Complete garden management in the Canterbury area

Work we undertake includes:

• Seasonal garden tasks such as weeding, pruning, dead heading, lifting and dividing perennials
• Lawn mowing
• Soil cultivation and conditioning
• Organic pest and disease control
• Planting out, redesigning & creating new borders
• Garden design

A small team of 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

We deliver whole garden management, ensuring the right tasks are undertaken at the right time of year

Each member of the team has the qualifications and experience in horticulture required to undertake garden maintanance to a consistantly high standard

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)

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 relaxed areas, growing native plants, tolerating low pest populations, leaving some spent 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 using cultural control methods such as: 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