Turn your lawn into a work of art with a ride-on mower from BS Power Supplies. Create eye-catching patterns and striping techniques, capturing your guest’s attention while keeping your garden area fresh and clean. There are plenty of simple and interesting designs and patterns, depending on your preference and aesthetic. Read further to explore the different ways you can decorate your lawn.
Customise Your Lawn With a Ride-On Mower:
Attract attention and create a visual appeal with your ride-on mower and lawn. You might be an artist, creative, or enjoy interesting aesthetics and unique designs. Perhaps it is a festive season and you want to celebrate a certain holiday or event, such as Christmas. Use your ride-on mower to create a fun celebratory pattern and stand out from your neighbours.
Choosing a pattern or design to create can be a tough choice. Are you wanting to make your lawn appear more manicured and tidier? Or are you wanting to create some unique and interesting aspects to your garden, in the hopes of standing out from your neighbours? Perhaps you are entering into a lawn competition and want to try a unique pattern. There are several reasons why people choose to pattern their lawns and why they choose a specific pattern; some lawn-cutting patterns draw the eye inward and make a focal point of the garden and other patterns are used to create a sports game playing field.
Whatever the reason, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s explore more about what patterns you can create using your ride-on mower and why you should consider giving each of them a try:
Stripes:
This is the most basic lawn pattern to choose and also the one that is most commonly used because it is so quick and easy to create. Lawn stripes are often seen on baseball fields and golf courses because of their directional guidance, playing surface uniformity, and because they make it easier for players and spectators to see the boundaries and field markings.
To create striping patterns using your ride-on mower, simply mow in a straight line across your entire lawn in one pass, or without stopping. Once you get to the opposite side of the lawn, make a 180-degree turn to create the next stripe, passing in the opposite direction of the first stripe. Make sure to slightly overlap the first stripe so that you don’t miss a spot on the lawn and ruin your perfect stripes. Continue mowing in alternate directions until the lawn is complete and make sure to avoid sharp turns.
The final result will leave your lawn looking clean, new, and fully striped in dark and light shades of green. The opposing passes leave alternating dark and light green stripes from the grass being bent in different directions by the mower.
Remember, the stripes don’t have to be in a certain direction or parallel in comparison to your house. Consider mowing stripes diagonal to your house or another focal point on your property to create an interesting effect that is different from the typical striping pattern seen so often.
Curves and Varying Lines:
Similar to creating stripes, you can create curved patterns that look almost wave-like. This pattern uses just about the same technique as creating stripes or lines, except that instead of mowing in a straight line, you will mow in a slightly curved line to create a subtle rounded pattern that can be followed. Once you finish the first curve and get to the edge of the lawn, make a subtle 180-degree turn and go in the opposite direction. Follow this first wave or curve-patterned line as a guide and don’t forget to overlap the previous line just slightly to keep that uniform and neat look.
Circles:
Circling your yard is another easy mowing pattern to perform. There are two ways to start this pattern; from either the inside centre or the outside perimeter of the lawn. If you have a tree, house, or another focal point on the grass, then we recommend starting from the inside by the focal point and working your way to the outside edge of the garden.
Go slowly while circling and make sure to overlap the previous tire tracks of the mower. Overlapping is extremely important because when you create circles, the tires of your mower will create a wider track so overlapping helps to create a consistent and mesmerising pattern design with a ripple-like appearance.
Checkerboard or Criss-Cross:
If you want to add a flair of interest to your lawn, then this is the pattern to use! The checkerboard effect is created by how the grass blades bend in opposite directions and reflect the sunlight, looking darker in some areas and lighter in others. Create the checkerboard effect by following the steps below:
- Prepare your mower and adjust the cutting height to a slightly lower cutting height than usual. This helps to emphasise the contrast between the mowed and un-mowed grass, creating that checkerboard effect.
- Start mowing the lawn in straight, horizontal lines across its length, just as you would do for striping. A helpful tip is to use a specific point of reference, such as a straight edge of the lawn or a path, to guide you and help maintain the straight lines.
- Make sure to overlap the edge of the previous line slightly when you pass, just as you would in previous lawn pattern making. This helps to make sure there are no uncut strips between the rows, creating a seamless checkerboard pattern.
