Garden Maintenance & Care

Garden maintenance in Pickering, Ajax and Scarborough typically runs $120 to $280 per visit for a full service that covers grass cutting, hedge trimming, weeding and garden bed care, though the exact number depends entirely on your property. A smaller lot with a simple lawn and a couple of hedges sits toward the lower end of that range. A larger property with mature shrubs, several garden beds and a bigger lawn to cut sits higher up, especially during the months when everything grows fastest and visits take longer. Grass cutting on its own, without the rest of the garden work, usually costs less again, since it's a smaller job that takes less time on-site. How often you want visits matters too. Weekly visits during peak growing months cost more in total across a season than bi-weekly visits, but each individual visit tends to be quicker since there's less to catch up on. Properties that have been left unattended for a while often need a one-time cleanup before settling into a regular maintenance schedule, and that first visit is usually priced separately from the ongoing rate. None of this is something we can price accurately over the phone without seeing the property, since two lawns of the same size can take very different amounts of time depending on hedges, beds and how overgrown things have gotten. The most reliable way to get an accurate number is a free quote, where we look at what your garden actually needs and give you a straightforward price based on that, not a generic package rate.

Garden maintenance with us covers the ongoing work that keeps a residential property looking cared for through the growing season. That means regular grass cutting timed to how fast your lawn is actually growing, not a fixed schedule that ignores the weather. It means hedges and shrubs trimmed to keep a clean shape instead of growing wild between visits, and garden beds weeded and edged so they don't get overtaken. Depending on the season, it also includes pruning and deadheading spent blooms, plus spring and fall cleanups to clear the debris that builds up when the seasons change. Every visit follows the same routine on your property, so the person doing the work knows what your garden needs without you having to explain it each time. We clear clippings, trimmings and debris before we leave rather than piling them up for you to deal with afterward. What's included on any given visit depends on the season and on what your specific property needs that week. A visit during peak summer growth might be almost entirely grass cutting and weeding, while a fall visit might be mostly cleanup and pruning. We agree the scope with you upfront, based on a walk-through of your property, so there's no guessing about what a visit will and won't cover. If something specific comes up between scheduled visits, like a hedge that's grown out faster than expected, tell us and we'll fold it into the next visit.

Most residential properties in Pickering, Ajax and Scarborough do well on a visit every one to two weeks through the growing season, tapering off as growth slows heading into fall and winter. How often you actually need us depends on how fast your specific lawn and garden grow, which comes down to sun exposure, the plants you have, and how the property was landscaped. A lawn that gets full sun through the day and grass that grows quickly usually needs weekly cutting to stay even. A shadier property, or one with a smaller lawn, often holds up fine on a bi-weekly schedule. Garden beds and hedges usually don't need attention every single visit the way grass does, so we build the wider garden work into the schedule around what's actually growing at the time. Properties with a lot of mature hedges and shrubs might need a dedicated trim every few weeks during peak growing months, then far less through the rest of the year. The honest answer is that there's no single frequency that suits every property, which is why we look at your specific lawn and garden before recommending a schedule rather than putting everyone on the same plan. If a schedule isn't working, whether that's grass getting too long between cuts or a hedge growing out faster than expected, tell us and we'll adjust it. Get in touch and we'll walk your property and recommend a frequency based on what we actually see growing there.

Yes, grass cutting is a core part of every garden maintenance visit we do across Pickering, Ajax and Scarborough. It's usually the job that needs doing most consistently, so it anchors the visit, with hedge trimming, weeding and bed care built in around it. We cut to a height that suits your lawn and the time of year, since cutting too short during hot, dry stretches stresses the grass and makes it more prone to going brown. Edges along walkways, driveways and garden beds get cleaned up at the same time, so the lawn looks finished rather than just shorter. If grass cutting is genuinely all you need, without the wider garden work, we can do that too. Some homeowners want just the lawn handled and take care of their own beds and hedges, and that's a fine arrangement. Others want everything covered in a single visit so they don't have to think about any of it. Either way, we look at your lawn before quoting, since a small, tidy lawn and a larger property with a more complicated layout take different amounts of time to cut properly. Clippings get cleared or mulched depending on your preference and the length of the grass at the time, rather than left sitting on the lawn or blown onto the driveway. Get in touch and we'll give you a free quote based on exactly what your lawn needs.

Yes, we do one-time cleanups across Pickering, Ajax and Scarborough for gardens that have gotten away from their owners, whether that's after a long stretch with no maintenance, a change in season, or just a busy year where the garden fell down the priority list. A cleanup visit typically covers cutting an overgrown lawn back down properly, which sometimes takes more than one pass if the grass has gotten very long, clearing weeds that have taken hold in beds, trimming hedges and shrubs back into shape, and removing accumulated leaves and debris. It's more involved than a standard maintenance visit because there's more ground to cover, so it's priced separately and usually takes longer on-site. Plenty of homeowners use a cleanup as the starting point before moving onto a regular maintenance schedule, since it's much easier to keep a garden looking after itself once it's already in good shape than to let it slide and clean up again later. Others just want the garden reset for a specific reason, like selling the house or hosting an event, and don't need anything ongoing after that. Either works. We'll walk the property, tell you honestly what state it's in and what a cleanup would involve, and give you a free quote before anything gets booked in. There's no obligation to set up ongoing visits afterward if a single cleanup is all you're after.