• 4–5 visits per year during the first two phases of establishment (adjustable to suit your garden’s needs)

  • At each visit:

    • Assess how the planting is progressing

    • Troubleshoot problems (e.g. plant losses, pests, gaps)

    • Advise on what actions are needed

    • Help you or your gardener implement timely care

  • Each visit also includes:

    • A written summary outlining observations, advice, and suggested next steps

    • Coordination with your maintenance team or gardener if needed

• Planned seasonal check-ins

• Plant development and performance guidance

• Targeted layout or planting adjustments

• Problem-solving and decision support

Note: This is not a garden maintenance service. My role is to guide and support the establishment process and long-term evolvement of the garden —helping you manage the planting efficiently, put care systems in place, and make design adjustments where needed.

• Ensure your garden establishes successfully in its early life

• Transition the planting into a cohesive, balanced system

• Support a long-term vision of low-input care with high impact

• Detect and address issues early, before they become costly or disruptive

Even if your garden wasn’t designed for long-term self-sufficiency, we can assess it together and work toward that goal through careful changes.

After design and planting, your garden goes through three phases of professional support:

Phase 1 (~1 Year)

Focus: Individual plant survival and adaptation

• Includes

  • Initial site visit and garden assessment

  • Contract, welcome pack, and handover guide

  • Monthly check-ins with guidance for healthy growth

  • Seasonal on-site visits (4× per year)

  • Mid-year and end-of-year progress reviews

  • With optional add-ons such as:

    • Extra emails or guidance

    • After-winter assessment of plant survival

    • Extra site visits beyond included 4× per year

    • Small redesign

    • Planting Installation

• The Garden Management focuses on:

  • Monitoring need for weeding, watering, cutting back

  • Pest and disease monitoring

  • Supporting young plants through losses and stress

• Goal: Help each plant get established and start filling its intended role

Phase 2

Focus: Planting system as a whole

• Attention shifts to:

  • Replacing or removing underperforming species

  • Strengthening groundcover and layering

  • Enhancing seasonal expression where needed

• Includes

  • Landscape Performance Assessment & Walkthrough – start-of-year evaluation of your garden to identify weak areas, seasonal themes, and overall design health

  • Quarterly Check-Ins – monitoring and guidance for stable areas that don’t require intensive work

  • Seasonal Guidance & Annual Planning – advice on maintenance, seasonal planting, and ongoing design improvements

  • with optional add-ons

    • Micro-Establishment Cycles – 6–12 month intensive care for adjusted or re-established areas (billed per area)

    • Adjustment Implementation / Planting & Replanting – hands-on work to implement changes (£45–£55/h)

    • Extra Site Visits – for interventions beyond quarterly check-ins (£280–£300 per visit)

• Goal: Achieve a dense, diverse, and resilient planting structure with year-round presence

Phase 3 - Long-term

Focus: Sustaining a dynamic but stable planting

• Less frequent visits as the garden matures

• Ongoing guidance to:

  • Monitor balance and layering

  • Prevent invasive species from taking over

  • Adjust rhythm and openness as needed

• Goal: A stable, evolving garden that requires thoughtful intervention—not constant care

This service is ideal for:

• Hands-on gardeners who want expert input

• People invested in learning and tending to their garden over time

• gardens designed with ecological function, visual richness, and long-term resilience in mind.

If your garden wasn’t designed this way, we’ll work together to assess its condition, rethink key areas, and steer it toward a more sustainable future—without starting over.

Costs vary depending on the size of the garden and the level of support required.

As a guide:

• Initial Assesments from £280

• Site Visits with Support in Garden from £200

• Monthly Check-Ins from £60