There are two aspects to our services:
After an initial, free, consultation visit to discuss your requirements, we will send you our proposals for the design or redesign of your garden. This will include a fixed price quotation for the design stage. Once this is agreed, we will survey your garden, to measure it accurately and assess the soil, aspect and any other factors. Based on the survey and our discussions with you, we will then create an original design for the hard and soft landscaping in your garden. The design will be agreed with you in outline before a detailed plan is produced.
construction
We will then work with you to select a landscape contractor to carry
out the hard landscaping work. During the construction of your new garden,
we will also monitor the implementation of the design.
planting
Once the hard landscaping is complete, we will prepare a planting plan for the garden. We will then source and supply all plants, set them out and plant them in the garden.
advice
As well as our full design service, we can also provide a full range
of planting and design advice.
We are currently offering a special consultation visit for a fixed price
of £50. We will visit your garden and discuss any specific needs
or problems. This could include the style or theme of the garden, the
overall layout, the position of key elements, or the selection and care
of plants. The service does not include the preparation of a plan, although
we would be happy to quote for any drawings if these are subsequently
needed (in which case the £50 fee would be deducted from the final
cost of the design).
maintenance
We offer a full range of gardening services, from redesigning and replanting
individual borders or areas of your garden to supplying and planting window
boxes, pots and garden containers. We also offer a seasonal maintenance
service, providing specialist horticultural care for your garden to keep
it looking good throughout the year.
In the spring, the garden needs to be prepared so that it looks at its
best for the coming summer. Roses and early flowering shrubs and climbers
or those with colourful winter stems need to be pruned in the spring.
Any remaining dead growth on perennials and grasses should be cut down
and, as they start to grow, tall varieties should be staked to give them
support. Large clumps of perennials can be lifted and divided. Box and
other formal hedging can be trimmed to keep it looking neat for the summer
ahead . Bare soil should be mulched to keep down weeds.
Early summer is a busy time in the garden. Spring flowering perennials
can be cut back and tidied up. The faded foliage of bulbs can be cut back
and overcrowded clumps lifted and divided. Summer bedding should be planted
out now in baskets, containers, window boxes and borders. As the summer
continues, plants in containers should be fed to keep them in good condition.
Flowering plants should be dead-headed regularly to keep a succession
of flowers throughout the summer. Wisteria, rambling roses and shrubs
that flowered in early summer should be pruned now. Lavender and other
hedges can be trimmed later in the summer.
Autumn is a good time to plant new trees, shrubs, climbers and perennials
so that they are well-established for next summer. Spring flowering bulbs
such as daffodils, crocus and tulips can be planted now. Autumn is also
a time to start clearing and tidying the garden to prevent pests and diseases
from overwintering.
Bare rooted trees, shrubs and roses should be planted in the winter, along
with summer flowering bulbs. Woody ornamental shrubs and fruit trees can
be pruned early in the winter, followed later in the season by winter
flowering shrubs (once they have finished flowering) and those summer
flowering shrubs that flower on this year’s new growth. Evergreen
shrubs and hedges should be trimmed now.
