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Coronavirus <-> Gardening
How is coronavirus affecting Tidy Gardens? Are we still doing our business ? We are being affected by less than usual amount of enquiries which translates to the amount of work we get however our regular garden maintenance visits are being caried...
End of tenancy garden tidy up
Garden tidy up for a tenant When it's time to leave a rented property and hand it back over to the estate agency, usually the tenant is obliged to leave garden in good condition. This certainly was not a good condition so we had been asked...
Old apple tree – pruning
An old apple tree needs a bit of grooming .. but it has to be done over a couple of yearsWhen it comes to fruit tree pruning you might think that one season will be enough to bring back a tree from a total mess to a well structured, healthy and...
Autumn lawn treatments
NOW is the time to rejuvenate your lawns and make your neighbour jealous! 😉 Today we have done our first such treatment this autumn. - aeration - scarification - grass seeding A couple of weeks and results should be visible! If you'd like to see...
Turfing job – small garden in Reading
Small garden turfing job in a new-built house in south of Reading It was a good morning warm up job. We've cleared, rotavated with added quality compost, levelled and laid turf rolls... but hang on ...we've also watered, tided up afterwards, and...
Busy Saturday
Busy busy Saturday .. Done three jobs today ! First one was a general tidy up of a garden which we'll be taking under our wings for fortnight regular maintenance. Customer very happy - hopefully we'll get some reviews from her shortly. Second one...
Brick pathway – garden landscaping
Reclaimed bricks and slate edging stones were used for this garden pathway Fancy a pathway in this style ? Why not give us a call !
Patio repointing
Patio repointing Proud of this quick but so beautifully finished patio pointing job in Reading. We haven't laid the patio, but were asked to repoint it as whoever did lay it, put just a very weak mortar in joints. However even if that was a...
Lawn returfing – Reading
Latest news from Calcot ! Another garden there got a brand new lawn 🙂 What have we done ? - Stripped old grass destroyed by builders. Yes they know how best to do it. And they don't even use a weed killer! - Added 10m3 of compost. Oh yes we love...
Tilehurst – garden services.
Two day job completed with big thank you from a customer. Involved brick edging, levelling and turfing and a small ( 8x6') shed base construction. - Around 400 paving blocks laid along the perimeter of the garden. Edging is very useful. See other...
Garden returfing
Over two days we have completed this returfing job in Tilehurst / Reading Returfing around 80m2 but also flattening future lawn areas and creating two flower beds separated with some oak sleepers. [gallery targetsize="full" link="file" size="large"...
Final touches in one of the gardens
It's been awhile since anything new showed up on this website even though we have been so so BUSSSSSY ..why don't we have a look at a recently completed garden where we have updated fences, borders and plants It wasn't our first visit to this...
Planting in Reading – Maiden place
Over the weekend planting of raised beds at a commercial site in Reading Two raised beds that needed soil in the first place and then a planting scheme. We have included all low, beautifully flowering perennials for these two beds. Let's no judge...
Refreshed gravel area and new ground cover planting
Let's not beat about the bush.. Was asked to refresh the area around the vegetable patches and come up with some planting ideas for two borders along the fence. Ultimately Low maintanance borders. Also to plant some bushes to provide some screening...
Garden planting – spring 2014
Garden planting for this difficult space near a big oak tree It's a difficult small garden. There is a big oak tree which overshadows most of that space. I believe good plants have been selected and it will make it look much more presentable and...
Stumps removed as part of garden clearance job
Clearing job today in Binfield Heath, Caversham, Reading. Lots of brambles to clear but also a few tree stumps that needed to be grinded out. See below few of before and after photos. [gallery targetsize="full" size="large"...
Tree stump removed in Sonning, Reading.
Today's job was to remove a fairly large tree stump Stump located in a raised bed so access was not brilliant, however we do like challenges and this was a little challenge. All done to a satisfaction of a customer. Please see photos taken before,...
Stump grinding / removal service
Stump grinding. Some that were removed today If you had some trees cut down recently, or had stumps in your garden for quite awhile, maybe...
stump removal service for Reading / Berkshire customers
Do you need help in getting rid of unwanted tree stumps / roots ? We may help ! Stump removal service for customers around Reading area. Please contact us and give us a bit more detail about project involved and we might be able to provide you with...
