Strathfield gardens are large, formal and visible from a wide street. Holding that standard is a matter of cycle and consistency, because on a frontage this long anything left too late is obvious from the footpath.
Strathfield sits about 14 kilometres west of the city, mostly in its own municipality, with a small northern section in Canada Bay and the area east of The Boulevarde in Burwood. It is known for wide tree-lined avenues, large detached homes from Victorian through to contemporary, and a good deal of retained mature vegetation.
On a wide avenue the front garden is seen from a distance and in full, not glimpsed from a footpath a metre away. Hedge lines, lawn edges and bed shapes all have to be right together, because a single soft edge undoes the rest of it. None of the work is difficult in itself. It is the sheer length of frontage that sets the time a visit takes.
A lot of these gardens sit under trees that have been there for generations, and the suburb has kept much of its original vegetation. That means constant leaf litter through autumn, patches where there is not enough light for lawn to hold, and pruning that is about keeping proportion and letting light through rather than cutting anything back hard.
The suburb is split between Strathfield, Canada Bay and Burwood, with the boundary running along The Boulevarde on the eastern side. Which council you are in changes what you need approval for and how long it takes, so we confirm the address before quoting any tree work rather than finding out part way through.
Most visits here are a long list of detail work across a large garden, front and back.
The long formal hedges and front screens these gardens are built around, cut to a clean line. Length is what makes a Strathfield hedge job rather than height.
How we trim hedgesKeeping mature trees and shrubs in proportion to the house, lifting canopies off roofs and gutters, and thinning so light reaches the lawn below.
See our pruning and trimmingBeds, driveways, paths and paving joints cleared back, roots included. Across a frontage this size weeds show up quickly once a cycle slips.
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 over prepared and levelled soil. Under an established canopy we will tell you honestly where turf will hold and where it will not.
How we lay new turfClippings, prunings and leaf litter taken away every visit. Under a mature canopy the litter volume alone is well beyond what a council green bin holds, which is why so many gardens here end up with a pile behind the shed.
See our rubbish removalRemoving a tree that threatens a structure or has failed. Which council you are in determines the rules, and we confirm that before quoting.
About our tree lopping workSize and the standard you want held, more than anything complicated.
Three steps, a fixed written price per visit, and no lock-in contract.
We look at the frontage, the canopy and the standard you want held, then tell you what cycle it needs to stay there.
A fixed price per visit sized to the garden, on a frequency that keeps the formal structure sharp.
Same crew each time. All clippings and leaf litter leave with us and the driveway, paths and footpath 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.
Strathfield sits in the inner west with Burwood, Croydon, Enfield, Homebush and Greenacre nearby.
For a garden rebuild rather than upkeep, see everything we do across Strathfield, or browse every Sydney suburb we service.
More often than you might think, because the formal parts are what date quickly. Clipped hedges and lawn edges look sharp for about three weeks. On a short cycle each visit is quicker and the garden never gets to the stage where it needs a day to recover.
Yes, every visit. Under a mature canopy the volume is well beyond what a council green bin will take, which is why so many gardens here end up with piles behind the shed. All of it goes in the truck.
Thinning and lifting the canopy lets much more light down and often brings the lawn back, which is worth trying before anything else. Where it is still too dark, planting or a mulched bed is the honest answer and we will say so.
Often yes, and which council you are in matters here. Strathfield is split between three council areas with different rules, so we confirm your address before quoting any tree work.
Yes. On a formal garden that consistency is what holds the standard, because the crew knows where the hedge lines and bed shapes sit.
Yes. We work across Strathfield 2135 and the surrounding inner west suburbs including Strathfield South, Burwood, Homebush, Enfield, Croydon and Greenacre.
Send us the basics and we will come out, look at the frontage 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 the frontage has gone soft or the leaf litter has got ahead of you, we will come out and price it properly.