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The work, in pictures

Fences, turf, hedges, jet washing and garden brickwork from jobs DC Gardening Services has done. Towns are not labelled. A photograph is the job, not a promise that the next one will look identical.

Three dark-stained timber fence panels on concrete posts, with bare soil and a few plants at the base — Fencing
Three panels, stained and stood
The finished run: dark-stained featheredge on concrete posts, with the garden tidied back behind it. Panel size, post centres and whether the old timber leaves are what the quote is built on.

An old timber fence panel leaning beside a shed, with long grass and garden clutter — Fencing
Before the panels came out
A leaning panel, a shed in the way and a boundary that had given up. This is the usual starting point for a replacement rather than another patch.

A new pale timber fence with concrete posts and a rectangle of fresh green turf in front — Fencing
New fence, new turf
Pale panels and a strip of fresh turf. Where a lawn meets a new fence, the levels have to be set before the turf goes down or the edge will show every dip.

A newly built timber fence beside raked bare soil, with trees beyond — Fencing
Fence in, soil still open
Posts and panels up, the ground raked level and not yet finished. We leave a job at the stage the quote described, and we say so if turf or gravel is still to come.

A neat rectangle of freshly laid green turf in a garden, with bare soil still around the edges — Lawns
Turf, the day it went down
A prepared rectangle of fresh turf. It needs water in the first weeks. We say how much, and we do not pretend a lawn is established the afternoon it is laid.

A rotavator standing on freshly tilled brown soil in a back garden — Lawns
Rotavating before the lawn
Compacted or builder-damaged ground gets broken up before turf or seed. A rotavator on tilled soil is the middle of that job, not the end of it.

A tired lawn with long grass and a brown patch, seen from a patio toward a timber fence — Lawns
The lawn beforehand
Long grass, a brown clump and a garden that had got away. A first cut is not a makeover. If the lawn needs scarifying or turf, that is a separate quote.

A pressure washer on garden steps next to timber decking and a green picket fence — Jet washing
Steps, deck and the green film
A pressure washer on the steps, with the deck and a green picket fence beside it. Timber gets less pressure than concrete. The aim is the algae gone and the grain still there.

A garden retaining wall mid-rebuild, with upright posts and a yellow string line — Hard landscaping
A wall, halfway
Posts set and a string line pulled for a garden wall rebuild. Hard landscaping is levels and a base, not a surface laid on whatever was there last year.

A hedge trimmer and scaffolding beside a tall hedge, with green clippings on the ground — Hedges
Trimmer, scaffolding, cuttings
A tall hedge cut from scaffolding, with the clippings still on the lawn. Height, the face you want, and whether the waste leaves are agreed before we start.

Scaffolding running alongside a garden hedge during a trim, with clippings below — Hedges
The same hedge, from the side
Another angle of that cut: scaffold along the hedge and the arisings piled where they can be cleared. We check for active nests between March and August and wait if birds are in it.

A HighDrive cherry picker parked by cut tree branches outside a house — Trees
Branches from a cherry picker
Cut branches on the drive and a cherry picker in place. This is garden tree work we can reach safely. Highway trees and anything that needs a climber’s ticket go to a tree surgeon.

A works van on the drive of a house wrapped in blue cladding, before tree cutting — Trees
On site before the cutting
The van at a house wrapped for work, before the branches came down. The registration is blurred. It is a site photo, not a portrait of the vehicle.

A damaged brick gate pier with missing bricks and a broken top — Brickwork
A pier that had failed
A damaged brick pier before it was taken down. Garden brickwork we quote is pillars, caps and low walls, not a house extension.

A newly built red brick pier with a light stone cap beside a rendered wall — Brickwork
Pier rebuilt, stone cap on
The same sort of pier rebuilt in red brick with a pale stone cap. New brick will not match weathered brick for a while. We say that before we start.

A brick garden wall partly dismantled during repair, with loose bricks and a pier still standing — Brickwork
A wall opened up
Mid-repair, with the failed section cut back to sound brick. If what we find is worse than the photo, we stop and reprice before carrying on.

A HIAB crane lifting a white bulk bag over a garden hedge — On site
A bulk bag over the hedge
A grab lorry lifting a tonne bag in when the side gate will not take a pallet. Access is part of the price on terraces and gardens with no driveway.

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The work, in pictures

Three panels, stained and stood

Before the panels came out

New fence, new turf

Fence in, soil still open

Turf, the day it went down

Rotavating before the lawn

The lawn beforehand

Steps, deck and the green film

A wall, halfway

Trimmer, scaffolding, cuttings

The same hedge, from the side

Branches from a cherry picker

On site before the cutting

A pier that had failed

Pier rebuilt, stone cap on

A wall opened up

A bulk bag over the hedge

If your garden needs this done