Services
Garden Maintenance
Planting Design
I offer regular maintenance gardening to keep your garden healthy and looking beautiful. I garden to benefit soil health and wildflife wherever possible as this in turn benefits your plants. This is balanced with a high attention to detail, ensuring your garden always looks cared for.
I can assist with the following:
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Thoughtful pruning and training of shrubs and roses.
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Seasonal care of herbaceous perennials including staking, pruning, dividing and cutting back.
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Weeding.
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Cutting and shaping of small to medium hedges and topiary.
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If you want to re-invigorate, re-imagine or improve the planting in your garden, I offer planting design for your existing or new garden borders and spaces, including pots and planters.
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Choosing plants that are suited to growing in the existing conditions is the best way of ensuring success.
Where possible, I will select plants that are good for wildlife and provide you with year round interest. I will also look at whether we can re-use and re-invigorate your existing planting where applicable and appropriate.
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The planting design process:
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I will undertake an initial assessment of the existing planting (if present).
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I'll send you a questionnaire to ascertain your preferences and requirements.
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I will produce a mood board to demonstrate overall style and colour palette.
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I will complete an on-site survey, take measurements and asses soil type and aspect.
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​I will produce a detailed planting plan and plant schedule (how many plants are required and how they will be arranged).
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I can source and arrange delivery of plants for you or you can do this yourself.
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Planting
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If required I can produce an annual maintenance schedule for you to follow throughout the year.
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Please note I do not offer wider garden design services or advise on hard landscaping.
About Me (& Moss)
I am a qualified, professional and friendly gardener based in North Wootton, Somerset (BA4).
I pride myself on being reliable, providing a high quality of work, attention to detail and care. I work closely with my clients to understand their needs and priorities.
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I am passionate about wildlife, and garden using organic principles wherever possible, working to maintain soil and plant health, whilst also ensuring a high quality aesthetic.
After a rewarding 15 year career in television production, I retrained in horticulture in 2018. I hold a level II NPTC certificate in practical horticulture and a RHS Level II diploma. I have worked as a gardener for organisations including Highgrove and the National Trust.
When possible I like to bring along my gardening side-kick Moss, a bedlington whippet who works for biscuits!
