About Us
Background
Before Secret Gardening, Katy taught EAL children in a Brent primary school for 11 years and Emma spent over 25 years as an Administrator and PR Consultant in the commercial sector and more recently worked in school administration. We were both keen to pursue a more creative career outdoors in gardening.
Coming from enthusiastic gardening families and being avid gardeners ourselves, we have tended our own gardens for years. We are both RHS qualified having studied RHS Level 2 Principles of Horticulture at Regent’s Park’s Capel Manor College.
This qualification has provided us with a sound grounding in plant science, classification, nutrition, health and propagation and also plant design and planning, establishment and maintenance, fruit and vegetable growing and the protected environment. Katy has now also achieved the Level 3 Diploma in Garden and Planting Design.
Equipped with all this theory and practical knowledge, not to mention hundreds of Latin plant names, we launched Secret Gardening…
Why Secret Gardening?
We discovered we both loved ‘The Secret Garden’ as children and feel it encapsulates a certain magic around green spaces. With this in mind, we want to enhance our clients’ gardens as much as possible, making them more beautiful and accessible.
About Us Continued
How We Work
We are keen to work locally and establish strong links within the community.
We carry out all gardening jobs together mainly during office hours but can be flexible. For larger jobs, we can employ additional help to support us as and when the need arises.
We work a minimum of 2 hours each per person per job (ie minimum 4 hours) and charge to the nearest 1/2 hour thereafter.
Maintenance work
After an initial phonecall or email enquiry, we can often arrange a time to carry out work without a site visit, but occasionally one may be required prior to work commencing.
Stand alone Hedge Maintenance Service
We also offer a stand alone hedge maintenance service and can provide a quote per job.
Clearance work
This work will require a site visit.
Planting improvements work
This work will require a site visit and subsequent correspondence by email.
One-off consultation
This work also requires a site visit and subsequent correspondence by email.
For more information regarding the above services - click here for our
services
page.
We undertake one-off jobs and offer discounts for regular work - click here for our
rates
page.
We provide all tools and equipment where possible and are careful not to undertake any work in freezing or waterlogged conditions to protect the plants and surrounding environment.
