Barlaston Grounds Maintenance

13/07/2025

A long awaited project finally coming to fruition for a fabulous client. It's been a blast building this with some changes here and there.

Great effort from Kris Stevens and help from Nathan Round to get this done.

We finished painting it today in the ridiculously warm weather but we all very happy with the out come.

08/04/2025

Nice little job in barlaston just completed. Roll on the next 2 weeks where we will be frantically trying to get the last outstanding jobs done so we can start the season with nothing over our heads.

Very happy client

Thanks to Brandon Finney for the extra little help we needed

18/02/2025

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𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧: 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀! 🐝

𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒:
- 80% of native bees nest in dead plant stems
- One stem can house up to 20 pollinator larvae
- Early cleanup destroys 6 months of bee development
- Native bees are worth $2000 per yard in pollination

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 "𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲" 𝐘𝐚𝐫𝐝:

1. Hidden Residents:
- Mason bee cocoons
- Leafcutter bee nests
- Native wasp larvae
- Beneficial predator eggs

2. Critical Areas to Protect:
🌿 Hollow plant stems
🍂 Leaf litter piles
🌱 Standing perennials
🌸 Seed heads

3. How to Help:
- Wait until May to clean up
- Leave 15" stem heights
- Create brush piles
- Mark pollinator areas

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍:
✅ Stop all cleanup until 50°F consistent temps
✅ Bundle and store cut stems
✅ Create "pollinator corners"
✅ Educate your neighbors

𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑:
𝐀 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦!

09/12/2024

Off on holiday! As most of you know I'm visiting my mum for a while and Kris is away visiting family as well. Will see most of our customers early next year. For those we won't see have a wonderful Christmas and new year your continued custom is greatly valued by us both.

02/12/2024

Clever idea

02/12/2024

06/07/2024

Remember Ian Muir-Howie? He walked 120 miles around the village in May raising £200 for Prostate Cancer research😍 This month he’s walking for Dementia UK & was spotted on the downhill straight back to Orchard Place (after stopping for a much needed pint in the Duke of York!) If you’d like to sponsor him/donate to the charity, visit: justgiving.com/page/ian-muir-howie-1718644097737 WELL DONE Ian, just one more week to go‼️👏👏👏

14/04/2024

This weekend has been a busy one!
We discarded some 23 year old decking that was rotting and dangerous, and replaced it with a gorgeous stone circle patio!
A very happy client and 2 very proud workers as it turned out amazing! And for once, we had the weather on our side too!

31/03/2024

21/03/2024

We've not posted in a while, we have been very busy over the winter period trying to catch up on some out standing jobs juggling them around the weather so thank you everyone for your patience. Here is one recent job we did and a very happy customer

03/07/2023

Fitting some gates over the weekend, makes a huge difference to the feel and privacy of the garden. Clients happy, supplied by https://www.efcfencing.com/ highly recommend these guys gates are great quality

09/05/2023

BGM in Mallorca on a quick break before season really kicks in.