Churches, parish councils and community grounds in Dorking

Churchyard grass cutting in Dorking

Careful mowing and strimming for Dorking churchyards, greens and community spaces.

St Martin’s rises over the middle of Dorking. Its 210-foot spire, finished in 1877, can be seen from Meadowbank, and the church is Grade II* listed. Churchyard grass cutting in Dorking, there or at any of the town’s other churches, calls for a slow, careful hand: strimming round stones rather than mowing up to them, and keeping paths clear for services and visitors.

We work for churches, parish councils and community groups, either to an existing specification or one we draw up together. Wildflower areas can be left long and cut once at the end of summer. The same team comes each visit, and we check the church diary before we start.

Churchyard grass cutting round old stones

Old churchyards are never level. Graves settle, stones lean and kerbs hide in long grass. A mower that catches a low memorial can chip it in a second, so we strim by hand round anything fragile and mow only the open ground. On sloping churchyards we work across the slope where we can. The trees we leave alone. Work to trees in the Dorking Conservation Area needs six weeks’ notice to the council, and it’s a job for an arborist rather than a gardener.

Community spaces and parish council grass cutting contracts

Dorking has a lot of shared green space for its size. Cotmandene is about ten acres of common east of the centre, handed to the town in 1897, and Meadowbank sits along the north side of the Pipp Brook. Churches, councils and community groups often need someone for a single site: a closed churchyard, a memorial garden, a verge or a green. Single-site churchyard maintenance suits us well. We’ll price against your specification line by line and cut to an agreed regime, including cut-and-collect areas.

Churches and councils in Dorking: your questions

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

Do you manage wildflower areas in churchyards?

Yes. We mow paths through them during the season, then cut the long grass at the end of summer and collect it. Taking the cuttings away keeps the soil lean, so coarse grasses don’t swamp the flowers.

Will you work around funerals and weddings?

Always. We check the diary with the churchwarden or parish office before each visit and stay well clear during services.

Can you quote for a council grass cutting service on several sites?

Yes. Send the schedule and specification and we’ll price each site separately, so you can see exactly where the cost sits. A parish council grass cutting contract of any size is worth sending over.