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Biological Lawn Care in Pinehurst, Aberdeen & the Sandhills

Nature's Select® has served the Sandhills since 2018 from an owner-operated office at 290 Ridgeline Rd B in Aberdeen, a few minutes from the Village of Pinehurst Historic District. The franchise covers Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Seven Lakes, and Whispering Pines, along with the Country Club of NC, Forest Creek, Fairwoods on 7, Mid-South, and Pinewild communities and the surrounding Moore County towns, using the same biological lawn care approach that Nature's Select® has refined across North Carolina since 1994. The page below covers the office details, the services we offer, what makes Sandhills lawns distinct, and the neighborhoods we work in every week.

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What Does Biological Lawn Care Look Like for a Sandhills Lawn?

Biological lawn care for a Sandhills lawn means a soil-first approach calibrated to sandy soil and warm-season grass dominance. The Sandhills office, applies Nature's Select® Solutions tailored to the property's specific conditions and uses targeted chemistry only when measured pressure exceeds the treatment threshold.

The program applies the same biological principles Nature's Select® has refined since 1994, calibrated to Sandhills conditions. Warm-season lawns (bermudagrass, zoysiagrass, centipedegrass) receive input timing matched to the warm-season growth cycle, while cool-season fescue lawns receive summer-stress mitigation through building soil organic content. Brown patch monitoring runs through the peak-pressure summer months, and spring dead spot work happens in fall, the only effective treatment window for that warm-season disease. Pre-emergent applications are timed to soil temperatures, ahead of crabgrass germination, rather than to the calendar. Nature's Select® Solutions, a proprietary blend of compost teas, beneficial microorganisms, and organic matter amendments, holds nutrients in sandy soil that would otherwise leach below the root zone. The result is fewer applications, fewer brown-out days during summer drought, and soil that compounds in health season over season.

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Sandhills office since 2018

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1300+ Sandhills customers served

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Pinehurst, Aberdeen & Southern Pines plus Seven Lakes, Foxfire, Whispering Pines, West End, Pine Bluff, Carthage and Cameron

The Sandhills Office

Address: 290 Ridgeline Rd B, Aberdeen, NC 28315 

Phone: 910-634-3886

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM

A few minutes from the Village of Pinehurst Historic District. Serving Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Seven Lakes, and surrounding Moore County communities since 2018.

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Services We Offer Across the Sandhills

Every service Nature's Select® offers across North Carolina is available across the Sandhills, calibrated to the region's sandy soil and warm-season turf dominance.

What Makes Sandhills Lawns Different

The Sandhills sits in a transition zone between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain. From Foxfire to Whispering Pines, soil, dominant turf, and seasonal pressure all behave differently here than in the Triad or Triangle.

Soil Profile

The Sandhills Soil Profile

The Sandhills sits on sandy and loamy topsoil left by ancient marine sediment, dominant from the Pinehurst Country Club neighborhoods to the rural-residential properties around Carthage. The soil drains fast and holds nutrients poorly, which is exactly why biological inputs matter more here than in the clay-heavy regions of the Piedmont — without organic matter and beneficial microbes, synthetic nutrients leach below the root zone within days.

Turf Types

Dominant Sandhills Turf Types

Warm-season grasses dominate Sandhills lawns. Bermudagrass anchors most residential and golf-course properties (the same species that anchors Pinehurst No. 2), zoysiagrass is increasingly popular for HOA properties in Pinewild and Mid South Club, and centipedegrass works for low-input residential lawns. Cool-season fescue can survive in shaded yards but typically struggles through Sandhills summer heat.

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Sandhills Seasonal Pressure Calendar

Sandhills pressure follows a predictable seasonal rhythm, with applications timed to soil temperature and pressure onset. Spring is pre-emergent ahead of crabgrass germination and spring dead spot on warm-season lawns. Summer brings peak brown patch on fescue, large patch on warm-season turf, and drought stress on sandy soils. Fall shifts to dollar spot and rust while opening the spring dead spot treatment window. Winter is warm-season dormancy with soil-building applications continuing.

Why Sandhills Homeowners Choose Nature's Select®

The same six principles that have guided Nature's Select® across North Carolina since 1994 apply on every Sandhills property. The Sandhills context simply makes some of them more visible than others.

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Soil-First, Not Symptom-First

Sandy Sandhills soil cannot hold synthetic nutrients the way clay can. Biology has to do the work, which is why our program leads with soil amendments.

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Spoon-Fed Nutrients Reduce Pollution

Calendar fertilizer dumps wash through the Sandhills sand within days. Our spoon-fed timing keeps nutrients in the root zone and out of the watershed.

