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Garden Restoration
Bringing neglected gardens back to life
Garden restoration is ideal where part or all of a garden has been neglected, overgrown or has simply lost its way. Whether it’s a smaller space needing attention or a large garden restored carefully over time, Susan Young takes a thoughtful, practical approach to returning gardens to health and balance.
Restoration work can be carried out as a standalone service or combined with garden or landscape design, depending on what your garden needs.
What Garden Restoration May Include
Garden restoration can involve a wide range of services, including:
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Garden or landscape design
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Reconstructing existing structures or replacing them with new features
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Clearance work and regeneration pruning
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Soil improvement and rejuvenation
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Lawn rescue and repair
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Soil analysis and tailored treatments
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Resolving problem areas
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Addressing underperforming or failing plants
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New planting schemes
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Expert assessment of plant health and condition
Where possible, existing shrubs and plants are retained and restored through skilled pruning, improved nutrition and appropriate treatments.
Soil, Drainage & Plant Health
Healthy soil is the foundation of a successful garden. Susan assesses the condition of the soil and recommends suitable improvements, including the correct use of soil ameliorants, which she can supervise through to application.
Advice is also provided on drainage solutions for borders and lawns where waterlogging or poor drainage is an issue.
Experience You Can Trust
Susan has restored an overgrown front garden and renovated two challenging landscape sites at Cranford Hall, both of which suffered from severe soil problems and difficult growing conditions.
These projects demonstrate a practical, knowledgeable approach to resolving long-standing issues and bringing problem gardens back into good health.
Garden restoration services are available throughout Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, as well as the surrounding areas.
Check out some of our Restoration Projects
“Susan was called to give a consultation on the back garden. When it was agreed that the leylandii hedge should be removed as the first job. Susan and her team then cleared all the remaining overgrown hedge and border along the back boundary and an area where an old border was underneath a washing line. An old path set in several inches of concrete was removed and the soil levels reinstated. Susan planted a new hedge along the back boundary borders were reshaped, dug over with soil conditioner and replanted with new plants. Treasured elderly plants such as the wisteria and old apple tree, were regenerated with careful pruning. Then a neighbours new fence prompted work on trees, shrubs and new planting in that area. Work has also been carried out in the front garden with another wisteria trained further along the front of the house and a large sick euonymus completely removed.”
-Turvey, Bedfordshire.