Care Services — Bishops Gardening Services

Garden Care

At Bishops Gardening Services, our garden care is more than just routine maintenance - it's a dedication to nurturing vibrant outdoor spaces. With our expertise, seasonal attention and tailored care plans, we prioritize the long-term health and beauty of your garden, ensuring it flourishes all year round. Experience a new standard of care for your green sanctuary.

Our Services

Lawncare

All aspects of lawncare provided – mowing, strimming, edging, fertilizing, scarifying, aerating, levelling, turfing/seeding, wild meadow creation, chamomile lawns, leaf removal – on a weekly, fortnightly or one-off basis depending on the season.
Pruning

We skilfully prune roses, climbers, shrubs, hedges, topiary and fruit trees at specific times of year with tools and skills to match the plant. We can use state-of-the-art power tools or traditional hand tools.
Planting

With care and using the highest quality materials we aim to get a bulb or plant off to a good start in your garden so that it not only survives but flourishes. Seed planting also available.
Weeding

Manual removal or reduction of plants you don't want in your garden from Spring onwards.
Pest & Disease Identification

If your plant is looking unhealthy we can identify an insect or disease that may be the cause and take remedial steps.
Wildlife Ponds

From cleaning them out to putting them in, we can help!
Advice

We are passionate about gardens and love to discuss the topic.
Soil Analysis

Soil is the most-overlooked part of gardening but is critical to everything that grows in it. Simple tests that we use can determine the type of soil you have and what is best planted in it.
Greenhouse / Shed

If your shed or greenhouse needs a tidy-up, be it a sweep-out, disinfection or glass cleaned, then this winter task is available. Tools oiled and sharpened.
Composting

Have a plastic composter full of a soggy mess of old grass clippings that hasn't been touched in years? Then let us take care of it by starting from fresh with a healthy mix of browns and greens which in the long term will save you money on buying compost. All types of composting – hot, cold, wormeries, digesters, etc - are encouraged and we like to experiment with them!
Mulching

A spring or autumn activity where exposed soil is 'fed' with organic matter. This tends to involve large amounts of material which we can source and arrange delivery of.
Veg Plots

Bishops Gardening Services can produce a veg plot from scratch or tend to a neglected one to provide home-grown produce for your kitchen table. Winter planning is key and then from spring onwards regular ongoing visits are necessary to tend to the plants as they develop.
Wildlife Feeders & Homes

We can assist by installing feeders – bird, insect, butterfly, etc - and homes – bat-boxes, hedgehog hotels, or insect boxes - to your garden to encourage wildlife.

FAQs

We cover all types of gardening and garden design but have a passion for gardening that embraces the natural world by increasing biodiversity in your garden. It might be as simple as planting a buddleia bush to attract butterflies, or involve a little more effort by installing a wildlife pond to attracts newts, or we can really push the boat out and reinvent your whole garden to tilt the balance towards nature.
Fruit tree and rose pruning are of particular interest because when done correctly these can really have a dramatic effects on the size, abundance and health of the flower or fruit which improves the look of your garden.
In terms of garden care, we cover Eastbourne and the surrounding areas in East Sussex – from Newhaven to Bexhill and Battle to Uckfield and the area in between.
Our garden design area is nationwide
Our costs are done on a quoted fixed price basis dependant on what task(s) you wish doing. We always visit a prospective client prior to taking on any work to understand your garden and your requirements.
Hedge cutting is generally done in the warmer months of spring, summer and autumn. The exact time and frequency of cutting depends on whether the hedge is deciduous or evergreen, formal or informal, and whether it's a newly planted or established hedge. We also have to be mindful not to disturb nesting birds from March to August.
Of course! We can design a bed or border and prepare and plant it up providing you with with something that you can really admire.
Weeding is a very labour-intensive task that can involve an array of strangely-shaped tools and many hours of pain-staking ,often fingertip, work removing not only what you can see but also the hidden roots (wherever possible). Even after many hours of weeding it can often look like little has been done! Whilst it may be convenient to use pesticides, the detrimental effects on the environment and recent evidence suggesting damaging effects on human health as well, means we only use manual tools and equipment.
Ponds are one of the key things you can do to increase wildlife in your garden, so wildlife pond design, creation and maintenance are one of the services we provide.