Services...


Port folio of Specialists

Veronica has built up a port folio of specialists who she  can call on and recommend to implement any aspect of planting and hard-works, maintenance and estate management.  These include:-

Hard-works:-
– Paving
– Walling
– Retaining walls
– Brick and flint traditional walling
– Pavilions and garden buildings
– Dry stone walling
– Drives and access roads
– Earth moving and disposal
– Topsoiling
– Levels and terracing
– Banks and ha-has

Planting and soft-works:-
– Soil preparation and feeding
– Creation of lawns including turfing and seeding
– Plant sourcing and supply
– Layout and planting of borders and beds
– Hedge planting
– Tree planting, staking and guarding
– Wild flower meadows
– Pond and water plant supply and planting
– Vine-eye and wire installation for climbers

Water features:-
– Ponds for wildlife
– Lakes, large and small
– Formal water features
– Swimming lakes
– Bog gardens
– Streams and rills
– Fountains

Timber architectural features:-
– Pergolas
– Bowers
– Gates
– Gazebos
– Arches
– Treillage
– Obelisks
– Timber edging

Metalwork:-
– Pergolas, bowers, gazebos etc
– Arches
– Obelisks
– Estate fencing and gates
– Wrought iron gates
– Metal edging (bespoke) for lawns and borders

Lighting:-
– Security lighting
– Paths and steps lighting
– Uplighting or spotlighting trees or other features
– Underwater lights for ponds and pools

Irrigation:-
– Bore holes
– Rain harvesting tanks
– Grey water collection and purification
– Pop-up lawn irrigation
– Border and bed irrigation
– Automatic and timed systems
– Root-trainer watering
– System maintenance

Estate work:-
– Woodland and forestry planting
– Tree surgery, felling, coppicing and thinning
– Stump grinding
– Tree surveys
– Forestry management
– River management and maintenance
– Hedgerow planting and management including cutting-and-laying hedges
– Wild flower meadow creation and management
– Seeding and turfing – Fields and paddocks
– Paddock and field maintenance including rolling, topping, harrowing and
– fertiliser application
– Set-aside Management
– All types of fencing and gates including deer- and rabbit-proof fences
– Construction of tracks and hard-standing
– Site clearance, chipping and removal of green waste
– Woodland Grant Schemes and Countryside Stewardship Schemes
– Drainage and installation

Garden Maintenance:-
– Grass cutting and edging
– Lawn care
– Pruning including climbers
– Weeding
– Spraying and strimming
– Pest control
– Division and full maintenance of borders and beds
– Mulching and feeding
– Hedge cutting and topiary

Council and Planning Permission work
– Detailed plans for obtaining planning consents
– Planning consultancy
– Detailed planting plans and maintenance schedules
– Screening and boundary work
– Tree removal

Glasshouses and conservatories:-
– Design and construction of all kinds of glasshouses and coldframes
– Design and construction of conservatories
– Planting and planning
– Training and pruning
– Pest control
– Feeding and watering advice
– Supply of plants

Swimming pools:-
– Planning and design
– Building and creation
– Security fencing
– Pool house design

Staff and Gardeners:-
– Sourcing full- or part-time gardeners
– Sourcing couples for live-in work
– Overseeing of new gardeners and provision of maintenance schedules