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Lawn Care in Memphis, Tennessee: fix it yourself, costs & nearby pros

No lawn care is listed in Memphis yet. Below: how to handle the 5 most common lawn care problems yourself, what a pro charges in Tennessee, and pros in nearby cities. Memphis's ~250,000 households generate an estimated 84,000 lawn care jobs a year.

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Fix it yourself

Fix it yourself: the 5 most common lawn care problems in Memphis

Tools, time, the first steps, and exactly when to stop and call a pro.

Sprinkler head broken or leaking

easy 20–45 min

Steps

  1. Run the zone and watch: a geyser means a broken head, a bubbling puddle means a cracked riser or pipe.

+4 more steps in the full guide

Stop and call a pro if

  • water bubbles up between heads — a broken lateral pipe under the lawn

Full guide

Costs

What lawn care costs in Tennessee

What a pro charges in the region, next to what the fixes above cost in parts.

Typical cost$30–80Single lawn-care visit (mowing, basic maintenance)Full pricing breakdown

If you do it yourself: parts

Sprinkler head broken or leaking
$3–15 for a head
Driveway weeds growing through cracks
$10–40 for filler or polymeric sand
Overgrown shrubs blocking windows or walkways
$0–40 for pruning tools
Tree canopy blocking sunlight to lawn
$30–80 in seed, compost and mulch
Dead lawn patches
$10–40 for seed and soil
Pros nearby

Lawn care pros near Memphis

Quote requests from Memphis go to listed pros within ~60 km.

Demand

Demand in Memphis: 250,000 households, ~84,000 jobs a year

Memphis's 250,000 households generate an estimated 84,000 lawn care jobs a year — and no landscaper is listed on HireLocal here yet.

Households
~250,000
Jobs per year
~84,000
Pros the market supports
~1,800
Listed on HireLocal
0
listed on HireLocal: 0; pros the market supports: 1809; Households: 254530
Demand in Memphis: 250,000 households, ~84,000 jobs a year
Households254,530
Owner-occupied share46 %
Jobs per year (lawn care)83,877
Pros the market supports1,809
listed on HireLocal0
Coverage0 %
Score100 / 100

By national ratios Memphis supports about 1,800 full-time landscaper pros — a large market with room for niche specialists, emergency-only operators and franchises alike. That is larger than most United States cities we cover. Ownership is split — 46 % owner-occupied — so a typical week mixes homeowners with landlords and property managers who buy in volume. The housing stock is old for the country, which pushes repair and replacement demand above the national average.

No landscaper has listed a business in Memphis on HireLocal yet, so quote requests from this page are matched to pros in nearby cities. The first pro to list here appears on every landscaper page for Memphis.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2019–2023); U.S. BLS OEWS; HireLocal listings. Updated . How we calculate →

Career

Start a landscaper career in Memphis

If you are training as a landscaper, Memphis is a market to start in: it supports about 1,800 pros and HireLocal lists 0, so a new listing is visible immediately. Pros in United States typically charge $30–80.

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