Bromsgrove sits at the foot of the Lickey Hills, and many of its gardens are generous, mature and full of tall hedges. They look wonderful, but they can also take a lot of looking after. We build low maintenance gardens that keep the character you like while trimming back the weekly jobs, using paving, gravel, raised beds and robust planting.
Whether your home is a town-centre period property, a family house on an estate or a larger place on the village edge, we begin by listening to how you use the garden and what you would happily give up.
A period house deserves a garden that suits it, so we pay attention to materials and proportions. Natural-looking paving, brick or stone edging and soft gravel work well beside older brickwork, while clean lines can suit newer estate homes. We keep the structure you value, such as settled trees and good hedges, and simplify everything around them rather than clearing the lot.
In a larger garden, the sensible move is to concentrate effort. A terrace near the house, defined borders and one tidy lawn can be enough, with outlying corners turned over to mulched planting or gravel. That leaves you with a garden that still feels generous and looks cared for, but no longer demands a day of mowing and clipping every single week.
Good groundwork is what separates a truly low maintenance garden from one that merely looks tidy for a month. We clear and level the area, lay a compacted sub-base, fit a weed-suppressing membrane where planting or gravel is going in and set firm edging so lines stay crisp. Paving gets a gentle fall so water drains away rather than sitting on the surface.
Choosing plants for a Bromsgrove garden is about reliability. We use evergreen shrubs, ground cover and perennials that return each year without staking or fuss, spaced so they fill gaps and shut out weeds once they have settled in. Raised beds are popular for herbs and vegetables, and garden lighting extends the use of the patio well into the evening. That keeps evenings relaxed.
We visit to look at the garden, discuss what you want to keep and explain what we would change. Bromsgrove customers often phase the work, starting with the patio and borders and returning to the rest later. We also cover Catshill and Barnt Green, so tell us where you are and we will arrange a time to come and see it.
Based in Hall Green, so we are never far from the gardens we work in.
We look at the job before we price it, so you know what is involved.
Branches, clippings and rubbish from our jobs are cleared and the garden left tidy.
Call, or send photos on WhatsApp, and we will come back to you.
From our base in Hall Green we work across Birmingham, the Black Country, Solihull and parts of Worcestershire. Choose your area.
Yes. The trick is to concentrate on a few well-finished areas, such as a terrace, borders and one tidy lawn, then simplify the rest with mulched planting or gravel. Layers of evergreen structure and ground cover keep it looking full all year without constant attention.
Materials that sit comfortably with older brickwork and stone: natural-look paving, traditional-style edging, soft gravel and planting with some structure. We choose finishes to complement the house rather than compete with it, and we keep existing features such as good hedges and trees.
Usually. Hedges give privacy and shelter, so we often keep them and simplify the beds around them, sometimes adding a mulched strip or gravel edge to cut weeding. We can also tell you honestly if a hedge has become too big to manage easily.
Tell us what needs doing and where. We will get back to you to arrange a visit and a free, no-obligation quote. Photos sent on WhatsApp help.
