Mosman gardens have usually been maintained without a break for a very long time, and the job is holding that standard rather than rescuing anything. That takes consistency and the same crew each visit.
Mosman sits about eight kilometres north-east of the city on a peninsula between Sydney Harbour and Middle Harbour, the only suburb in its own municipality. Around 52 per cent of its homes are flats and 35 per cent are separate houses, many of them Federation era, which splits the work here into two quite different kinds.
A lot of these gardens are built around clipped hedges, defined beds and lawn with a crisp edge. That structure only reads well if it is cut on time. Let it run two weeks past and the whole garden looks neglected even though nothing has actually gone wrong, which is why the cycle matters more here than the hours in any single visit.
Camellias, magnolias and boundary hedges planted generations ago are mature now. Keeping them in proportion is staged reduction across several visits rather than one hard cut that leaves bare structure for a season.
With just over half the suburb in flats, much of our work here is building entries, driveway edges and shared courtyards. Those need a written scope a committee can approve before anything starts, and then a standard that does not drift between visits. A building where the entry planting is sharp reads completely differently to one where it is patchy.
Private gardens and strata common areas, both on a regular cycle.
The formal hedges these gardens are built around, cut to a clean line on a cycle that keeps them sharp. A hedge like this looks maintained for about three weeks, which is what sets the visit frequency.
How we trim hedgesStaged reduction of mature shrubs and small trees to keep them in proportion, and lifting growth off roofs, gutters and shared walls. We work within what the municipality allows.
See our pruning and trimmingBeds, terraces, stairs, paving joints and entries cleared back, roots included. On a formal garden or a building entry this is what separates maintained from neglected.
More on weedingMulch at a depth that suppresses weeds and leaves beds looking finished, with a clean edge where it meets lawn or paving.
More on mulchingLawn repair and new turf on the level terraces, laid over properly prepared soil. Under an established canopy we will say honestly whether it is worth laying at all.
How we lay new turfClippings, prunings and green waste taken away every visit, with driveways, stairs and common areas left clear.
See our rubbish removalRemoving a tree that threatens a structure or has failed. The Municipality of Mosman controls removal and significant pruning of many trees, and we check before quoting.
About our tree lopping workThe standard you want held and how much of the garden is formal detail.
Three steps, a fixed written price per visit, and no lock-in contract.
We look at the structure, the planting and the standard you want held, then tell you what cycle it actually needs.
A fixed price per visit, in a form a strata committee can approve if the work is on common property.
Same crew each time, which is what keeps a formal garden consistent. All clippings leave with us and stairs and driveways are swept down.
Terry and his team are fantastic to work with.
The team have been very professional with their work, communication and they were also fast paced.
They use very high quality materials and workmanship is flawless.
Mosman sits on the lower north shore with Neutral Bay, Cremorne, Balgowlah Heights, Seaforth and Clontarf nearby.
For a garden rebuild rather than upkeep, see our landscaping work in Mosman, and browse every Sydney suburb we service.
More often than people expect. Clipped hedges and defined edges look sharp for roughly three weeks and then start to soften, so most formal gardens here sit on a three or four week cycle. Done at that frequency each visit is shorter and the garden never looks untidy.
Yes, in stages. Mature planting cut hard in one go leaves you looking at bare structure for a season or more. Reducing over two or three visits keeps the foliage and the shape while bringing the size back under control.
Yes, and with just over half of Mosman in flats it is a good share of our work here. We supply a written scope and fixed price a committee or managing agent can approve, and we work to the building's access hours.
Yes, and on a formal garden that matters. A crew that knows where the hedge lines sit and how the beds are shaped keeps it consistent in a way a rotating team cannot.
No. You get a fixed written price per visit and you can change the cycle, skip a visit or stop whenever you want.
Yes. We work across Mosman 2088 and the surrounding lower north shore suburbs including Cremorne, Cremorne Point, Neutral Bay, Balgowlah Heights and Seaforth.
Send us the basics and we will come out, look at the structure and the standard you want held, and give you a fixed written price per visit. The visit costs nothing.
Prefer to talk it through? Call 0451 267 287.
Whether it is a formal garden that needs holding or mature planting that has outgrown its position, we will come out and price it properly.