Areas we cover

We provide garden maintenance services to domestic and commercial clients in West Cheshire and across the Wirral peninsula.

We work in a geographic arc from the urban and suburban areas around Oxton, Prenton and Birkenhead down the Wirral to Chester, and through the country villages of Cheshire, where I grew up. I have a particular focus on the Sandstone Trail area, including Helsby and Frodsham, Kingsley, Alvanley, Tarvin and Kelsall.

I’m based in Oxton Village, in Birkenhead – home to an amazing annual garden festival each spring.

How we work

We help you maintain your garden, visiting regularly through each season. The emphasis is on reliable expertise, delivered through regular visits in patterns that suit your garden, establishing a familiarity with how it works.

We work on all styles and sizes of garden, from terraces and urban courtyards to those of substantial country houses, plus everything in between. I’m Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Level 2 trained at Liverpool University’s Ness Botanical Gardens campus, so I emphasise horticultural best practice. We typically visit you for between 2-4 hours every fortnight, depending on the size, state and complexity of the garden.

Typical tasks include cutting back climbing plants, digging over and mulching borders, managing shrubs and perennials, improving plant health, hedge-trimming, weeding, pruning and mowing lawns. We undertake tree work up to certain limits, above which we recommend other specialist crews.

Once we’re on top of your garden, we can provide design and landscaping support. We can improve the way your garden spaces work for you, create planting schemes, source or propagate plants.

I manage my teams to follow RHS best practice. I have a Masters in Design Studies from Central St Martins College of Art and a bachelors degree from Aston Business School. Before retraining into horticulture from 2020, I worked as an international communications specialist engaged with the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

I invoice clients the morning after we’ve been on site, and almost all clients pay by bank transfer. Our hourly rate for ongoing work is £25-£35 an hour depending on the brief.

The first visit

On first-time visits I allocate 4 hours of gardening time, at a fixed price of £95. This allows us to get cracking and deal with the immediate issues and then suggest priorities and propose a pattern of regular visits that can work for your budget. Everywhere we work always looks better by the time we leave that first visit. We remove a reasonable amount of waste off-site, and advise on a best approach for future waste disposal.

I have over 5,000 hours of client site experience, so I’m comfortable supervising all kinds of challenges – especially complex mixes of planting that need nurturing and repair. My staff are employed, trained and fully insured. The business holds the necessary permits for carrying green waste and is fully-equipped with all necessary tools.

We like you to be at home for the first visit, so we can discuss priorities and get to know you.

Join us for the 2024 season

If you’d like our help, please contact Mark Charmer on 07976 960739. Or fill out this form. Either way, I’ll be in touch within 24 hours.