Steve Read Gardening Services

23/10/2025

If you are in Essex, this is the day to do this to your Cordyline …. 💨

21/10/2025

Raking up is an option but takes ages. If you’ve got a mulching plug then grinding it all up as a feed saves time and is better for the lawn.

16/10/2025

Love autumnal colours

12/04/2025

Spring! What a 6 weeks or so we have had eh. My vitamin D levels must be back to normal by now. ☀️

19/10/2024

The most vibrant I have ever seen the Acer. How is early autumn looking in your garden.

23/09/2024

Love this. Looks like DB is really into growing 🪴

16/03/2024

Thank you to everyone that allows me to work with their gardens. This post is pinned to the top for information for any new enquiries 😊 🍃 🌺 🪴 🌱

Regular Maintenance diary currently full and closed.
Ad Hoc work available by enquiry priced @ £35 to £45 hour….depending on type of job.

Steve.

16/02/2024

Very satisfying cutting back grasses. Soon be time for the season to kick off again.

25/08/2023

What I love about our Universal Mind is that it has solutions for everything and they seem to arrive quicker than ever lately.

Gardening today and I need a way to hands free hold my tub while up the ladder pruning a Jasmine. A quick look around the garden I am working in and a random coat hanger is lying around - bingo! 😂

15/08/2023

Picture taken just to keep getting reminded that 2023 was the year we had May lawns in August. 🌧️ ☀️

30/07/2023

So so so happy! 😃

The Agapanthus that looked like it had been destroyed by our harsh winter I didn’t have the heart to put in the garden waste.

Instead, I popped a copper spiral in and kept it watered and today I can finally see loads of new growth all over it. 🍃

Everything wants to live!

20/06/2023

Electroculture. I’ve recently started experimenting with this and it’s too early to report findings yet. If anyone else following this page wants to pick up on this and experiment too, let’s share our findings. It’s so easy to try as this video explains…..

My friends so many of you have asked about Electroculture so in this video I will explain to you what it is, how to do it, my thoughts on the matter, and wha...