Absolutely fantastic service. The team transformed our lawn in no time at all, and the edging was completed with incredible precision. The attention to detail exceeded our expectations, and the finished result looks outstanding.
Fox Mowing NSW keeps Tintenbar's acreage and lifestyle blocks in order — red basalt ridges off the Alstonville Plateau, creek flats along Emigrant Creek, and the house yards in between.
Tintenbar isn’t a suburb with rows of houses. It’s hinterland — macadamia orchards and old dairy country, with lifestyle acreage scattered along the ridges, the Tintenbar Store and village hall at its centre, and Killen Falls tucked into the rainforest on Emigrant Creek below. Most of the mowing out here is measured in acres rather than metres, and we bring gear to match.
The ground changes from one block to the next. Ridgelines carry red basalt soil off the eastern edge of the Alstonville Plateau, while the low paddocks along Emigrant and Teven Creeks sit on alluvial ground that stays soft after rain. Grass on either grows hard for about ten months of the year in this part of the Northern Rivers, so a Tintenbar (2478) lawn left a month between cuts in summer is a genuine job by the time we arrive.
Book your free Tintenbar quoteFrom a tidy house yard near the village hall to several acres of lawn and paddock edge, the job gets the right machine and the right price.
Fortnightly or monthly cuts with the edges finished around drives, garden beds and fence lines, on a schedule that suits how the block is used.
Ride-on work is standard here, not a special request. Big lawns, house paddocks and slashing are quoted on site so the price fits the ground.
Long runs of rural fencing, dam banks, culverts and the awkward corners around sheds and tanks, trimmed properly.
Kikuyu that bolted over a wet month gets multiple passes and a thorough clean-up, then a schedule so it stays manageable.
Catching and carting on the house lawn, with green waste taken away rather than left in a pile behind the shed.
Lawn, garden beds, hedges and the rough edges handled in a single visit, which saves organising three different people.
Gardens on these blocks tend to be generous, and on the red basalt soil they grow like the grass does. Our operators handle hedge trimming, pruning, weeding, garden bed tidy-ups, mulching and green waste removal, with basic visits from $70.
That fertile ridge soil is a mixed blessing — plants thrive, but so does everything you didn’t plant. Regular garden visits through the warm months keep beds ahead of the growth instead of chasing it, and mulching helps the creek-flat gardens cope when the ground swings between soaked and dry.
Price my garden visit
Guide prices below; acreage is quoted on site because no two hinterland blocks share the same size, slope or condition.
| Lawn service | Guide price from | Typical inclusions |
|---|---|---|
| Small maintained lawn — mow, edge & blow | From $50 | Compact, regularly cut lawns with easy access — rarer out here, but priced the same. |
| Medium to large — mow, edges & blow | From $70-$150+ | Bigger house lawns with full edging, trimming and a blow-down of hard surfaces. |
| Gardening basic visit | From $70 | Hedging, pruning, weeding and green waste removal, scaled to the garden. |
| Overgrown lawn recovery | From $100-$250+ | Growth that got away over a wet stretch — staged cutting and extra clean-up time. |
| Acreage / ride-on / slashing | Quoted on site | Larger Tintenbar blocks, house paddocks and slashing that need ride-on gear. |
Important: These are starting guide prices for Tintenbar. The final figure depends on how much of the block is mown, the slope, access and how long the growth is.
A maintained house yard and three acres of spring growth are different days’ work. A quick onsite look means the quote matches the property, not a guess.
A local operator who knows the difference between a village yard and five acres — and turns up with the right gear for each.
Our operators work Tintenbar and the surrounding ridge country regularly, so a booking here isn’t a long-distance favour.
Small maintained lawns from $50 and gardening from $70; acreage quoted on site with no padding.
Every Fox Mowing NSW operator carries full insurance, on push mowers and ride-ons alike.
Ride-ons, brushcutters and slashing where needed — not a domestic mower fighting a paddock.
Out-of-the-way blocks stay on the schedule. We turn up when we say we will, even when the driveway is a kilometre of gravel.
Call 1800 FOX MOW or use the form; for most jobs we can look at the property and quote without you taking a day off.
Summer storms do the driving here. A wet week in January can put visible growth on a kikuyu paddock by the weekend, so we tighten intervals from November through April and stretch them out as winter slows things down. It rarely stops altogether — mild winters mean most Tintenbar lawns still want a cut every month or so through the cooler stretch.
Our operator run covers Tintenbar and the country around it — Teven over the ridge, Cumbalum toward the coast at Lennox Head, up to Alstonville and Wollongbar on the plateau and down to Ballina. If your block sits between localities, just ask; boundaries matter less than the driveway.
Absolutely fantastic service. The team transformed our lawn in no time at all, and the edging was completed with incredible precision. The attention to detail exceeded our expectations, and the finished result looks outstanding.
The team arrived exactly when scheduled and took great care while trimming our hedges. Their workmanship was excellent, and they left the property spotless after completing the job. We would gladly recommend their services to others.
A truly professional gardening service. We needed a large amount of garden waste removed along with a general tidy-up of the yard. The team worked efficiently, completed everything quickly, and left the area looking neat and refreshed.
We have used several gardening and lawn care companies over the years, and Fox Mowing stands out as one of the best. Their service is reliable, professional, and consistently delivered to a high standard. We regularly recommend them to family and friends.
If you want a lawn that looks healthy, neat, and professionally maintained, these are the people to call. The difference they made to our property was impressive, and we couldn't be happier with the result.
We had been battling persistent weeds for months and tried numerous products from local hardware stores without success. After Fox Mowing treated the problem areas, the results were noticeable almost immediately. Our weed issue is finally under control, and the garden looks much better.
Small, regularly maintained lawns start from $50. Standard mowing with edges and a blow-down runs $70–$150+, basic gardening visits start from $70, overgrown work runs $100–$250+, and acreage is quoted on site.
Yes — acreage is the standard job in Tintenbar, not the exception. We bring ride-on gear for the open ground and brushcutters for fence lines and paddock edges, then quote the whole property on site so the price fits the work.
Every one to two weeks through the warm months, stretching to three or four weeks over winter. Subtropical growth runs for about ten months of the year here, so the schedule flexes with the season rather than staying fixed all year.
It mostly changes how fast everything grows — basalt-derived soil off the Alstonville Plateau edge is fertile, and lawns on the Tintenbar ridges can outpace the same grass on sandier coastal ground. Blocks near Emigrant or Teven Creek sit on softer alluvial ground instead, so we also time cuts around how wet the flats are.
Yes — hedges, pruning, weeding, bed clean-ups, mulching and green waste removal from $70 a visit, usually done in the same booking as the mowing.
Call 1800 369 669 or send the form and a local operator will be in touch the same day. For acreage we'll arrange a quick look at the block first so the quote is accurate – it usually takes minutes.