Complete garden management in the Canterbury area

Professional gardeners delivering regular garden maintenance in small, medium and large private gardens, on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis, covering year-round horticultural needs.

Whole garden management, ensuring the right tasks are undertaken at the right time of year.

Every member of the team hold the qualifications and experience in horticulture and undertake garden maintanance consistantly and at a high standard.

Work we undertake includes:

• Seasonal garden tasks in the borders such as weeding & pruning
• Lawn mowing
• Soil conditioning
• Designing planting plans & creating new borders
• Propagation and planting

Gardening with wildlife and the environment in mind

We work with the principles set out in the 5 Principles of Organic Gardening by Garden Organic (formally the Henry Doubleday Research Association HDRA) which we apply to flower gardens as well as vegetable gardens.

1. Build and maintain soil health by applying home-made compost & manure, keeping soil covered and minimizing digging

2. Encourage biodiversity by creating biologically active soil, growing a mix of plants, leaving some 'relaxed' areas, growing native plants, tolerating low pest populations, leaving some dead growth up over winter and designing gardens with wildlife ponds

3. Use resources responsibly by designing borders with drought tolerant plants, using collected rainwater, using manual rather than power tools, buying second hand or good quality tools & equipment and avoiding plastic materials

4. Avoid using harmful chemicals by digging out unwanted native perennials by hand, hoeing or cutting unwanted native annuals, leaving beneficial native plants where possible, growing plants that are less susceptible to pests

5. Maintain a healthy growing area by maintaining a fertile, biologically active soil, keeping good air flow around plants, careful watering & cleaning tools & equipment between gardens