I can't remember the garden looking more beautiful. We can tell you really care and we appreciate it!
I have put a great deal of thought into building Suburban Oasis - a gardening service designed to fulfil the needs of a diverse range of people and gardens: regular maintenance, occasional assistance, soft landscaping designs, helpful advice, and programmes for lawn care, hedge maintenance and border management. I would be delighted to lend you as little as a green finger or as much as a helping hand.
Call me to discuss any help you need. A prompt, courteous and knowledgeable gardening service is within easy reach.
- RHS-qualified
- Study at Great Dixter
- Licensed carrier of controlled waste
- NPTC-accredited for the safe storage and application of pesticides
- CRB-checked
- Public liability cover up to £1m
- Use of own equipment
- Year-round service
- Cash or cheque accepted and receipt provided
- Free estimates provided within a 15-mile radius
- An abundance of satisfied clients
Border management
Paradise has never been defined by size so even small gardens can become a Babylonian wonder or provide a feast of flora for the family.
Regular loving care and attention will ensure your borders provide an optimum display throughout the season. Weeding, feeding, dead-heading, pruning, staking, transplanting, mulching and, planting up your tubs and containers: I undertake as much or as little as you require using my own equipment and calling on knowledge and experience amassed over years.
As an RHS-qualified gardener brimming with enthusiasm and knowledge, you will find my advisory service a worthwhile supplement to other sources of garden education such as books, garden shows, and like-minded friends.
Call me to discuss how my advice can get your gardening ambitions off to a blossoming start.
Lawn care
A well-maintained lawn provides the perfect canvas for showing off your plants and borders. Lawn care is not just about keeping the grass mown: a tended lawn is longer lasting, provides a safe play area, helps to absorb excess rainfall to avoid flooding and promotes a feeling of general wellbeing.
My lawn care programme involves the timely undertaking of scarification, aeration, the application of a top dressing, feeding and, if necessary, the well-timed application of a herbicide to control any weeds. In addition, mowing with the appropriate seasonal frequency and the right equipment all ensures a lawn that turns your neighbours green with envy.
As an NPTC-certified handler in the safe storage and application of pesticides you can be assured of my competence when using such products.
Hedge maintenance
Hedges provide a haven for wildlife, are a cheaper alternative to fencing and walls, make excellent wind breaks and create a long-lasting, natural backdrop to complement any garden.
Hedges can be formal, informal, deciduous or evergreen so depending on what you want to achieve with your hedge, I can advise you on the most appropriate genus and species. If the idea of a hedge appeals but you aren’t sure of the best approach, contact me. Likewise, to keep an existing hedge in perfect condition, ask about my hedge maintenance service.
I carry all of the right equipment so you can be confident that your hedges will look perfectly groomed. As a certified remover of trade waste I offer very reasonable rates to take away any associated rubbish from the site, should you so wish.
Advisory service
Are you a recent convert to gardening? Have you got the gardening bug but you don’t know your shade lovers from your sun worshippers? There is so much to learn: when is the best time to sow, plant, and prune; what plants are best suited to different aspects of your garden; what is the best way to maintain your lawn?
You will find my advisory service a worthwhile supplement to other sources of garden education such as books, garden shows, and like-minded friends.
Design Service
Would you like your garden to have more privacy? Do you have an awkward border where nothing seems to grow? Would you like to create a small adult haven to escape the family but you can’t decide where or how? Do you just want some garden ideas?
Rather than a full and expensive garden redesign, a soft landscaping design allows you to titivate aspects of your garden that frustrate you.
With minimal disruption, requiring nominal cost but achieving maximum impact, my soft landscaping design service could be just the ticket.
