There are people that prefer actual gardening.
A yard that I've been maintaining for 25+ years has almost no turf left...
Each time the homeowner asked about a patch of turf that wasn't performing... My first solutions were always "what would grow better instead of the turf?"
A little research, and another patch of turf that got taken out in favor of something that took less maintenance and was a better pollinator resource.
As far as mowing?
Those "gardeners who mow" may not know enough to even do that...
There are aspects to mowing that those "mow and blow" companies commonly fail with...
Like... I've seen plants in mulched beds get cut down with string trimmers... they also tend to run the edger and leave the encroaching turf still rooted in the flower bed... Better not to touch the beds... rather than make cleaning up after the turf guy so much harder...
And... let's try to get over our anger at the guys that destroy trees with those string trimmers...
And... those people that like to destroy yards by putting heavy equipment on them while the soil is soft...
