Lawn mowing service in New Haven, Indiana.

What a mowing visit from Autana includes

A mowing route is not just a mower moving across grass. Every visit includes edging along drives, walks and beds, weed eating around obstacles the mower cannot reach, and a walk of the beds to pull anything that jumped the line since last week. If a storm dropped a branch since our last visit, we clear it before we cut. That is the standard on every property, not an upcharge.

Bagged or mulched clippings gets set per property and noted so the crew does not have to ask twice. Some owners want clippings left down to feed the lawn, some want a bagged, clean-cut look every time, and we track that the same way we track everything else about a property, because getting it wrong on the third visit is how you lose a customer.

• Mowing at the height that suits the grass and season
• Bagged or mulched, tracked per property
• Edging along drives, walks and bed lines
• Weed eating around trees, posts and fence lines
• Beds weeded on every visit
• Broken branches and storm debris cleared
• Turf and ornamental bed fertilization
• Pruning and trimming on schedule
• Spring and fall cleanups

Four houses, four different lawns, one block

We service a stretch where four houses in a row belong to four different owners, and every one of them wants something slightly different. One wants clippings bagged every time. One wants the beds edged tighter than the others. One does not want the mower near a young tree he just planted. One just wants it cut on Thursdays and does not care about the rest. We track every one of those preferences and hit all four houses correctly, in the same afternoon, without mixing them up. That is the job. Anyone can run a mower across a lawn. Remembering what each specific owner wants, every single week, is what keeps a route.

Why we will not mow wet grass

Mowing wet turf tears the blade instead of cutting it clean, which stresses the grass and leaves it looking ragged for days. It also clumps clippings into piles that smother the lawn underneath, and it chews up a soft yard with wheel ruts that do not fill back in on their own. When a scheduled day comes in soaked, we move the visit rather than push a bad cut onto your lawn to keep a date. It is a short delay in exchange for a lawn that actually looks mowed instead of mauled.

The day, not the hour

Autana runs a route, not a single stop, and weather and how long each yard actually takes both move the schedule during the day. We can tell you which day your property is on. We cannot promise you will see the mower at exactly 10:14 in the morning, and any company that promises an exact hour on a mowing route is telling you something they cannot control. What we can promise is the day, and that the crew is not going to skip you because the schedule ran long somewhere else.

Fertilization, pruning and cleanups

Fertilization covers both the turf and the ornamental beds on a property, timed to the season rather than run on a single flat calendar. Pruning and trimming keep shrubs and small trees in shape without cutting off the next season's growth. Spring cleanup clears winter debris and gets the lawn ready for its first cuts. Fall cleanup handles leaves and cuts perennials back before the ground freezes, and it is the last visit before Autana's crews shift over to snow removal for the winter.

Commercial and HOA common ground

Commercial buildings and HOA common ground are a steady part of Autana's mowing business, and they run the same way: a set schedule, a crew that shows up whether or not someone from the association is watching, and a single point of contact instead of a call center. Consistent, visible common ground is part of what keeps property values and curb appeal up for everyone in the neighborhood, and it is the kind of account that runs itself once the schedule is set.

What mowing costs around here

An acre residential property runs about $140 to $150 a cut mulched, and about $200 a cut if you want clippings bagged and hauled. Smaller lots run less, larger properties and commercial ground get a written quote based on square footage, obstacles and how often the route runs. There is no flat citywide rate because a wide-open acre and an acre cut up with beds, fences and a pool take very different amounts of time, and the price should reflect that instead of pretending every yard is the same.

Recent mowing work

Related work

Mowing rarely stands alone on a property. These usually come with it:

• Landscaping and mulch beds →

  The same crew that mows also rebuilds and edges the beds it mows around.

• Snow removal →

  The mowing crew shifts to plows and blowers once the season turns.

• Drainage solutions →

  For lawns that stay soggy in spots, so mowing can happen on schedule instead of around standing water.

• Paver patios →

  For properties adding a hardscape area the mowing route will need to work around.

Mowing by city

• New Haven
• Fort Wayne
• Auburn

Also serving: Garrett, Columbia City, Warsaw, Huntertown, Leo-Cedarville, Grabill, Harlan, Woodburn, Monroeville, Hoagland, Waterloo, Butler and Kendallville.