{"id":90,"date":"2022-01-17T21:36:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T21:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2026-02-19T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T16:52:20","slug":"the-first-visit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"The first visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On first-time visits I allocate 4 hours of gardening time, at a fixed price of \u00a3110. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have over 7,000 hours of client site experience, so I&#8217;m comfortable supervising all kinds of challenges \u2013 especially complex mixes of planting that need nurturing and repair. The business is appropriately insured and holds the necessary permits for carrying green waste and is fully-equipped with all necessary tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We like you to be at home for the first visit, so we can discuss priorities and get to know you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/?page_id=20\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,105,0) 0%,rgb(45,69,80) 38%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%)\">Join us for the 2026 season now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On first-time visits I allocate 4 hours of gardening time, at a fixed price of \u00a3110. 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/?page_id=90\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The first visit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxtongardener.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}