Hydroseeding in Orion Township, MI

Hydroseeding in Orion Township keeps running into water. The township has 42 lakes larger than five acres, including Lake Orion itself, and about 7 percent of its area is water. Lake Orion Heights sits between Lake Orion, Square Lake and Elkhorn Lake. When most of your neighbors are on a shoreline, keeping soil out of the lake is part of every lawn job.

Grass to the water's edge, or not

Many lake owners want lawn down to the seawall. A strip of deeper-rooted grass or native plants along the shore filters runoff better than short turf and holds the bank. We can hydroseed both: a turf mix for the yard and a taller mix for the last few feet. On a bank that slopes to the water we use a blanket so a summer storm does not wash the seed into the lake.

High ground

The township sits at about 1,004 feet, and Gingellville reaches 1,017. Higher, open ground dries faster in summer wind. A good hydromulch layer keeps seed moist in that first critical couple of weeks.

Parks next door

Orion reports more than 4,200 acres of parks and open space. Friendship Park covers almost 135 acres at Baldwin and Clarkston Roads, and Civic Center Park about 79 acres on Joslyn Road. Homes backing onto open space often have natural drainage paths running through the yard; we grade with them rather than against them.

Permits near water

Oakland County's soil erosion program requires a permit for work over 225 square feet within 500 feet of a lake, stream or wetland, in communities using the county office. With 42 lakes, that covers a lot of Orion. The county also asks homeowners to point downspouts away from bare soil with flexible pipe until grass is in.

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