Sunday Lawn Care Review (2022)

It’s no secret that maintaining a yard is time-consuming, and not all professional services live up to their promises for a vibrant lawn. Whether as part of a weekend ritual or to ensure their home gets the best care, many homeowners would prefer to manage their lawn care themselves.

Sunday has emerged as a do-it-yourself (DIY) choice for fans of subscription services, with easy-to-understand packaging for new homeowners learning how to maintain a lawn. The question is: Does the provider live up to the hype? In our Sunday lawn care review, we’ll comb through the benefits, drawbacks, plan options, add-on products, and customer reviews you need to know before choosing the best lawn care service for your lawn.

• Frequency of Service: Varies by region, but customers typically receive four boxes over the course of the growing season
• State Availability: 50
• Get a Quick Quote: Visit Sunday’s site

Here are a few key highlights of things we liked and didn’t like about Sunday.

Sunday doesn’t currently have reviews on trusted third-party sites like the Better Business Bureau or Google Reviews, which may cause concern for some shoppers. However, the provider hosts comments on its website. Here are a few highlights from customers:

“I switched [to] Sunday this year after spending a couple years and a couple thousand dollars on another big name company. I was drawn to the care the team put into the nutrients, and being pet friendly was a must. The plan was super simple to follow and a fraction of the cost. Of course the results[,] I have to talk about them. They exceeded my expectations in just one year. I can’t wait for next spring.” —John via getsunday.com

“Fantastic lawn care products that ship quickly and in recyclable packaging. It’s super easy to hook up to your garden hose and apply to your lawn. My lawn has thicker growth and is durable through the summer heat. Application schedule is flexible, if you’re too busy or Mother Nature isn’t being cooperative, you can apply the treatment when it’s convenient.” —Brandon via getsunday.com

“My lawn looks the same, if not a bit worse than it did this time last year. I followed the instructions to the letter, but I haven’t seen any improvement, and I’m hesitant to invest so much in another year to see if anything changes.” —Monica via getsunday.com

“The boxes are packaged well, and the instructions are very simple. The problem is my lawn looks worse than it ever has. I’m certain Sunday is not the only factor, but I expected to see some positive results after a few months… it’s not gotten any better. The lawn almost acts like it’s in drought conditions, but I’ve watered twice a week since around May. My lawn has looked better without putting anything on it in prior years.” —Zane via getsunday.com

Sunday can provide a free online quote using satellite imagery of your lawn for its DIY subscriptions. However, Sunday does not recommend its lawn treatments for yards bigger than 13,500 square feet, making it a better option for smaller properties.

There are three Sunday lawn care plans to choose from in most areas of the United States to maintain the health of your lawn and garden. Here’s the breakdown of what each plan offers:

• Basic Care: In most regions, this plan includes 12 seasonal, sprayable pouches of micronutrients tailored to your lawn’s needs, along with a soil test kit. 
• Keep & Protect: Building on the 12 seasonal nutrient pouches of lawn fertilizer offered through Basic Care, Keep & Protect also offers a reusable gallon sprayer, weed concentrate, and a soil test kit.
• Grow & Renew: Adding to the weed control products, reusable sprayer, soil test, and nutrients found in Keep & Protect, the Grow & Renew plan also provides three bags of seed. 

As for the frequency of service, our research found that most customers can expect four shipments per year throughout their area’s growing season. The company asks that you send back a soil sample as part of its soil test kit to personalize your lawn’s nutrients for healthy grass.

Since Sunday offers a DIY approach to lawn care, professional services like aeration and treatments for trees and shrubs aren’t available through the provider.

Sunday Subscription Pricing

We secret-shopped for Sunday plans across Charleston, South Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; and Salt Lake City to get a sense of what homeowners across the nation can expect from Sunday’s pricing.

We found that the pricing for Basic Care plans ranged minimally, from $228 to $229 in our quotes. Keep & Protect plans were all quoted at $258, and Grow & Renew plans were all quoted at $330 across the three cities.

Sunday Lawn Care Products

Beyond its lawn care plans, Sunday also offers a variety of pet and lawn products to shoppers. The provider’s offerings fall into the following categories:

• Weed control products: For those battling unwanted growth, Sunday provides both spray packs that attach to your hose to treat a large area and handheld bottles of weed killers for smaller applications. The company offers Weed Warrior, a general herbicide, and Dandelion Doom, designed to kill broadleaf weeds. 
• Pest control products: With self-explanatory, punny names, Sunday goes after lawn pests with Mosquito Deleto, Fire Ant Fighter, Nix Ticks, and Ant Adios. For broad-spectrum pest repellant power, Sunday has Bug Doom Home Insect Barrier to spray around a home’s perimeter and Bug Doom Home Insect Control for use inside the home. 
• Pet repair products: Protect your lawn from brown spots with Sunday’s Pet Patch, designed to remove contaminants from pet urine. Pet Safe Ice Melt is formulated to be less corrosive for driveways when furry friends need to go out during icy winter months.
• Garden products: Sunday caters to floral fans with its Classic Bulb, Western Pollinator Wildflower, Eastern Pollinator Wildflower, and Grand Bulb garden kits of seed starter, seed packets, and fertilizer. The provider also offers Flower & Bloom Plant Food Mix. 
• Seeds: Sunday has a variety of grass seeds and seed blends for your lawn, including seed for lawns with fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, Bermuda grass, and clover blend. The company also offers Bare Repair Sun & Shade and Core Seed & Feed to improve lawn health and nutrition while promoting new grass growth.

These Sunday products can be shipped individually from your subscription box if desired, and they are all add-on purchases beyond your plan’s lawn maintenance products.

Sunday states that it aims to use natural ingredients or naturally derived products in its smart-lawn plans whenever possible. The company also aims to avoid synthetic pesticides when possible in its pest control products to reduce their impact on your lawn’s ecosystem. Each product’s label is available to read on the company’s website. 

However, only four products from Sunday are genuinely organic. These include two version of Weed Warrior, an organic herbicide certified by the USDA’s National Organic Program for those seeking eco-friendly weed control. It comes in a concentrate with a wand sprayer and a spray bottle for individual application. For pest control, Ant Adios is listed as an option for organic gardening by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI). Finally, the company’s Flower & Bloom Plant Food Mix is also OMRI-listed.

Sunday may appeal to those who want a streamlined, simple box of products shipped to their house and tailored to their lawn’s needs. The beginner-friendly instructions, pet-related products, and range of pest control options are bonuses for many homeowners.

For a hands-off approach, a broad range of services like aeration and soil amendment, plus more than 30 years of experience, our recommendation is TruGreen. The provider also earned bonus points for its mobile app, reservicing guarantee, and money-back guarantee. We recommend getting quotes from both providers to select the right plan for your lawn.

How We Chose the Top Lawn Care Services

We researched and analyzed widely available lawn care services, spoke with customer service representatives, and analyzed customer experiences based on hundreds of consumer reviews and call-listening sessions to find common pain points and lawn care service requests.

We also secret-shopped for quotes from six providers to simulate the customer experience with each process and compare pricing for similar services. Although lawn care offerings can vary based on seasonality and location, we reviewed and compared each provider’s service programs, frequency of service, customer support, pest and weed control options, contact options, industry reputation, ingredients, and state availability.