Making A Difference - Garden Maintenance

Making A Difference - Garden Maintenance All seasons female gardener studying RHS L2 Practical Horticulture.

Services:
🪏Pruning, weeding & planting
🌱Mowing & hedge trimming
🧹Garden tidy up
🍎Fruit tree pruning

📍Based in Marske
📄Fully insured & DBS checked
💚Dementia-friendly

☎️ Abbie

🌻’MAD’ in MarskeI pruned these Lavandula angustifolias (English Lavender) last August and look how well they have bounce...
17/06/2026

🌻’MAD’ in Marske

I pruned these Lavandula angustifolias (English Lavender) last August and look how well they have bounced back!

Did you know that properly pruned Lavenders can live happily for 15-20 years?!

Pruning tips:

🌿Prune annually in late summer (August - September) immediately after flowering to allow new shoots to harden off before winter

✂️Remove spent flower spikes and cut back about 1/3 of the current years green growth

🌿Avoid cutting into old woody stems with no green growth

✂️Shape into a dome to help it shed rain/snow and protect the crown

Also remember that Lavenders prefer full sun and poor, well draining soil ☀️💦

🌻’MAD’ in SaltburnLovely selections of plants from Longbeck Nurseries and The Wynd Fruitier to fill some pots ready for ...
30/05/2026

🌻’MAD’ in Saltburn

Lovely selections of plants from Longbeck Nurseries and The Wynd Fruitier to fill some pots ready for the summer.

I chose some annual bedding plants but also some perennials so that they can be used to fill gaps in the ground once their time in the containers is up! 🪴

🌻🪴’MAD’ in RedcarOut with the old and in with the Thriller(s), Filler and Spiller!These pots are in a north facing locat...
14/05/2026

🌻🪴’MAD’ in Redcar

Out with the old and in with the Thriller(s), Filler and Spiller!

These pots are in a north facing location and so shade tolerant plants were selected.

🌺Thriller: Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’ and Fuschia Mariska
🌱Filler: Begonias x2
🌿Spiller: Chaenostoma cordatum 'Snowflake'

Plants from Longbeck Nurseries and Hills Plant Centre

🌻’MAD’ in RedcarVal is passionate about making her garden more wildlife friendly and so we are in the process of creatin...
10/05/2026

🌻’MAD’ in Redcar

Val is passionate about making her garden more wildlife friendly and so we are in the process of creating a barrel pond to attract plenty of creatures and critters! 🐸🪲🦅

As you can see this makes me very happy!

📚🌻Record of courses attended🌿1st April 2025:Pruning Workshop led by Christina Fox at Apple Orchard Nursery🌿16th Septembe...
19/04/2026

📚🌻Record of courses attended

🌿1st April 2025:
Pruning Workshop led by Christina Fox at Apple Orchard Nursery

🌿16th September 2025 (ongoing):
RHS Level 2 Practical Horticulture at Askham-Bryan College in York

🌿4th February 2026:
Winter Tree Pruning Course led by Karen Greenwood and Jan Hoyland at Botton Village

🌻’MAD’ in MarskeDid my best to restore this garden back to its former glory!The client wanted some Japanese grass plants...
10/04/2026

🌻’MAD’ in Marske

Did my best to restore this garden back to its former glory!

The client wanted some Japanese grass plants for the pots so they were planted up with Hakonechloa macra and Carex oshimensis 🌱

The Acer and Hostas from the pots were planted into the ground 🪏

The border was layered with cardboard and fresh compost to help keep the weeds at bay and nourish the soil ✔️

🌻✂️Missing gardening tool of the week!My fun (stressful) game of hide and seek continues…If I’ve been in your garden rec...
02/04/2026

🌻✂️Missing gardening tool of the week!

My fun (stressful) game of hide and seek continues…

If I’ve been in your garden recently please look out for a pair of bright red (!) Felco snips and give me a message if you find them 🙏🏼

Also, had a hand fork go walkabout but I think I know whose garden that is in! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks 🫶🏼

🌻‘MAD’ in MickledalesFirst big planting job yesterday 😍The brief for the bed was ‘something to make it look nice’ as mos...
01/04/2026

🌻‘MAD’ in Mickledales

First big planting job yesterday 😍

The brief for the bed was ‘something to make it look nice’ as most of the plants they had put in the year before had failed.

Hoping to share before/after photos once everything has settled in and bloomed! 🤞🏼🌼

🌻🐞Ladybirds making the most of the sun!Ladybirds are essential beneficial insects that act as natural pest controllers, ...
14/03/2026

🌻🐞Ladybirds making the most of the sun!

Ladybirds are essential beneficial insects that act as natural pest controllers, with a single ladybird consuming up to 5,000 aphids, mites, and scale insects in its lifetime 🪲

They protect plant health without the need for chemical pesticides and also serve as minor pollinators.

As a result, they are always a welcome sight in the garden 🌿

🌻📚Student of the Month!Those closest to me know I’m not one to blow my own trumpet but as this is one of my proudest ach...
06/03/2026

🌻📚Student of the Month!

Those closest to me know I’m not one to blow my own trumpet but as this is one of my proudest achievements I’m telling anyone who will listen! 🌱🤭

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Marske-by-the-Sea

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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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