GARDEN SERVICES
Garden and landscape restoration is one of the specialist services provided by Edwards Garden Design & Maintenance. Whether returning a dense overgrown thicket to a Victorian flowering shrubbery, pruning a tangled wisteria to encourage flowering, rediscovering an historic landscape or simply clearing brambles to restore a wildflower meadow, Gareth & his team have the experience and expertise to undertake a variety of garden restoration projects.
An informal association with specialist stone masons, tree surgeons, dedicated garden designers and other experts in their chosen fields means Edwards Garden Design & Maintenance can offer a comprehensive service for projects both large and small, one-off or on-going.
A family home in the Wye Valley, setting up a cut-flower business in the Victorian walled garden. Barrow Court, A Grade II Registered Park & Garden in North Somerset. A listed medieval farmhouse in Monmouthshire, setting up a vineyard & productive kitchen garden. Ongoing design & maintenance for a Regency lodge & landscape park.
In keeping with the tradition of the English Landscape Park, aka Repton and Capability Brown, the wider estate can be part of the designed landscape. The opportunity on private estates to manage the land in an ecologically sensitive way, creating habitat for a diversity of birds, bugs and plants, is something Gareth is particularly passionate about. His background in extensive habitat survey and assessment, coupled with decades worth of knowledge working with designed landscapes is ideal if you are looking for that elusive designed wilderness!
Gareth is a beekeeper, a proponent of natural beekeeping, where the focus is on ecology and habitat rather than intensive husbandry. More on this subject can be see on Gareth’s beekeeping blog.
Gareth’s background as a field botanist and ecological consultant still informs his approach to garden restoration. Allied to 20 years experience with brushcutters, flail mowers, loppers and a decent pair of Felco secateurs, Gareth has an expert understanding of garden design styles and the conservation of historic gardens. Gareth’s work as a garden consultant goes hand in hand with the practical application and skills of carrying out the restoration work itself.