- After finishing the horizontal lines across the entire lawn, your lawn should look like it has been cut with the striping technique. To create the checkerboard effect, turn the mower around at a 90-degree angle compared to the first horizontal set of stripes. Mow again in vertical lines across the lawn, adjacent to the first set of stripes.
- Once you have finished your “second set of stripes” that have been mowed, your lawn should have a checkerboard pattern left behind.
Mow the perimeter of the lawn after you’ve finished removing any pattern irregularities from the turning end of the rows, making the lawn look neat. This pattern is often used on baseball fields but has become a modern trend for houses and accommodation. The contrast of the pattern against the surrounding natural textures creates a stunning result that will leave your guests in awe.
Numeric, Letters, and Seasonal Designs:
Creating seasonal, numeric, or lettering designs can be fun and festive for special occasions. Creating these intricate or detailed patterns will take longer than the previous patterns mentioned and may require more tools than just your ride-on mower. Below is an explanation as well as a list of things you will need to create a unique design for your lawn.
Before mowing the lawn, you will need to first create a design of what you want to do. You will need to plan and use precision when creating a personalised lawn design. Below is a list of the materials needed:
- Ride-on mower
- Stakes or markers
- String (for straight lines)
- Chalk or spray paint (temporary markers)
- Measuring tools (optional)
Carefully plan your personalised design because accuracy is best and you can easily go wrong. Below are the steps you can follow to create your personalised lawn design:
- Begin by measuring your garden and use stakes or markers to outline the design on the lawn. For large designs, you can create a grid to divide the lawn into smaller sections and make the mowing process easier.
- Select a starting point for each letter, number, or shape of the pattern. It is best to begin mowing at a corner or the edge of the lawn to maintain alignment. Mow the outline of the design, without cutting into the interior section, being careful to ensure the outline is well-defined and straight as possible.
- Next, you will need to “fill in” the interior and mow the sections of each design carefully. Pay attention to consistent spacing and angles. Overlap each pass slightly to make sure there is even cutting and use other tools such as a push mower or trimmer, to fine-tune the edges and details.
If you’re worried about losing your design during the mowing process, use spray paint or chalk to temporarily mark the lawn and where you should mow next. The markers can easily be washed away after the mowing is complete or will be removed during the process.
Tips for Mowing Patterns and Designs:
While many people may assume lawn mowing patterns are fancy and unnecessary, you are already creating a pattern when you mow your lawn. Regularly changing your pattern is a good idea because not only does it create a unique aesthetic for your garden, but it also helps your lawn grow better and keep it healthy. Just like a farmer must crop rotate to keep his soil full of nutrients for his crop, mowing patterns into your lawn also needs to be switched up to keep your grass healthy.
A thick and luscious lawn will be able to show your patterns better than a thin and sparse lawn. So, make sure your lawn is in good health and preferably does not have brown patches that affect the patterns. Maintain your lawn by regularly mowing, watering, and fertilising it, keeping git happy and healthy throughout the year.
Check your mower blades every month or so, depending on how often you use your ride-on mower, and make sure they are sharp for a clean cut. The cleaner the cut- the better your patterns will look. If you have a cylinder mower, you may need to look at back-slapping your mower to sharpen the blades. If you have a rotary mower, depending on the condition of the blades, you can also look at sharpening them or replacing them.
Ride-On Mowers From BS Power:
If you’re looking to purchase a ride-on mower, then you’ve come to the right place! At BS Power Supplies, we stock several different models of ride-on mowers, ranging in price and size. Forget the hours spent on cutting your lawn and instead save time and effort with a ride-on mower. They are a must-have for homeowners and landowners who have larger-sized lawns, and hilly terrain gardens, as well as those who enjoy mowing and designing lawns.
The ride-on mowers we stock are durable, comfortable, and have high manoeuvrability. Driven by a powerful engine, this pedal-operated machine is an investment that will bring an immediate return. Our mowers come with various features that are suited to different various preferences so be sure to check out the designs we have in stock.
Apart from ride-on mowers, we also stock several other pieces of equipment and machinery that can be used to turn your gadget into a fairy tale. Explore the rest of our website and please contact us for more information or if you have any questions. We can’t wait to see what lawn patterns you experiment with.