Hedge Trimming & Pruning

Quiet precision for your garden boundaries.

A hedge is more than just a property line; it is the frame for your garden and a vital highway for local wildlife. At Totnes Gardening, I treat hedge cutting as a craft, not a chore.

Whether you have a formal Box topiary that needs a delicate trim, or a sprawling native mixed hedge that requires a seasonal cutback, I bring the right tools and the right knowledge to the job.

🤫 The "Quiet" Difference

Hedge trimming is notoriously noisy—but it doesn’t have to be. I use professional battery-powered long-reach trimmers. They provide the same power as petrol engines but without the roar and the fumes. This means I can work on your boundaries without disturbing you, your neighbours, or the wildlife nesting nearby.

📅 Seasonality & Nesting Birds

As an environmentally conscious business, I adhere strictly to best practices regarding wildlife.

• The Main Cut (Sept – Feb): For heavy reductions, agricultural-style cutting, and roadside banks, we work outside the nesting season to protect our bird populations.

• Summer Maintenance: For formal garden hedges (like Leylandii, Yew, or Box), light trimming is permitted during the warmer months to keep lines sharp, provided a thorough check for nesting birds is completed first.

If I find an active nest, I will always recommend delaying the work. Nature comes first.

Our Services

• Formative Pruning: Encouraging young plants to thicken up and create a dense screen.

• Maintenance Trimming: Keeping established hedges neat, level, and crisp.

• Reductions: Carefully reducing the height or width of overgrown hedges to let light back into your garden.

• Topiary: Detailed clipping for ornamental shrubs.

♻️ The Cleanup

A great hedge trim is ruined if the mess is left behind. I pride myself on a meticulous cleanup. All trimmings are raked up, blown clear from your borders, and removed from the site. As a Licensed Waste Carrier, I ensure all greenery is taken to a composting facility to be recycled.