A long striped back garden behind a Victorian terrace

Your gardener in Redhill

Garden and grounds care across RH1, from a family-run team based 4.5 miles away in Horley.

If you’re looking for a gardener in Redhill, we’re about 4.5 miles down the A23 in Horley and have been gardening in this part of Surrey since 2004. Redhill sits in a gap cut through the Greensand Ridge, and that one fact explains a lot about its gardens. Some lawns sit on light sand that drains in minutes. Others, lower down, sit on heavy clay.

It’s a railway town at heart. The station arrived in 1841 and Victorian streets grew up around it. Then came a big spread of 1930s to 1950s housing on the outskirts, the post-war estate at Merstham, and more recently flats in the town centre and new neighbourhoods like Watercolour. So one morning’s round can take in a narrow terraced garden, a deep suburban plot and a block’s shared lawn.

Garden services in Redhill.

Lane hedge trimmed beside a tile-hung house

What Redhill gardens ask for most

Most people here book regular garden maintenance: a fortnightly cut, crisp edges, weeded beds and hedges kept in shape. On the sandier ground around St Johns and up towards the commons, summer drought is the main worry. Lawns brown early and borders need mulch to hold what rain they get. Down on the clay the problem flips, with soft lawns all winter and hedges that grow like mad. We set each garden’s schedule around its own soil, not a town-wide rota.

Holly hedges and conservation areas

Redhill has several conservation areas, and St Johns is the one a gardener notices. Cottages sit on sandy hillocks around a Victorian church and spire, with holly and mixed native hedges along the boundaries. Hedges like that are part of why the area is protected, so they’re cut to keep their shape, not hacked back. Trees there need six weeks’ notice to the council before any lopping or felling, which is work for a tree surgeon. We stick to hedges, shrubs and lawns.

Commercial grounds in RH1

Redhill punches above its weight for business. Holmethorpe is the borough’s largest industrial estate, there are smaller estates at Kingsfield, Wells Place and Reading Arch, and several companies run head offices in town. Add schools, churches, pubs and a growing number of apartment blocks, and there’s plenty of ground that needs regular care. Commercial clients get a written yearly schedule and a fixed price, billed monthly or quarterly. Insurance certificates are available on request.

Grounds maintenance for Redhill businesses.

Annual contracts for blocks, offices, schools, care homes, churches and landlords.

Gardening in Redhill: your questions

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

Do you cover all of Redhill?

Yes. We work right across RH1, including Merstham, Earlswood and the streets round St Johns, plus nearby Reigate, Nutfield and Salfords. Being 4.5 miles away in Horley, Redhill is very much part of our regular round.

Do I need to be in when you come?

No. Plenty of Redhill people are on a train by the time we start at 7am. As long as we can get into the garden, we’ll get on with it and leave it tidy, with the waste taken away.

How much does a gardener in Redhill cost?

It depends on the size of the garden, how easy it is to get to and how often you want us. Ring 07720 886244 and we’ll come and look, then give you a fixed quote. It’s free.