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Drought-Resilient Soil

Sandhills summers run dry, and the sand drains fast. Building soil organic content holds more water in the root zone, which shows up as healthier lawns from June through September

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Fewer Plant-Care Chemicals

Healthy biological soil suppresses many warm-season pressures (large patch, spring dead spot, dollar spot) before they cross a treatment threshold. Customers see fewer chemical inputs over a season.

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Local Owner, Local Technician

The Sandhills office is owner-operated by Billy Gray, based in Aberdeen with weekly visits across Pinehurst, Pinewild, Forest Creek, Southern Pines, Aberdeen, and the Seven Lakes communities. The franchise opened in 2018 and has grown from 240 customers to more than 1,350.

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Environmental Stewards

Affiliations with local, state, and national associations, including the NC State Beekeepers Association, drive our protocol for every visit: no broad spraying during bloom, the lowest effective rate, and treating only the affected area. Especially relevant in the Sandhills community, with its mix of residential gardens and large open landscapes including the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens.

Where We Work in Pinehurst & Surrounding Areas

About the Sandhills Franchise

Nature's Select® Pinehurst is the Sandhills operating unit of the broader Nature's Select® franchise network. It opened in 2018 to provide premier biological lawn care to Pinehurst-area homes. The office at 290 Ridgeline Rd B in Aberdeen is the operational center.

Founded: 2018 as the third Nature's Select® Operating Unit.

Growth: From 240 customers at opening to more than 1,350 today.

Approach: Same biological training the original 1994 group carried, calibrated to Sandhills sandy soil and warm-season lawns.

Role in the network: Anchors the Sandhills territory in Nature's Select®'s North Carolina footprint (Piedmont Triad, Research Triangle, Sandhills).

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Geographic Coverage

Moore County, NC. Zip codes 28370 and 28374 (Pinehurst), 28315 (Aberdeen), 28387 (Southern Pines), 28327 (Whispering Pines), 27376 (Seven Lakes). Call the office to confirm coverage for your specific address.

What Sandhills Customers Say

Before/after photos from real customer properties

Where We Work: Our Locations Across North Carolina

Founded in Winston-Salem in 1994, Nature's Select® has expanded across North Carolina into the Triad, the Triangle, and the Sandhills, and continues to add franchises across the region. Call the toll-free number and you'll be routed to the office that covers your address.

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Chapel Hill Office919-335-4656

Serving the Research Triangle (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, Durham, Pittsboro)

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Greensboro Office336-221-7680

Serving the Piedmont Triad (Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Summerfield, Oak Ridge)

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Pinehurst Office 910-634-3886

Serving the Sandhills (Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Southern Pines, Seven Lakes)

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Winston-Salem336-729-3122

Serving the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville, King)

Not sure which office covers your address? Call (888) 786-9735 and we will point you to the right local team.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Sandhills office serves Moore County zip codes including 28370 and 28374 (Pinehurst), 28315 (Aberdeen), 28387 (Southern Pines), and 28327 (Whispering Pines). Surrounding communities, including Foxfire, West End, Pinebluff, Carthage, and Cameron, are also within the regular service footprint. Call 910-634-3886 to confirm coverage for your specific address.

Warm-season grasses dominate the Sandhills because they handle the region's sandy soil and summer heat better than cool-season alternatives. Bermudagrass is the most common choice for full-sun residential lawns, such as those in Old Town Pinehurst and Forest Creek. Zoysiagrass offers strong drought tolerance with slower growth, popular in Pinewild and Mid-South Club. Centipedegrass works for low-input properties. Cool-season fescue can work in shaded yards, but it typically struggles in July through August.

Large patch can be prevalent April through August, when soil temperature and moisture favor the fungus on Sandhills turf. The Sandhills office treats large patch disease pressure preventatively on Zoysia and Fescue lawns, using targeted fungicide applications at the lowest effective rate.

The Sandhills office is at 290 Ridgeline Rd B in Aberdeen, NC 28315, a few minutes from the Village of Pinehurst Historic District. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. Reach the office directly at 910-634-3886 or use the toll-free number (888) 786-9735, which automatically routes to the right team.

Yes. The office regularly services residential properties throughout the Village of Pinehurst, the Pinehurst Resort area, the Pinehurst Country Club neighborhoods, and the surrounding communities, including Forest Creek, Mid-South Club, Pinewild, Country Club of NC, and National Golf Club..

Most on-property assessments are scheduled within 48 hours of the initial call. A technician will walk the lawn, identify visible concerns, assess soil conditions, and provide a written estimate before any work begins. Schedule an assessment by calling 910-634-3886.

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