Hydroseeding in Franklin, TN

Hydroseeding in Franklin often starts with one question: where does the runoff go? The city grew up on both sides of the Harpeth River, a tributary of the Cumberland, and the Harpeth is also the source of the area's drinking water. Soil that leaves a bare lot during a storm ends up in that river, so on Franklin jobs we treat sediment control as part of the seeding plan, not an add-on.

Fields turned into neighborhoods

Franklin stayed a rural, farming county seat well into the 20th century. Since 1980, northern Franklin has been built out for homes and businesses, and the population has grown more than fivefold from 12,407 that year. Many lawns here sit on former pasture and crop ground that was stripped, graded and built on in the last few decades.

Our approach near the river

On lots that slope toward the Harpeth or a feeder creek, we set silt fence along the low side before any grading, protect nearby storm inlets, and get a hydromulch cover on bare soil as quickly as the schedule allows. Where a swale carries concentrated water, erosion control blankets hold seed better than slurry alone.

An unimpounded river

After a lowhead dam in the city was removed, the Harpeth became Tennessee's second-longest free-flowing stream. A river without dams rises and falls with each storm, which is one more reason to keep low areas of a yard covered and seeded rather than left as bare fill.

Older neighborhoods

Franklin protects many historic buildings and neighborhoods by ordinance. In established yards the work is usually lawn renovation: thin turf, compacted soil around a renovation, or a bare strip after a new driveway. Overseeding or a small hydroseed patch blends into an existing lawn better than sod in many of those spots.

Tell us what you are building or fixing and we will look at the slope and drainage with you. Get a free estimate or call (615) 437-2205.