Hedge cutting in Redhill

Holly, laurel, privet and native hedges in Redhill, cut at the right time and cleared away.

On the greensand round Redhill, garden boundaries are mostly hedges and shrubbery rather than walls, and the council’s own design guide says so. That makes hedge cutting in Redhill a big part of what keeps a street looking cared for. Leave a front hedge for one summer and it’s pushing onto the pavement and darkening the garden behind it.

Our hedge trimming in Redhill covers holly, laurel, privet, beech, hornbeam and conifers, and every cutting is taken away. Big-leaved laurel is done with secateurs so the leaves don’t brown at the edges. Main cuts and reductions are booked for September to February, and each hedge is checked for nests before we start.

Tall yew hedge cut flat around an arched gate

Hedge cutting for holly and native hedges in St Johns

In the St Johns conservation area, the holly hedge round the church is the boundary everyone notices, and holly turns up in garden hedges across the area too. Other hedges there are mixed native species, sometimes grown behind timber palisade fences. They’re part of why the area is protected, so they deserve a careful cut. Holly wants one firm trim a year and thick gloves. Mixed native hedges stay dense if they’re cut slightly wider at the base than the top, so light reaches the bottom.

When can you cut hedges legally?

You can cut a hedge in any month, but under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it’s an offence to damage or destroy an active nest. With Earlswood Common, Redhill Common and the nature reserve at The Moors all close by, Redhill gardens get plenty of nesting birds between March and August. So our heavy cuts happen in autumn and winter. In the nesting season we’ll only do a light trim, and only once we’ve checked the hedge properly. If there’s a nest, it waits.

Hedge Trimming in Redhill: your questions

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

What are the hedge cutting rules for a shared boundary?

You’re entitled to cut back growth overhanging your side, up to the boundary line. We’ll do your side neatly and won’t touch your neighbour’s without their say-so. If they’d like theirs done as well, we can usually do both on the same visit.

Can you cut a leylandii back hard?

Only within the green. Leylandii won’t regrow from bare brown wood, so cutting past the green leaves a dead patch for good. If there’s no green left to cut back to, we’ll tell you honestly whether the hedge is worth keeping.

How much does hedge cutting in Redhill cost?

It depends on the length, height and type of hedge, how overgrown it is and how much waste there’ll be. We’ll come and look, then give you a fixed price with the clear-up included.