Hydroseeding in Gibsonville, NC

Hydroseeding in Gibsonville fits a town that literally began with dirt work. Joseph Gibson, a local farmer, provided grading services in 1851 for the newly formed North Carolina Railroad, and when the first train arrived in 1855 the depot was named Gibson Station in his honor. More than 170 years later, grading and seeding are still how new ground in Gibsonville gets ready to use.

Mill town to commuter town

The Minneola and Hiawatha textile mills turned Gibsonville from a farm shipping stop into an industrial town, and local leaders once grew the Rock Creek Dairy into the largest dairy in the state. When the mills closed in the 1980s, Gibsonville became a commuter community for Burlington and Greensboro. Most of its growth came after 1970, so many lawns here sit in subdivisions built on former farm ground.

Old gold diggings

Gold deposits were found on Gibson Hill, also called Gold Hill, south of town in the early 1800s, and a mining company began crushing ore half a mile south of the depot in 1899. Old mining and fill ground can turn up rock and poor subsoil. If a new lawn sits on that kind of material, we bring in topsoil before seeding instead of spraying onto rock.

Across two counties

Gibsonville is split almost evenly between Alamance and Guilford counties. Erosion control requirements on a building lot follow the plan approved for that lot, so we confirm which plan applies before we install silt fence or inlet protection.

Roses and lawns

The town has been called the City of Roses since at least 1920, when train passengers saw rose bushes along the tracks at the Minneola Mill. A good lawn sets off beds and borders, and we keep the spray out of planting areas a homeowner marks for us.

Need a new lawn or a lot stabilized in Gibsonville? Get a free estimate or call (336) 962-2439.