The right choice of grass seed and a little extra care are all it takes to keep a shaded lawn full and green.
Plant chewing fescue or creeping red fescue.
To fill in bare spots, overseed with a fast growing rye grass. But you'll have to reseed it every spring, since rye won't last from year to year in the shade.
Thin trees rather than remove them. A tree surgeon can remove 40 per cent of a tree's canopy without harming it. The extra light will benefit the grass underneath.
Raise your mower blade to a height of 1½in/38mm before mowing a shaded part of the lawn; you'll leave more leaf surface.
Water no more than once or twice a week - and water thoroughly. Wetting just the surface of the soil encourages tree roots to grow upwards, where they compete with grass for water and nutrients
