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Doctor’s Orders


John Marshall from Ed’s Garden Maintenance found the benefits of his branded trailer.
“Whilst on the way to a job recently I stopped at my own doctor’s surgery to drop off a repeat prescription. As I returned to my car parked outside, I was approached by a man also coming out of the surgery, who having seen my “Ed’s” trailer, asked if I cut hedges. Having duly replied yes and saying I could have a look immediately, I followed him in his car to his house just half a mile away.

Suffice to say, a price for the job, which in fact was to cut back the hedging surrounding his entire garden, was agreed and time fixed to carry it out. The work is now complete and one very satisfied local customer. One rider to this is that in the conversation he mentioned he has a friend also moving to Chobham. As it turns out, less than 100 yards from my house, so another space to watch ….”

If you have some garden maintenance work to be done why not give us a call and an operator will come round to give you a free estimate. We pride ourselves on offering a prompt, efficient and reliable service.

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Mow the Merrier


John Marshall soon discovered the merits of his branded van when he started with one regular client in Chertsey, which soon became two and is now up to five with a potential of reaching 20 new customers on one estate by the spring. This has been possible by providing excellent service, displaying a clean branded trailer for great advertising and wearing a smart uniform. Please call us if you wish to have a free quote for some professional garden maintenance.

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Giving your hedge an edge

Michael has been in business for
three years and is a hedge cutting expert.
Michael cuts about four hundred hedges a year. He has even been asked by a local gardening club in Petersfield to give a demonstration on hedge-cutting.

From being the smallest gardener in his area he is now the largest in terms of work load and customers because he has all the equipment and can do any job. He says “Our work has to be excellent, and we aim to be better than everyone else”.

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Local Thames Ditton resident sings our praises

Local Thames Ditton resident, Mrs Hilary Hepburn, is delighted with her new pond which was installed last week by John Marshall, a relatively new Operator from Ed’s Garden Maintenance. She said John has been”absolutely fantastic. I can’t praise him highly enough”. She said she’d been to RHS Wisley to learn about ponds and John had done it in exactly the same way as had been recommended by the gardeners at Wisley.

Mrs Hepburn poses by her pond, and was thrilled to have her photograph included on our blog.

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Ed’s Garden Maintenance brings Christmas to Teddington

Lucy Williams has been asked to put up the first Christmas Tree for the Teddington Business Community. It has been positioned at the end of the high street outside the Memorial Hospital in Teddington.
Lucy is celebrating two years in business in and around Teddington as an Ed’s Garden Maintenance Operator. Most of Lucy’s business comes from word of mouth as customers like her reliability.
Well done, Lucy. We are looking forward to seeing photos of the Christmas tree lit up in all its glory.
Lucy is also selling Christmas Trees in her local area.
If you would like to spruce up your garden for Christmas with a tidy up or garden clearance please contact Ed’s to be put in touch with an Operator in your local area.

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Gardening Makeover

Marcus Richardson from Ed’s Garden Maintenance has recently had an interesting project.

The customer claimed to have little gardening skills but loved spending time in the garden. The brief was to come up with ideas to give the front and back garden a modern makeover, with a natural look to compliment the surrounding plantation and to create a garden with symmetrical clean lines and that requires little maintenance.

Marcus decided for the front garden to lay new turf, create a brick edging and add some gravel and shrubs. The back garden was more of a challenge as it was very steep and needed to be terraced. Marcus started by rebuilding the steps, installing a deck on the top tier and laying turf. The next step was to remove the shed and build a brick BBQ, South African style to retain the privacy that was provided by the shed. The decking was expanded to tie in with the rest of the garden and over the next few months Marcus will plant more shrubs to give a more secluded feel.

The customer said “I have been delighted with the result and I am looking forward to spending more time in the garden next summer.”

Marcus Richardson runs his own Ed’s Garden Maintenance business in the Wokingham area. If you are interested in your garden having a makeover please contact Ed’s.

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Terrific Turfing from Ed’s




John Marshall from Ed’s Garden Maintenance Guildford has transformed several gardens in the last month by laying down new turf in preparation for next summer.

John’s most recent project was to clear the site of gravel, level and turf 100 m sq of lawn.


If you are interested in having a new lawn please contact Ed’s Garden Maintenance and we will be happy to send someone out to give a free quote.

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A little tidying up …

Even a little tidying up can transform a garden – as can be seen from these “before and after” photographs:

 
 
 
 

James Leonard (North London) took these photos, both before he started work on cutting back these straggly hedges – and of the finished result.
 
 
The work was done in September (you can tell by the sunshine) …
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
… and you can see how these gardens have benefited from their late summer makeover – immediately increasing their “kerb appeal”!
 
Before
and After
 
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A few nice words ….

Here at Ed’s Garden Maintenance we value feedback from our customers – all feedback – including what we’re doing well and which aspects we can improve on (that way we can ensure our service goes beyond our customers’ expectations).

So it was wonderful to receive the following email from Ms O’Neill in Berkshire regarding one of our Garden Business Operators, Marcus Richardson.

“Marcus came to my home last week to carry out the one-off garden tidy-up I’d requested prior to putting my house on the market. I want to record my appreciation both for Marcus’ work and for your impressive service.

“From the moment Marcus called me (only 5 minutes after I had first contacted your website) to my returning home after a week away to find my poor neglected garden whipped into shape in my absence and looking great, your service has been terrific and extremely good value.

“I shall certainly recommend Garden Maintenance and Marcus Richardson to others. Many thanks!”

Thank you, Ms O’Neill for taking the time to contact us – delighted to hear that you were so pleased with the work and we look forward to working with you again in the future.

And well done, Marcus, for doing such a great job! We’re expecting him back from Cloud 9 any day now …