# Lawn Service on Kent Island: Stevensville and Chester

> Lawn care and landscaping on Kent Island, MD, in Stevensville and Chester: mowing, aeration, overseeding and leaf removal, over the Bay Bridge.

Page: https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/kent-island/lawn-care/  
Last changed: 2026-10-10

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# Kent Island lawns, mowed and seeded.

In Stevensville and Chester, we mow, aerate and overseed, and handle leaf removal once the leaves fall.

- Insured
- Locally owned
- Free estimates

![New grass seedlings coming up between older blades](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/gen/services/overseeding-desk.webp)

## Ground that drains slowly

35.1%

of Chester's mapped land is poorly drained soil. In Stevensville the share is 24.6%.

*Two bars: in Stevensville 18.6 percent of the mapped land is well drained and 24.6 percent poorly drained; in Chester 8.3 percent is well drained and 35.1 percent poorly drained*

- **About 5 inches** from the surface: as shallow as the water table gets under Whitemarsh silt loam.
- **2,639** of an estimated 3,471 Stevensville homes are single detached houses.

### Is there a lawn service on Kent Island?

Yes, in Stevensville and Chester. Lawns there get mowing, aeration and overseeding, and leaf removal in the fall from us. Expect wet ground: 35.1 percent of Chester's mapped land and 24.6 percent of Stevensville's is poorly drained soil. Text the address to (443) 223-8643 for a free estimate.

Sources: NOAA, the US Census Bureau, USDA NRCS Soil Data Access and MRLC land cover data, checked October 8, 2026; Queen Anne's County, from its page as published in early 2026.

## Lawns by the water

At least 100 feet.

The width of the Critical Area Buffer along the water in Queen Anne's County. An existing lawn in it may be mowed.

*Drawing of a waterfront lot in cross-section: a house and its lawn, then the Buffer of at least 100 feet along the water, where an existing lawn may be mowed but shrubs and marsh may not, and no new lawn may be made*

- **300 feet or more** on some properties, where a wider buffer was set when the project was approved.

[Everything we do on Kent Island](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/kent-island/)

### Can a lawn near the water on Kent Island be mowed?

An existing lawn in the Critical Area Buffer may be mowed, but new lawn cannot be created there, and shrubs, marsh and forest understory may not be mowed. In Queen Anne's County the Buffer is at least 100 feet wide, and some properties had a buffer of 300 feet or more set when the project was approved.

## Lawn care on both shores.

- ![A worker with a backpack blower moving fallen leaves onto a tarp](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/gen/services/fall-cleanup-phone.webp) [Lawn care](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/landscape-maintenance/) The work, and how it is quoted.
- ![Drawing of grass seed falling on the same lawn, landing on a bare patch and in the open channels](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/drawn/seed.svg) [Aeration and overseeding](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/landscape-maintenance/aeration-overseeding/) Thin spots seeded in the fall.
- ![Map with Stevensville and Chester marked on Kent Island, across the Chesapeake Bay from Annapolis, Arnold and Gibson Island](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/own/map-kent-desk.webp) [Kent Island](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/kent-island/) Washing, gutters and lights in Stevensville and Chester.
- ![Map with Arnold marked between Severna Park and Annapolis, Cape St. Claire to its east and Crownsville to its west](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/assets/own/map-arnold-desk.webp) [Arnold lawn care](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/arnold/lawn-care/) Across the Bay, on the Broadneck.

## Questions

### What soil do Kent Island lawns grow on?

Mostly silt loam. Mattapex-Butlertown silt loam is the most common soil in both towns: 30.4 percent of Stevensville's mapped land and 37.1 percent of Chester's.

### How much of Chester and Stevensville is farmland?

Cultivated crops cover 28.2 percent of Chester and 23.0 percent of Stevensville in the 2021 land cover data.

### When does the growing season run on Kent Island?

Between freezes, from about March 29 to November 12. Those are the median last spring freeze and first fall freeze at the NOAA station in Stevensville.

## Get a free estimate.

Name the street, Stevensville or Chester, and the lawn work you want. Expect a text or a call back.

[Call (443) 223-8643](tel:+14432238643)

[How estimates work](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/estimates/) [Towns we cover](https://fannonpropertyservices.com/service-area/)

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