Our Services — Sod Delivery, Sod Prep, Sod Installation
Farm-cut sod installed across Franklin — the open farm-field frontages, the stone-wall upland lots off Route 32 and Route 207, and the wooded rural properties that draw off private wells. Same-day-cut sod, all-terrain forklift placement, sod-specialist crews.
(203) 806-4086
Franklin is one of the smallest and most rural towns in New London County, a quiet stretch of working farms, hayfields, and wooded uplands between Norwich and Lebanon. There is no dense village center here — homes sit on generous, irregular lots, many of them farmhouses and set-back colonials with pasture or field beyond the treeline, and nearly all of them run off private wells rather than town water. The ground is classic eastern-Connecticut glacial till: a workable loam along the old field edges, rockier and thinner where the ridges rise, and studded with the stone walls that mark the old farm boundaries. That means a Franklin lawn depends far more on drainage, root depth, and honest prep than on anything fancy.
CT Sod runs install crews across New London County and eastern Connecticut, and Franklin's mix of open field frontage and shaded farmhouse lots is exactly the kind of ground we install for — backed by 30 years of sod industry experience. Pallets are cut to order at the farm the morning of installation, never pulled from a stockpile, and set where the crew is working by all-terrain forklift so nothing gets stranded at the end of a long rural drive. A crew that lays sod nearly every day handles the install and matches variety to the site: tall fescue or RTF for the open, full-sun field-edge lots that bake through a dry summer on thin soil, and a bluegrass-fescue blend for the shaded frontages under old oak and maple. Take install-only if your prep is handled, or full-service if you want us to strip, grade, topsoil, and lay in one scope.
Here is what install day looks like in Franklin. Once the quote is approved and the date set, your sod is cut fresh at the farm that morning and loaded for the run out into the uplands. On a full-service job the crew strips the old turf, grades, and works in clean topsoil first; on install-only your prep is already done and we deliver and lay. The all-terrain forklift then carries pallets down the long driveways and out past the field edges to where the crew is working — the kind of reach a curbside drop can't manage on a deeply set-back farm lot. From there a sod-only crew rolls it out, cuts it tight to walks, beds, and the stone-wall lines, and rolls the seams the same day it was harvested. Before we leave, you get a watering handoff built around your well capacity so the first soak goes down right.
Your sod is cut to order at the farm the morning of installation, never stockpiled. Fresh sod roots faster and shrugs off transplant stress better than a tired pallet — which counts on Franklin's thin, stony upland soil, where a new lawn has to establish before the dry weeks of summer arrive and the field-edge lots start to bake.
Franklin homes sit well back off Route 32, Route 207, and the winding country roads, usually behind a long gravel drive. Our forklift carries each pallet down the driveway and out past the field edge to where the crew is laying, so sod is never dropped at the road and dragged across a lawn or a stone-wall line to get where it needs to go.
Tall fescue or RTF for the open, full-sun field-edge and pasture lots that ride out a dry summer on thin, stony soil; a bluegrass-fescue blend for the shaded farmhouse frontages under mature oak and maple; and Kentucky bluegrass where a sunny yard wants the richest color. We match sod to the site rather than laying one blend everywhere.
Choose install-only and you or your landscaper strip the old turf, add topsoil, and grade before we deliver and lay. Or go full-service and CT Sod handles removal, topsoil, grading, and rolling in one scope before the sod goes down. Both run across Franklin's farm and woods lots, each with a written scope before any crew is booked.
Every Franklin install is scoped per property — square footage, the long-driveway access, drainage on the stony till, well capacity for watering, and any prep. You get a written quote with the work and inclusions spelled out before crews are scheduled, whether it is a shaded farmhouse frontage or an open field-edge lot.
We are sod specialists, not general landscapers laying a little turf on the side. The same fresh-cut product and install standard runs on every job across New London County, backed by 30 years of sod industry experience, whether it is a small farmhouse yard or a wide open frontage out toward the fields.
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Recent Work Nearby
A few recent jobs our crews delivered across Connecticut — tap any photo to see the full project.
New Canaan, CT
Our first commercial job story: a schedule mixup left no installers on the day the sod arrived — and the property had a party that same afternoon. Our crew laid 4,500 square feet of fresh-cut Kentucky bluegrass in steady rain, at no extra charge, and the lawn was ready before the guests.
Fairfield, CT
The finish of our Fairfield pool-rebuild story: gravel and hardened concrete slurry out, screened topsoil and irrigation in, and 2,500 square feet of fresh-cut Kentucky bluegrass wrapping the new pool and stone patio.
Milford, CT
The finish of our Milford patio-damage story: dead machine routes stripped and regraded in the morning, 1,500 sq ft of fresh-cut Kentucky bluegrass laid the same afternoon — sprinklers running before the trailer left the curb.
Call (203) 806-4086 or send the details through our quote form and we'll walk through your square footage, driveway access, and prep needs. You get a written quote before crews are scheduled.
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Every install is quoted per project scope. Call for a free quote — we’ll walk through your site, access, and prep needs on the phone.
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Verified customer reviews
A sample of verified reviews from our 4.6-star Google Business Profile.
“Excellent price and high quality work. All the workers were clean and respectful. The whole process took a few weeks from order to installation however it is well worth the wait. They also sodded extra areas and did some mulch at no charge.”
“CT Sod’s website was very helpful for pricing and installation advice. Purchase was easy. The sod was very healthy when it arrived, my son and I installed, and it looks great.”
“CT Sod was very easy to work with. The communication about delivery was very accommodating. Highly recommend!”
“We had a fantastic experience with CT Sod. Kayla was awesome. She was responsive, knowledgeable, easy to work with and delivered high-quality sod on time as scheduled. We went with the blue grass/fescue mix which looks amazing and I would definitely recommend their product.”
“I’ve had sod deliveries from CT Sod to properties I have in both Greenwich and Milford. Each sod delivery has been high quality bluegrass sod, and both my neighbors and landscaper admired the quality. Kayla in the office even texts you the exact time it will come the night before. I couldn’t be more impressed with the service and product I received from CT Sod. You will not be disappointed with this sod company.”
“These guys are the real deal. Great price for great quality and most of all great service. Definitely recommend them.”
