TL;DR
Lawn renovation is the rebuilding of a declining lawn without full excavation, combining aggressive dethatching or scalping, core aeration, soil amendments guided by a soil test, and overseeding with improved cultivars, sometimes after killing off weedy areas with non-selective herbicide. It suits lawns more than half covered with desirable grass; worse than that and full re-establishment makes more sense.
What it means
Lawn renovation is the rebuilding of a declining lawn without full excavation, combining aggressive dethatching or scalping, core aeration, soil amendments guided by a soil test, and overseeding with improved cultivars, sometimes after killing off weedy areas with non-selective herbicide. It suits lawns more than half covered with desirable grass; worse than that and full re-establishment makes more sense. Timed to late summer for cool-season turf and late spring for warm-season, the process takes one season to look respectable and a year to mature.
Where it sits in the glossary
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