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Garden care · Dedham & Suffolk

A garden,
well cared for.

Regular maintenance, thoughtful planting and smaller designs that make a garden a pleasure to live with.

Michael works personally with garden clients in Dedham and the surrounding area, bringing an eye for form, seasonality and structure to the everyday work of keeping a garden healthy and looking its best.

Discuss your garden
Michael Pooley working in a garden with a leaf blower and ear defenders
Michael at work · personal, practical garden care

01 / Maintenance & upkeep

The care behind
a beautiful garden.

Gardens develop through consistent attention. Regular visits can include weeding, pruning, hedge and topiary care, tending borders and seasonal tidying, with the work agreed around the needs of your garden.

From keeping established planting in shape to clearing spent growth and preparing for the next season, Michael combines practical upkeep with a considered eye for the whole space.

Rounded topiary being clipped with a sheet laid underneath to collect cuttings
Topiary care · the work in progress
Freshly shaped rounded shrubs beside a garden seat and established planting
The finished shapes · structure maintained through regular care

02 / Planting & smaller designs

Small changes.
Lasting pleasure.

A tired border, a difficult corner or a planting scheme that needs a little balance can benefit from thoughtful attention. Michael can help refresh existing planting, introduce seasonal interest and shape a smaller area around the way you use it.

The starting point is your garden as it is: its light, soil, established plants and the amount of care you want to give it. Planting and design are considered alongside ongoing upkeep.

Layered foliage and seasonal plants in a border beside a brick wall
Border planting · texture and interest through the seasons
An established garden border with clippings on the lawn during maintenance
Working with an existing garden · pruning and border upkeep

03 / Working together

Care that suits
your garden.

Begin with a conversation about the garden, the work you need and the areas you would like to improve. A visit helps Michael understand the setting and agree priorities, whether you need regular care, seasonal help or a smaller planting project.

Based in Ipswich, with a particular focus on garden clients in Dedham and nearby Suffolk and Essex. Visits and consultations are by appointment.

Begin a conversation

Tell me about your garden.

Share your location, a few photographs and the maintenance or planting work you have in mind.

Contact Michael01473 359111