What to expect on your garden maintenance visit?

Why book garden maintenance?

We all want to enjoy and feel proud of our gardens. Whether it’s the first thing you see coming home after a day at work, or somewhere to sit out and entertain friends, or where the kids can go out to play! Everyone has different needs of their outdoor space, and not being green-fingered should not hold you back from making the most of your space. That is where HP Landscapes can step in to help. We offer garden maintenance services and this blog will break down, what to expect on a visit, seasonal extras and motivation to get your garden maximising it’s potential.

One of the core values of our maintenance department is that we offer flexibility with your visits. You can have the team come ad-hoc, just give either the office a call on 020 7731 3552 or an email to maintenance@hplandscapes.com with some dates that suit you and the team will do their best to fit you in to the schedule, or we can put together a contract which spreads the cost evenly throughout the year to keep your garden maintained with the seasons.

How to book a visit?

Once you’re ready to book in there are two routes;

1. If you know what you would like doing and have a list of garden tasks you need tackling we can book the teams in to get this done for you.

2. Or, if are looking for a refresh, a garden clearance or you are not sure where to start, you can either book in for an in-person quotation visit or send us photos.

Then we will work with dates that are you available and get you booked in to our schedule. You will receive notifications from our online booking system 4 days and 24 hours before your visit. If for any reason you need to reschedule, or cancel, please give us as much notice as possible.

What can I get done in my garden?

We send teams of two, for a minimum of two men for two hours to look at your garden. At HP Landscapes we pride ourselves on our teams work ethic, passion for gardening, and commitment to creating and maintaining beautiful gardens. We have a rotation of gardeners to visit your garden, which can be important to cast fresh eyes on the space and ensure nothing is missed visit to visit.

Your garden visit can last from four hours total labour, to half a day, to a full 16 hours total labour in your garden.

Tasks included in regular garden maintenance;

• Jet-washing of hard surfaces - patios, decking, garden furniture

• Mowing and edging of real lawns

• Jet-wash and rolling of astro-turf

• Pruning, deadheading, trimming, and training of plants

• Leaf blowing - we use electric tools to minimise noise disturbance

• Weed removal from borders and hard surfaces - weed spraying is an additional extra

• Watering, feeding and application of natural pest repellants

• Hedge cutting and topiary

• General clearance - ideal for end of tenancy or if the garden has become overgrown.

By booking in with our teams, you will also benefit from the expert advice and team management by our maintenance managers Anna and Jamie, they can assist you; setting out plants and designs on the day, provide specialist advice on garden pests or problems, or overseeing the work by the teams.

Anna is also available if you need a bespoke planting plan or redesign of your borders. No planting scheme is too small, and we can can design anything from a curated selection of pots and plants for your patios, to full-scale cottage garden borders in a variety of styles and schemes.

What if I want more than a one off visit?

The most cost effective way, and to ensure your garden looks it best throughout the seasons, we recommend a contract for regular garden maintenance. Some of our contract options;

1 - One visit a season - this is recommended if you keep on top of the mowing, pruning and general tidying of your garden throughout the year, but need that seasonal refresh of your garden. If you have a wisteria, seasonal bedding plants such as; geraniums, begonias that need replacing when they die off, need to have an annual jet wash of hard surfaces, to keep on top of slow-growing plants of things that need a long-ladder or specialist trees, including hedges, trees under 6ft.

2 - Monthly visits - if you are busy and don’t have time to take care of your garden, or just need that extra attention to your space

4 - Flexible monthly visits - this would mean more visits over the growing and busy Spring, Summer and Autumn and either no or less visits in the Winter when plants are dormant. 

What about extras? 

Seasonal extras are chargeable on top of you regular maintenance, but as we can incorporate the labour with your regular maintenance;

• Spring Bulbs

• Mulching of pots, beds and borders

• Buxus spray to prevent buxus moth and caterpillar infestations

• Plants - we hand pick these from our supplier to ensure you get the best of the bunch

• Wiring systems - to train plants to walls, fences or other vertical spaces

• Specialised cleaners for your patios and specific to the stone you have

• Painting of garden walls, fences or trellis’s

• Oiling of wooden components - garden furniture, battens, or fences

• Irrigation systems - system repairs or installation for pots, borders, and lawns

• Lawn maintenance - scarifying, fertilising and over-seeding

We also have our highly-qualified landscaping team. You can submit snagging requests for hard-landscaping aspects and as a regular maintenance client you will receive preferential treatment to resolve issues that arise in the garden. This can be anything from, replacing or repairing a trellis or fence panels, new paving and more.

What areas do we cover?

Wimbledon, Wandsworth, Balham, Merton, Morden, Mitcham, Clapham, Putney, Fulham, Chelsea, New Maldon, Sutton.

We look forward to seeing you and your garden soon!