Does your lawn look thin and patchy, or does water linger after rain?

Our hollow tine aeration service goes beyond surface treatments to relieve soil compaction, supporting stronger roots and healthier growth.

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Foot traffic, heavy rain and everyday use can compact the soil beneath your lawn, preventing water from draining and nutrients from reaching the roots. This can lead to waterlogging and thin, patchy grass that struggles to recover.

Hollow tine aeration removes small cores of soil to relieve deep compaction, helping your lawn drain better and grow thicker and greener.

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Why choose our hollow tine aeration service:

When soil becomes deeply compacted, roots can’t develop properly and your lawn will never look as full or even as you’d like.

Hollow tine aeration removes small cores of soil to relieve this compaction, giving roots the space and nutrients they need to grow, helping your lawn rebuild from the ground up.

Compacted soil prevents water from soaking away naturally, often leading to puddles and soggy patches after rain. Aeration improves how water moves through the soil, helping your lawn drain more effectively and recover faster.

Our specialist aeration equipment is designed to treat your lawn evenly and efficiently, ensuring consistent coverage across the whole area. This delivers better results than manual methods, avoiding uneven treatment and helping protect the overall condition of your lawn.

Hollow tine aeration improves access to the soil, allowing treatments like fertilisers, lawn tonics and overseeding to reach the roots more easily. This means better uptake, better results and more value from your ongoing lawn care.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Interested in hollow tine aeration for your lawn?

Both treatments help relieve soil compaction and improve lawn health, but they’re used for different levels of need.

Lawn aeration (spiking) creates small holes in the ground using solid tines. This helps air, water and nutrients reach the roots more easily and is ideal for light to moderate compaction or as part of regular lawn care to keep your lawn in good condition.

Hollow tine aeration removes small plugs of soil from the lawn. This provides deeper, longer-lasting relief from compaction and is typically recommended for lawns with heavier compaction, poor drainage or persistent surface water issues.

In short, spiking helps maintain lawn health, while hollow tine aeration is used when the ground needs a more intensive reset. Your local Greensleeves expert will assess your lawn and recommend the most suitable option based on its condition and how it’s used.

If your lawn looks patchy, feels hard underfoot or water sits on the surface after rain, then it could benefit from a hollow tine aeration treatment.

Hollow tine aeration helps relieve heavy soil compaction, improving drainage and allowing water and nutrients to reach the roots of your grass, leaving you with a lawn that looks noticeably better and is ready for the whole family to enjoy.

Hollow tine aeration removes small plugs of soil evenly across your lawn, leaving tint holes for oxygen, water and nutrients to reach your root.

These holes will be virtually unnoticeable when looking at or using your lawn, but you’ll certainly notice the benefits when your beautifully green grass starts to grow.

Our team will sweep up and remove any soil plugs or debris after your hollow tine aeration, so your lawn will be left tidy and ready to use.

Hollow tine aeration should be done annually, and the service can be carried out all year round depending on the ground conditions. With our lawn care packages, we will take care of aerating your lawn at the most suitable time of the year, so you can enjoy a beautiful garden, without the hassle!

Hollow tine aeration improves the condition of your lawn from the ground up, encouraging thicker, greener and more even growth.

By improving drainage, reducing excess moss and thatch, and helping water, oxygen and nutrients reach the roots, it supports a lawn that looks and performs better.

The result is a lawn that stands up to everyday use, recovers after bad weather and is always ready to enjoy.

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I would highly recommend Greensleeves who restored our baron-looking lawn which had been eaten away by chauffer grubs to a lush green fantastic lawn in a matter of months and we now have them every few months to keep our lawn looking lush and beautiful by treating it. Also lovely pleasant and helpful staff. Thank you Greensleeves. 
 

Diane

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Greensleeves have done a fabulous job on the lawn in our new house – turning it from a weed-infected patch of green to a true grass lawn. All in the space of a few months during initially very challenging weather conditions. Very happy with the progress that has been made – thank you. 
 
 

Brydon

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I have been using Greensleeves for a few years now and I am pleased with both their products and service and they definitely know what they are talking about. They come on the day they say they will come, they execute their work quickly and efficiently and above all our lawn has really benefitted from their service. 
 

Janet

Excellent service

We have only just started using Greensleeves but our impression of the company so far is very good. All contact with them has been dealt with promptly and professionally. The first lawn treatment was carried out as arranged today and my husband had a couple of queries regarding the lawn and these were answered in a friendly and informative manner. 
 

Lesley

Highly recommend

This Company do a great job of keeping my lawn in tip-top condition. They are very knowledgeable and I feel very reasonable for a job that definitely requires a level of expertise. I initially tried treating my lawn myself but got nowhere near the results of Greensleeves. Would highly recommend. 
 
 
 

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