Garden maintenance in Crawley Down

A regular visit that covers the whole garden, so your weekends in the village stay your own.

Regular garden maintenance in Crawley Down suits the way the village works. Most people drive out each morning to Crawley, East Grinstead or Gatwick, and a fair few carry on to London. For half the year it’s dark by the time you’re home. We come on a set rhythm and do whatever the garden needs that week, so it never gets ahead of you.

You’ll see the same faces at every visit. We know where the side gate key lives, which bed has the bulbs in it, and that the back lawn is always the last to dry. You never have to explain the garden twice.

What garden maintenance covers on a fortnightly visit

Lawn cut and edged. Beds weeded and tidied. Shrubs and hedges trimmed when they’re due, not all at once. Leaves cleared from lawns and paths in autumn. All the waste goes in our van, which counts for something in Mid Sussex, where the garden waste bin is a paid subscription with a waiting list. For a garden with a lawn, a couple of borders and boundary hedges, a fortnightly visit through the growing season is usually about right.

A gardener in Crawley Down who plans the year for you

Gardening services work best when someone’s thinking a season ahead. We’ll plan the big hedge cuts for autumn and winter, raise the mower when a dry spell sets in, and mulch the beds in spring while the soil’s still moist. On the sandier ground that dries out fast, that spring mulch makes a real difference by July. Through winter, visits drop to about monthly, for leaves, rose pruning and dormant hedge work.

Garden Maintenance in Crawley Down: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

How often would you come?

Fortnightly suits most gardens in the village between spring and autumn. Bigger plots, like the large gardens down on the southern edge round Sandhill Lane, may want weekly visits in May and June. Through winter, monthly keeps things in hand.

Can you take over from my previous gardener mid-season?

Yes. We’ll walk round with you first, see what’s been done and what’s been missed, and pick up from there. If something’s overdue, like a hedge or a scalped lawn, we’ll sort that first.

Do you take the waste away?

Every visit, as standard. You won’t need room in a garden waste bin or a trip to the tip.

What if it rains on our day?

We won’t mow a soaking lawn. We’ll either do the weeding and hedge work that day and come back for the grass, or move the whole visit to the next dry day. Either way, we’ll let you know.