Guides
What a Wirral garden actually does, and what to do about it.
Six things worth knowing before you book anyone, written out properly rather than summarised into nothing.
-
Hedges
When you can cut a hedge, and when the law says wait
Nesting season runs March to August. What that means in practice, and what happens to a hedge left uncut for a summer.
Read this -
Lawns
Why your lawn has moss, and why killing it does not work
Moss is a symptom of something else. Until that changes, treating it is an annual subscription.
Read this -
Clearance
What a garden clearance actually involves
Why two prices for the same overgrown garden can be so far apart, and what the cheaper one usually leaves in the ground.
Read this -
Turfing
Laying a lawn that lasts: it is the ground, not the turf
Almost every failed lawn failed in the soil underneath it, or in the first three weeks of watering.
Read this -
The year
The gardening year on the Wirral, month by month
What the garden is doing in each month, what wants doing in it, and why a fixed fortnightly visit all year is wrong twice.
Read this -
Waste
Where your green waste goes, and why it is on the bill
Removing garden waste is a licensed activity with a real cost, and it is the most common source of a surprise at the end of a job.
Read this
Get in touch
Tell us about the garden and we will price it.
Rough size, what is in it, and how often you want it seen to. Two photos from the back door get you a firmer number than anything you can type.