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18/06/2026

Getting this laurel looking sharp ✂️ 🍃

13/06/2026

28 summers without a World Cup, come on Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

12/06/2026

A common misconception with newly planted hedges is that they should be left alone to grow. In reality, a light formative prune can make a huge difference to the hedge’s long-term appearance and health.

This hedge in a client’s garden has struggled to produce growth lower down, leaving it looking thin at the base. By carrying out a light trim, we’re encouraging the plant to direct energy into producing new side shoots and branching lower down, helping to create a much fuller, denser hedge over time.

Benefits of lightly pruning a newly planted hedge:

✅ Encourages bushier growth from the base
✅ Helps create a thicker, denser screen
✅ Improves the hedge’s overall shape and structure
✅ Reduces the risk of leggy, sparse growth in future
✅ Promotes healthier, more balanced development

A little patience and the right maintenance in the early years can make all the difference to how a hedge looks for decades to come.

If your newly planted hedge isn’t filling out as you’d hoped, feel free to get in touch for advice or a maintenance plan tailored to your garden.

12/06/2026

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12/06/2026

Favourite day of the week & favourite garden of the week!
Happy Friday everyone 😎 🪴

12/06/2026

🌿 Planting & Hedge Installation Services 🌿

Looking to add some colour, structure, or privacy to your garden?

We now offer professional planting schemes and hedge installations to suit all garden sizes and budgets. Whether you’re after low-maintenance perennials, ornamental shrubs, evergreen screening, or a brand-new hedge, we can help bring your vision to life.

We work with an excellent specialist nursery supplier in England who can source an incredible range of high-quality plants, shrubs, trees, and hedging varieties — often including plants that aren’t readily available at local garden centres.

For added peace of mind, all supplied plants come with a 12-month guarantee, giving you confidence that your investment is protected.

Get in touch for advice, recommendations, or a free quotation. Let’s create a garden you’ll enjoy for years to come! 🌱

10/06/2026

One of today’s job consisted of a hollow tine lawn aeration – one of the best things you can do for a healthy lawn! 🌱

Over time, soil becomes compacted from foot traffic, pets, mowing, and our lovely Scottish weather. Aeration removes small cores of soil, allowing air, water, and nutrients to reach the root zone more effectively.

Benefits of lawn aeration include:
✅ Improved drainage
✅ Stronger root growth
✅ Reduced soil compaction
✅ Better nutrient uptake
✅ Healthier, greener grass
✅ Increased resistance to drought and disease

You’ll notice we’ve left the soil cores on the lawn. This is completely intentional! As they break down, they return valuable microorganisms and nutrients back into the soil, helping improve the lawn’s structure naturally. They also help work soil back into the aeration holes, maximising the benefits of the treatment.

The holes and cores may not look the neatest at first, but they’ll soon disappear, leaving behind a stronger, healthier lawn that’s better equipped to thrive throughout the season.

If your lawn feels hard underfoot, suffers from poor drainage, or just isn’t performing as well as it should, aeration could make a huge difference.

10/06/2026

When the wife forgot to cut your sandwich.. Can always rely on my trusty secateurs to get the job done! ✂️

08/06/2026

🌿 Macaroni Mondays 🌿

Just checking the macaroni is well rooted before I plant it in my stomach. 😎

No weeds on the plate, just carbs and cheese.

08/06/2026