.

Most of us habitually trek to the store each spring or when our grass looks like it’s declining, scan the bagged products on the shelf and select what we hope will result in a lusher, greener lawn. Results rarely meet our expectations and create the unfortunate side effect of excessive fertilizer (nitrogen and phosphorus) running off or leaching into nearby streams and rivers. Algae blooms, fueled by these excess nutrients, consume oxygen in the water, block sunlight, suffocate aquatic life and prevent underwater plants from photosynthesizing.

There is a better way. Healthy Virginia Lawns (HVL) volunteers visit your property, complete a site analysis of your yard, measure the area of turfgrass and collect a representative soil sample. The sample is mailed to Virginia Tech where it is tested and a comprehensive analysis produced. The fee for this service is $30.

Healthy Virginia Lawn Brochure

What clients are saying:

“Thank you for the detailed report on our lawn that will help us maintain it in a responsible way.”

“This is an excellent program and is making a large impact on sustainable lawn maintenance, certainly from my personal experience. We appreciate all the dedicated individuals supporting this initiative and the great work you do.”