Grounds & Maintenance
Garden tidy on a cycle, or a one-off rescue
Weeding, mulching, hedge trim, beds tidied. Across the Northern Rivers, on a seasonal cycle or a one-off catch-up.
Freshly weeded and mulched garden bed alongside a clean lawn edge — placeholder until real photos loadA regular garden tidy keeps the place looking like someone lives there. A one-off rescue gets you back to a starting point you can maintain.
We work quarterly with most regular clients — once a season, broadly tied to the change of weather. Spring is the big one: cut back winter overgrowth, re-mulch beds before the heat, shape the hedges. Summer is light: trim, weed, keep edges sharp. Autumn is for hard pruning where the plant is happy with it, and a top-up of mulch. Winter is mostly weeding and tidying, sometimes nothing at all if the garden is dormant.
If you’ve let it slide for a season or two, we do a one-off catch-up first. That’s usually a half-day to full day depending on the block. After that, the recurring visits are short — the place stays tidy because it doesn’t have time to go feral.
Mulch is the small cost that prevents the bigger one. A thick layer of bark or hardwood mulch keeps the weeds down, holds moisture during summer, and stops the soil baking. We quote the mulch supply separately from the labour so you can pick the quantity that suits — sometimes a top-up is enough, sometimes the beds want a fresh full layer.
What we won’t touch: tree work above shrub height (call an arborist, we can recommend), chemical spraying (different licence), or full landscape design. We’re a maintenance crew, not a design-build outfit.
When you need this
The reasons people call
- Garden beds have been overrun by weeds while you've been busy
- Mulch has broken down and the beds are looking patchy
- Hedges and shrubs are losing their shape
- Property is rented out and you want a quarterly tidy as part of the package
How we work
What actually happens
- Walk the garden with you on the first visit — agree on what stays, what goes, what gets cut back
- Weed by hand and with line trimmer where appropriate; root out the persistent stuff
- Re-mulch beds with bark or wood-chip mulch (we supply or you can supply)
- Trim hedges and shape shrubs
- Blow down and tidy up; green waste handled the same way as mowing
What's included
In the quoted price
- Weeding of garden beds, paths and gravelled areas
- Mulching (mulch supply quoted separately)
- Hedge trim and shrub shaping
- Edge tidy along beds
- Green waste handled
Honest about scope
What can go wrong, what's not included, what we check first
FAQ
Garden Maintenance questions, answered
What's covered in a regular garden maintenance visit?
Weeding the beds, mulch top-up where needed, hedge and shrub trim to shape, edge tidy along garden beds, blow-down of paths and decks afterwards. Mulch supply is quoted separately so you can pick the quantity. Most clients book quarterly — one visit per season — and the garden never gets a chance to go feral.
How much difference does mulching actually make?
A thick layer of bark or hardwood mulch keeps the weeds down, holds soil moisture through summer, and stops the beds baking. Two to three inches deep, topped up once a year. It's the small cost that prevents the bigger one — gardens with regular mulch need a fraction of the weeding compared to bare-soil beds.
Will you redesign the garden if I want it changed?
No — garden design, replanting and new installs are a landscape-design job, not maintenance. We keep what's there looking right. If you want a redesign, we'll happily recommend a landscaper and pick up the maintenance afterwards.
Related
Often booked together
Quote for garden maintenance
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