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Green River Horticulture Green River Horticulture Where gardens become habitats
Spiraea in full bridal-wreath blossom

Garden maintenance Nottingham

Garden care that works with the garden

From regular maintenance visits to seasonal pruning and border rejuvenation, we help gardens stay healthy, balanced and well looked after throughout the year.

What our garden care includes

Every garden has its own rhythm. Some require steady, regular attention to stay on top of vigorous growth, while others benefit from focused seasonal support at pivotal times of the year.

Hand weeding and mulching

Regular maintenance & tending

Ongoing care that keeps outdoor spaces orderly and thriving. Detailed hand-weeding, crisp border edging, deadheading, managing groundcover, and keeping pathways clear.

Close sprays of Spiraea blossom

Border restoration & planting

We restore balance to overgrown or tired beds, divide congested perennials, mulch to preserve moisture, and introduce plants that match your soil and light.

Pruning by hand

Pruning, climbers & small trees

Formative and seasonal pruning for ornamental shrubs, roses, wall climbers and fruit trees. We prune with purpose: airflow, natural structure, and flowering.

A mixed border in good heart

Soil nutrition & lawn management

Healthy plants rely entirely on healthy soil. Organic soil conditioning, mulching, aeration, and sensible mowing that builds natural lawn resilience.

A wildlife pond, from first spade to living water

Habitat features are part of skilled garden care — planned, dug and finished so they sit quietly in the garden and start working for wildlife from day one.

Spade standing in newly opened ground for a pond
The first cut: soil opened, levels marked, work begun.
Pond excavation in progress with tools and wheelbarrow
Shelves for planting, a deep end for wildlife, spoil kept for reuse.
The finished wildlife pond with stone edge, logs and planting
The same pond, settled: stone edge, logs, pebble beach and the first plants.

Care over shortcuts

We don’t believe in aggressive chemical fixes or stripping a garden bare to make it look “tidy.” By feeding the soil, managing weeds early by hand, selecting tough and appropriate varieties, and respecting natural growth habits, gardens naturally develop resistance against pests and drought.

This is practical horticulture: doing the right job at the right time so the garden needs fewer heavy interventions over time.

Living bark on a veteran tree

It starts with a garden visit

Every new garden starts on site. We walk the space together, look at the soil, aspect and existing plants, discuss your goals, and agree a care routine that suits the garden.

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