Hydroseeding in Yonkers, NY

Hydroseeding in Yonkers is a hillside job more often than not. Yonkers is known as the City of Seven Hills: Park, Nodine, Ridge, Cross, Locust, Glen and Church Hills. Between them, the Saw Mill River runs down to the Hudson at the old mill site, and the Bronx River forms the city's border with Mount Vernon. Steep streets, tiered back yards and retaining walls are normal.

Seed that stays on a hill

Water picks up speed on a slope, and a fresh seedbed is the first thing it moves. On Yonkers hills we use a bonded fiber matrix for most banks and stake an erosion control blanket on the steepest pitches. On gentler front lawns, a heavier hydromulch with tackifier is enough.

Rivers below every hill

The Saw Mill River, once called Nepperhan Creek, flows into the Hudson where Adriaen van der Donck built a saw mill in the 1600s. Runoff from building sites on the hillsides ends up in these rivers. On construction jobs we install silt fence along the low side of the site and protect storm inlets before the ground is opened.

Tight lots, long hoses

Yonkers is dense, with more than 200,000 people. Many yards have no machine access at all. A hydroseed hose can be pulled up stairs, through a gate or down a driveway, so small, hard-to-reach yards can be seeded without hauling sod.

Green space in the city

Tibbetts Brook Park and Untermyer Park and Gardens show how well grass and plantings grow here when the slope is handled. We bring the same approach to home lawns: grade, topsoil, the right cover for the slope, then water.

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