the work we cover
Six kinds of work, one round. Most private gardens need two or three of them.
Hedge trimming
Boundary hedging, garden hedging and privacy screens taken to one straight, even line. Tops and sides levelled, clippings removed.
- Finished height agreed before the first cut, then held.
- Sides squared vertically, tops levelled flat.
- Cut back to the last healthy growth, never into bare wood.
- Clippings sacked and taken off site.
Shrub & plant pruning
Flowering and structural shrubs pruned to their own habit — dead, crossing and weak growth out first, then the shape set.
- Dead and damaged branches out before shaping begins.
- Flowering shrubs pruned in the season that suits the species.
- Shape guided by how the plant naturally grows.
- Beds cleared and defined around each plant.
Small tree work
Small garden trees pruned from the ground with loppers, a hand saw and a pole pruner. Light and clearance, not a hard cutback.
- Small ornamental and garden trees worked from ground level.
- Low limbs lifted clear of paths, drives and windows.
- Crossing and rubbing branches taken out.
- Crowns thinned so light reaches the planting beneath.
Overgrown clearance
Neglected beds, borders and paving cleared back to something manageable, with everything cut out carried away.
- Bramble, ivy and self-sown saplings taken out.
- Long grass and weeds cut back and raked.
- Plants worth keeping cut back rather than removed.
- All green waste sacked and off site the same day.
Seasonal tidy-ups
One timed visit for a single reset: spent growth cut back, beds weeded through, leaves and debris cleared.
- Leaves and fallen debris raked off lawn and paving.
- Herbaceous growth cut back once it has died down.
- Beds cleared and edged so they hold their shape.
- Everything sacked and removed.
Regular maintenance
A fixed number of visits on a cycle agreed in advance, held to the same standard each time.
- Visits booked on a fixed cycle and held to.
- Hedges, shrubs and beds kept to one standard.
- Dead and weak growth taken out on every visit.
- Cuttings and green waste removed every time.
start with the garden, not the list
Describe the size and the condition and we will say which of the six it needs and what it takes.