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Landscape gardener
A customer may need a landscape gardener for a new garden, redesign, patio or path, fencing, planting, drainage or substantial maintenance. Useful requests include garden dimensions, photographs, access width, desired outcome, existing levels or drainage issues, preferred materials and whether excavation, waste removal, machinery or ongoing maintenance is required.
Service scope
Landscape gardening covers creation, alteration and practical improvement of outdoor spaces, including planting, hard landscaping, garden structures, drainage and ongoing garden work. Project scope depends on site size, ground conditions, access, materials, machinery and the distinction between maintenance and construction.
What is normally included
- Planning and laying out gardens
- Building patios, paths and hard-landscape features
- Planting and maintaining beds, hedges and trees
- Installing fences and screening
- Installing garden drainage or irrigation where agreed
What is not included
- Major structural engineering outside landscape scope
- Specialist arboricultural work requiring a tree specialist
- Unlicensed pesticide or regulated environmental work
Typical tasks
- Create or redesign garden layouts
- Install patios, paths and edging
- Prepare beds and planting schemes
- Install fencing and screening
- Improve garden drainage or irrigation
What to include in your brief
- Garden dimensions and photographs
- Desired result or sketch
- Access width and machinery constraints
- Existing levels, drainage or soil issues
- Preferred materials, planting and timing
Choosing the right professional
Choose a provider whose experience matches the balance of planting, construction and site work required. Ask how excavation, waste, drainage, materials, machinery access and aftercare are handled, and distinguish routine maintenance from landscaping that changes levels, structures or drainage.
Important considerations
- Poor access can make excavation and material handling much more expensive
- Drainage or ground conditions may only become clear after excavation
- Planting success depends on season, soil and aftercare
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