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How To Choose A Gardener?
What questions should customers ask before hiring a gardener?
"Make sure that the person knows their plants. For example, do they know the names of the plants in your garden? Do they know when they should be cut back or pruned?"
"Do you have a good recommendation for them and can you see photos of their work. A lot comes down to trust and reliability. Often, I'm working in the garden when my customers are at work - they have to trust me to do my job."
How Often Should A Gardener Visit?
How often should a gardener visit?"At least every one to two weeks from March to November to cut grass. And once a month during the Winter to cut grass, prune or plant bulbs. Manure should be dug into the lawn once or twice a year - in Spring or Autumn.
"Initially, if garden is overrun, it'll take about a day to bring it back. After that, I will visit about once a month for a few hours, depending on the size of garden and the customer budget. For example, some customers want lots of colour all year round. So I do a mass planting of bedding plants in Summer. Then in Autumn, I take those up and put in Winter planting and Spring bulbs.
Any Tips To Make Garden Maintenance Easier?
Any tips to make gardening maintenance easier?"If you're cutting a small hedge, put a sheet under it. It makes it easier to collect up the debris afterwards."
"Never let it get out of hand. Alway stay on top of things."
"Hedges should be cut back in January before the birds start nesting. Otherwise, wait until May."
"I know lots of gardeners won't agree with me on this but I don't like climbing plants likes ivies and clematis. They can be hard to look after and look untidy if they're not looked after."
"Handblowers are useful for gathering fallen leaves."
Tips For Planning A Garden For Maintenance
Any tips when planning a garden to make maintenance easier in the long run?"Don't overplant - less is better. If you put 20 plants into a small area, you'll end up with a mess in 5 years time."
"Don't act on impulse in the garden centre! A small tree might grow to over 75 feet."
"Listen to the advice you're given! I've had a few arguments where I've refused to put a particular plant in for a customer. I think they appreciate it!"
Garden Likes and Dislikes?
What are your personal garden likes and dislikes?"There's nothing better than going into an old garden which is well designed and well planted.
Garden maintenance should even be signed and recognised by laws of the land because it goes along way in helping human being in a lot ways.
ReplyDeleteThe problem of most people is that they hire gardener with the lowest pay and they will be expecting good work. We must take all this things into consideration when maintaining our garden. Most especially the kind of person that is going to handle the work.
ReplyDeleteOKANLAWON AYO RASHEED
Hiring of gardener should be based on quality. If you want a good lawn or garden then you must be ready to go for quality and not quantity. OKANLAWON BOLA HABEEB.
ReplyDeleteProper trimming of flowers in the garden in its due time, is an excellent act of having a garden of well designed and well planted and this act, beautifies home as well as office.
ReplyDeleteADEWOLE ABOSEDE K
Care for our environment must be our priority, it must always be clean according to popular saying that cleanliness is close to holiness. Our garden must be well treated.
ReplyDeleteOYEDELE OLORUNYOMI JANET
Someone told me that a house garden determines the kind of people living in that house. A clean garden connotes that the people living in that house are clean. Garden is an essential part of a house and it must be treated well.
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ReplyDeleteMany gardener's don't no the type of flower they are dealing with. A house garden does not determine the type of people inside it, cos many family are tend to plant flowers in their vicinity
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ReplyDeletemost of Gardner's think that a house garden determine the kind of house living in that house, a cool garden cannot determine the kind of people living in that house are soppose to cool also, garden is good for the people that is cool in character also
Gardener's do beautify the flower planted in our house but their are some who doesn't know the breed of the flowers they are dealing with. some even don't care about the breed of the flower, they just treat any flowers anyhow they like. we have to secure a good Gardner for the treatment of our flowers.
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