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Little Garden Jobs

Letchworth Garden City & surrounding areas


Planting – after the tulips have finished flowering and before the summer flowers bloom, there can be a bit of a lull in the garden where you see a lot of foliage but not so much colour. But geums are a perfect flower to plant near the front of the border, and then after the last frost we can finally plant tender flowers and colourful annuals

Lawn Mowing – grass will start to grow quickly in May, especially after a few days of rain!

Lawn edging – this makes a massive difference to the overall aesthetic appeal of your garden

Weeding – weeds are now starting to grow as the soil warms up – in my case, we have a huge amount of ground elder to get rid of!

Pruning – hardy evergreens, hydrangeas

Deadhead spring flowers such as tulips

Hedges – if overgrown, but be very careful of birds nests – a light trim is best

Feeding – it’s a good idea to feed spent tulips with tomato feed to encourage them to flower again next year. For other flowers and shrubs, consider a general all purpose fertilizer.

Mulching – a good time to spread compost on borders, and I also like to spread bark – it subpresses weeds and looks great!

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Hedge cutting

Services

  • Lawn mowing / grass cutting
  • Weeding borders
  • Pruning flowers, shrubs, and small trees
  • Hedge trimming
  • Planting
  • General garden maintenance
  • Plant buying
  • Plant advice and suggestions
  • Soil testing so that you know which plants will do best

Quotations

My basic charge is £20 per hour, and the only extras would be if you asked me to buy any products on your behalf such as a feed or plants from the garden centre.

Minimum time: 1 hour

You can have a mix of services in the time, e.g. lawn mowing plus weeding.

I can pop round to have a look and give you a rough estimate how long it will take, and therefore the expected cost.

  • easy, clear communication
  • any jobs as listed – no job too small
  • tidy up afterwards
Edging

Local Areas Covered

  • Letchworth Garden City
  • Baldock
  • Stevenage
  • Hitchin
  • Weston
  • Stotfold
  • Arlesey
  • Graveley
  • Ickleford
  • Knebworth
  • Henlow
  • Shefford
  • Lower Stondon
  • and other nearby villages