Creating and maintaining the spaces
where you enjoy the moments that matter

Creating and maintaining the spaces where you enjoy the moments that matter

Maintenance and Aftercare

Bushy Business Gardening - Aftercare & Maintenance

Graham Nunns
Head of Horticulture

Garden maintenance, it’s just pulling weeds, cutting hedges and mowing lawns, right?

Well, yes, but there’s a bit more to it than that.

And what’s the difference between Maintenance and Aftercare, is it just a word to make it sound a bit more appealing?

Maintenance

We maintain a lot of gardens. Many are large, beautiful spaces with well-established trees, beds and borders, large lawns, areas of meadow and water. These gardens are full of examples of gorgeous planting, much of it that has lost its way over the years due to ‘gardeners’ overzealous use of hedge trimmers to round or square off anything that dares to grow in a natural manner.

This treatment can take time to undo, to get some relaxed form back into the garden.

It is fair to suggest that maintaining an existing garden is fairly formulaic, the seasons dictate the work you do to a large extent, each visit carried out in a time-honoured fashion.

This doesn’t make garden maintenance dull or lacking in skill, the thrill is partly experiencing each season from start to finish and also being part of that space reaching its full potential in each cycle. Seeing the joy, it brings the clients as they recount tales of a weekend spent entertaining guests who ooo’ed and ahh’ed at the explosion of colours and scent and how proud they felt about it.

Aftercare

Aftercare on the other hand is taking a freshly created space from its embryonic stage and nurturing it, developing it, helping it, over time, to reach its full potential.
It’s seeing it through the teething stage into the formative years, setting the rules and boundaries, practicing tough love, when necessary, so that it reaches adolescence in rude health.

It is never once losing sight of the designer’s vision the vision that they convinced the client of in the first place, this is the key.

It is never once losing sight of the vision for the space that was maybe sold by the designer or that you have researched and thoughtfully laid out.

Too many gardens so beautifully designed and built by true craftsmen never have the chance to fully develop due to poor aftercare or even none what-so-ever.

We hate that people invest so much money in having a garden built and then fail to take care of it! Would you invest similar money in a luxury car and never wash or service it?

We don’t think so. You will pay the going rate to have their cars serviced as per the manufacturers strict guidelines and they will pay dealer prices rather than use the local independent garage; they do so knowing that the skilled technicians carrying out the work are trained to do it. So, you know that the cost of the care of your luxury car is higher than the norm.

You buy a dream from a designer, the garden from a landscaper and then you need to take out an insurance policy on your investment with an aftercare specialist.

Some of our Garden Maintenance and Aftercare services include;

Lawn care – regular or seasonal cutting and treatments (incl. scarification, aerating, top dressing and re-seeding)
Hedge cutting, shrub reshaping & specialist pruning and training
Fruit tree/ Rose/ Wisteria pruning and training
Weeding – by hand, spot treatments using gel, spray and heat
Pest & Disease control (Chemical & Biological) inc. Box Tree Caterpillar
Chemical spraying of herbicide for control of weeds and Box Blight
Planting Service – we can advise, supply and plant for all soils & situations
Mulching – specialist composts and barks
Seasonal planting schemes
Wildflower turf and soil installation and aftercare
Garden clearances and tidies
Pressure washing of paving and walling
Irrigation installation and maintenance
One-off specialist services – Consultation, Tree surgery etc

Gardens don’t look after themselves, nature has this habit or reclaiming what we have colonised. So why leave this all to chance, with professional qualifications, years of experience and a highly professional approach our friendly, trained and uniformed garden maintenance teams turn up in fully equipped vans.

Stan Mayne

14:18 21 May 21

With an empty patch of back garden grass, we were told time and time again how lucky we were to have a blank canvas. We just felt like we didn’t know where to begin, or even what we wanted. After a long period of indecision we enlisted the help of the Bushy Boys. What a great choice it turned out to be.From the word “go” they were unfailingly helpful, respectful, accommodating and were clearly experienced professionals. The degree of attention to detail and their willingness and eagerness to decipher our rambling descriptions of our desired elements of the garden was quite remarkable.Every single one of them worked tirelessly through some of the worst weather; snow, wind, ice and rain, ensuring everything was safe, clean and tidy at the end of the day. Each morning they arrived on time, usually early in fact, smartly turned out and ready to start work. No loud music, no swearing, no long cigarette breaks and certainly no beer bellies or builders bums. They came to here work, they were reliable, and they always put in a full day.They were not boastful or big talkers, and it immediately became evident that the standard of their work, their enthusiasm and their passion was the driving force behind their commitment. Their clear communication and regular updates were completely reassuring. I never felt as if I didn’t know what was going on, and they were always happy to discuss and suggest ideas. I had complete confidence in their capabilities.I began to notice very subtle, yet unannounced, levels of excellence in their work which were far beyond my expectations, the lining up of stepping stones with stones in the patio, pleasing sight lines blending in with the house, the perfect lines of the hand built pergola, the happily going above and beyond because it pleased them to be perfect. Not to mention the imaginative and elegant planting. Well, these guys have planted Gold Medal winning Chelsea gardens......why was I so surprised and delighted!?For these reasons, along with countless others, you won’t be surprised to hear that our garden now looks and feels that it is greater than the sum of the parts! We could not be happier.I would suggest that you don’t waste time and money with less capable and less committed companies. Engage Bushy Business, if they can squeeze you in! You will not be disappointed, even if you are slightly put off by their name..... Bushy Business is actually NOT a waxing salon, the Bushy Boys are the ones to get the job done the way you want it. Thank you guys, we love our garden!read more

Mark Hammersley

12:29 24 Mar 21

David and the team did a great job on pruning a large expanse of Wisteria and four apple trees. They were very professional, knowledgable, gave great advice and cleared up perfectly.read more

Alan Grant

11:28 07 Jun 20

The new decking is extremely well made. The finish is excellent and the workmanship and attention to detail is greatly appreciated. A high quality company.read more

Ben Hawkins

15:28 05 Jun 20

A fantastic service delivered by a great bunch of people. Really happy and will certainly be using again. Very highly recommended.read more

Carol Pope

15:52 13 May 20

I am amazed at how incredibly helpful Natalie, Chris and Jo have been over the past few days, when I had been in crisis over supplies for my garden. The team at Bushy Business has bent over backwards to accommodate my needs and delivery times and the patience and good humour Natalie has shown me, during my frequent 'phone calls, has been extraordinary, to say the least. I cannot speak more highly of this company and the support afforded to me. My heartfelt thanks to you all.read more

Keith Noble

13:23 15 Aug 19