Garden maintenance


I offer a garden maintenance service for those busy individuals that don’t have the time or know-how to maintain their outdoor space.
I have many years experience working in gardens of varying sizes up to and including heavily planted multiple acre gardens.
My maintenance service is client focused and thrives on communication. It is your garden after all! I want to know what you like about it, what you don’t like and how I can improve it for you.

When maintaining your garden, my thoughtful, informed approach to maintenance is one of doing the right thing, at the right time to ensure your plants receive the maxiumum benefit. My qualifications speak to this boast!

I have experience dealing with a wide variety of garden issues such as pests and diseases. Where possible I take a proactive approach to dealing with them. As an example, if you have a box hedge in an area affected by the box tree moth caterpillar, I would be recommending traps to keep an eye on any potential infestations as well as doing a visual inspection of the box on every visit.





Benjamin Mallow

Garden Designer & Maintenance Gardener

Who I am

My name is Benjamin Mallow. Everyone calls me Ben.
I am a horticulturalist (a plantsman) and trained at Capel Manor where I attained a Distinction * (Star) in Level 3 Advanced Technical Horticulture. I am a proud member of both the Chartered Institute of Horticulture, and the Gardeners Guild. I am insured for all the work I carry out.

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  • Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
  • Trying to take a nice photo of me pruning is quite difficult!
  • Up the top of a ladder pruning a grape vine
  • Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
  • Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
  • Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
  • Asplenium scolopendrium
  • Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
1 week ago
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Trying to take a nice photo of me pruning is quite difficult!
Trying to take a nice photo of me pruning is quite difficult!
2 weeks ago
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Up the top of a ladder pruning a grape vine
Up the top of a ladder pruning a grape vine
3 weeks ago
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Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
1 month ago
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Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
1 month ago
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Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
1 month ago
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Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium
3 months ago
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Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
3 months ago
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Ben has only been working in my (very large and previously rather messy) garden for a few months but I can already see the improvements that his skills are making.
I would thoroughly recommend him.”

Leighton Buzzard