Garden Maintenance & Grounds Care in Trowbridge

Regular visits or a one-off tidy

Some people want the garden kept on top of through the year. Others need one big push, for example before selling or letting a property, after a long spell when nobody could get to it, or before a garden makeover. Both are fine. Where a garden has gone beyond a tidy-up, it may be better treated as a garden clearance first.

Green waste is taken away as part of the job. Wiltshire Council's garden waste collection is a paid annual subscription for a 180 litre bin, so a big cut back can easily be more than one household bin can take.

Through the seasons

Spring is for weeding, edging and getting borders and lawns going again. Summer is regular mowing and keeping on top of growth. Hedges are best cut outside the main bird nesting season, roughly March to August, because damaging an active nest is an offence; check carefully before any summer trim. The hedge cutting guide explains the rules.

Autumn is the time for lawn renovation. The RHS suggests September or October for scarifying out thatch and aerating, and on clay soils hollow tining every three or four years helps with drainage. There is more in the autumn lawn care guide. Winter is for cutting back, clearing leaves and planning bigger jobs.

Hedges, trees and bigger jobs

Hedge and shrub work is part of regular maintenance. Larger tree work is covered on the tree surgery and hedge work page. If maintenance turns up a broken fence or a sunken path, fencing repairs and patio and path work can be quoted at the same time. Garden maintenance is available across Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon, Melksham and Westbury.