Hortlands are lucky enough to work with some of the finest gardens across the UK. We have a wealth of experience in dealing with all manner of gardening projects. Browse through a selection of our garden management portfolio.
A respected local developer contacted Hortlands to discuss screening a newly developed bock of flats from a busy road and footpath just outside London.
Whilst the hotel underwent a major restoration, Hortlands started work along side the designer, James Ogilvy Landscapes, to help restore and transform the hotel's exterior.
Hortlands were consulted on the regeneration of a large yew hedge which had succumbed to damage from deer and poor pruning.
A varied project that included the remodelling a large soil bund into a more decorative arrangement and a semi-mature tree relocation.
The project objective was to screen a neighbour's conservatory windows in an economical way using evergreen trees that can be easily maintained and grown in a formal manner to the final desired height.
Our installation team planted four, young ‘Table-Top’ trees, and connected them with framework to direct and encourage the growth of flat branches.
A concerned Buckinghamshire customer contacted us for help at his premises on the outskirts of High Wycombe, situated on the edge of the beautiful Chiltern Hills, an area of natural beauty (AONB).
Hortlands are experts in the supply and planting of large mature trees, so this project was well within our capabilities.
The Royal Horticultural Society asked Hortlands and The Tree & Hedge Company to supply 690 metres of beech (Fagus sylvatica), instant hedges for their ground-breaking, RHS Garden Bridgewater.
Our customers on this occasion were a business consultancy company working out of a modern office building based on the edge of beautiful Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.
This hedging project required the planting of a 2 metre high instant hedge in the beautiful city of Bath in Wiltshire. We used our instant hedge "Elements" of Purple-leaved beech (Fagus sylvatica Purpurea), also known as copper beech.
We manage several commercial grounds in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. Our commercial clients often require risk assessments and method statements before allowing trades on site.
Our customer in Harrow had added an extension to the back of their home and required a design and plan for a private outside area for entertaining guests and family.
Whilst working for the De Vere Group, Hortlands were invited to offer suggestions for some new planting ideas for the BMW Academy in Reading.
The new owner of the property was making a number of changes to the layout of the house and gardens, with screening being a key.
Our customer required the division of a large garden area into two by creating a barrier screen between the main garden and a natural, deciduous woodland with a walk-through and seating, situated on the edge of the property boundary, parallel to a busy road.
Hortlands were asked to maintain the prestige grounds for a new estate built in Winkfield, Berkshire, by the award winning developer New Court Construction.
Hortlands were contacted by the owner of a beautiful property in Sunningdale, Berkshire. After a recent development next door, the client felt completely overlooked by the new large property backing onto their garden.
Hortlands' long-standing relationship with Cliveden House has awarded us with some exciting projects over the years.
This thriving spa wanted to reflect the grandeur of its property with a new boundary hedge, to screen two roads around its curtilage.
A developer in Ingatestone, near Chelmsford in Essex had received negative feedback from potential buyers, about an overlooking property spoiling the privacy of the house and garden.
Greys Green Golf Course, located near Henley on Thames, had a two-pronged requirement.
Our customer located in the picturesque village of Broad Campden in the beautiful Cotswolds, was looking for a company to supply and plant a boundary line of young evergreen trees that would in time create a screen from the windows of an overlooking house.
New home constructed on land near Winchester, Hampshire. The grounds were surveyed, designed and a schedule of work put into place.
Supply and install a wild flower meadow surrounded by an ornamental lawn into a heavily shaded area under mature trees beside a driveway into a prestigious newly built house.
Hortlands were employed to prepare the gardens for an open day to the public in June. Hedges and topiary were trimmed and plant tonic nutrient treatments applied.
This stunning garden has many amazing features including a Buxus box hedge maze which needed to be pruned and shaped to keep the clear, crisp lines of the maze.
Hortlands were appointed to take over a beautiful garden in Gerrards Cross. The customer had previously invested in a total garden re-design with another company, but were disappointed with the results a year after completion.
Hortlands were asked to prune and feed specimen topiary for our client in Buckinghamshire. The fine topiary pieces co-exist with an old converted barn in a large, mature, traditional garden that Hortlands maintain throughout the year.
Using our Avant and 360 excavator we made light work of clearing, shaping new beds and preparing the soil for new planting in the spring.
This project required the clearance of a large area of brambles and long grass. Hortlands applied selective herbicide to target weeds.
A problematic steep garden required our expertise. Our client purchased a new built house on a step hillside location in leafy, Sear Green, near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire.
A stunning estate in Beaconsfield that consists of a collection of large detached properties and a block of apartments. We maintain the formal estate gardens, roadways and front gardens of the houses.
A nine-acre site with many species of trees and shrubs, including a formal garden with ornamental lawns, a deciduous woodland with a path walk-through, and a large open area of landscaped grassland.
Hortlands were asked to provide a planting design for a garden bed in Gerrards Cross. We designed a beautiful planting scheme and arranged supply and planting of the beds.
The owner of one of our regularly maintained gardens in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, asked if it was possible to change an existing water feature that ran parallel with the patio at the back of the house, into a new planter of colourful plants that will provide all year round interest.