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January 2023
Due to snow, heavy frosts and frozen ground the start date for Clives Gardening Services got rolled back a week to the 23rd of the month.
Early 2023
At the end of 2022, Clive’s Gardening Services ranked organically first on Google for Ribble Valley Gardeners, we thank all our clients past and present who have left a Google review.
Clive also made the decision to ramp down to a four-day week to give a better work-life balance.
Although the end of the season is near, November saw quite a few new regular and ad hoc clients come on board.
October saw the start of winter garden tidy-ups and lots of mulching jobs and jet-washing patios making them safe for winter.
2023
As usual, Clive is looking forward to all the new projects and challenges 2023 will bring for Clive’s Gardening Services
January
After some downtime in sunnier climes on arriving home, it was a slow start to the month due to heavy frosts and snow
Late Spring 2022
Five new prestige properties have joined Clive’s Gardening Services client list in the last quarter. Two of the prestige properties required a ride-on mower as one prestige property had a paddock, orchard and woodland area which needed mowing as well as the main lawns.
CGS reinvested again in new garden machinery and bought a ride on a mulching
Early 2022
In early January Clive was also tasked with pricing a 200m clearance and fencing job, so again, the right standard of the subcontractor was found to work at the client’s prestige property.
CGS had now hit the stage where there wasn’t really a low season as in earlier years.
The new season began 4th January with some ad hoc winter garden tidy ups, raised bed and soft fruit cage builds.
Please see our galleries for all our projects.
Annual regular clients started up again on the 4th of February.
February was a months with a lot of storms, and due to this some jobs did get put back a week or two.
2021
After a cold winter with snow, ice and freezing conditions CGS finally got started on the 3rd week of February this year.
A month or two into the season and Clives Gardening Service picked up a couple of large gardens, 1-acre plus. Please see our project page.
Again due to new projects, and property’s CGS reinvested in some more premier brand machinery to meet demand from prestige property clients.
Larger clients now started requesting Clive to manage larger projects for them, in early summer Clive started subcontracting. Tree Surgery and stump grinding to a reputable company. Clive also has a reliable team for fence and gate installations.
In the early summer CGS took on a few commercial clients and at this stage, he was advised it was a good time to move over to a Limited company.
July 1st was the date for this milestone.
As more prestige property clients were contacting Clive he soon realised this was the new direction he would steer the business in 2022.
A business meeting was had with Clive’s brand manager Redbrock Creative and a plan was put together to refresh the website over the low season and refresh the van g
2020
Started for CGS on January 6th and even though the lockdown kicked in, in March 2020 things did not slow down for Clive.
In fact, things only got busier as people were working from home and using their gardens more.
During 2020 as an eco-friendly company we started using battery-powered machines were the size of the garden or project allowed.
Some larger soft landscaping projects came in and CGS took them on, a trainee was taken on but unfortunately, he did not last.
As jobs from new clients were becoming more varied there was a lot of reinvestment back into the company of hand machinery and a new scarifier plus a large Stihl blower, equipment was hard to source due to covid as suppliers were having problems getting machines into the country, all of this had an unseen impact on CGS services.
2019
As the sourcing of equipment progressed Clive discovered classic mowers made by a well-known company called Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ltd of Ipswich.
Clive realised that the Ransome lawnmower was a trusted and favoured brand and decided to offer used pedestrian petrol mower sales as part of the business.
As more ideas developed Clive engaged with a local company called Redbrock Creative for branding, web design and marketing.
With a van purchased, he was then ready for business.
During the first year of the business, Clives Gardening Services built up a good client following of prestige property owners requiring weekly, fortnightly garden maintenance any gaps in the diary being filled with ad hoc clients.
2018
At the end of 2018, Clive embarked on a career change. He decided to change his hobby of over 40 years to his full-time job, gardening maintenance services. After working with classic cars for the past 11 years he soon found himself enjoying servicing petrol mowers he had purchased for his business.
From a young age, Clive was a keen gardener assisting his mother as well as gardening for neighbours to earn extra pocket money.
When Clive got older and had his own garden his love for gardening just grew. As well as raising vegetable crops from seed, he loved growing flowers as well. He also used to create hanging baskets and tubs for home, friends and family.
A large section of Clive’s garden is dedicated to Dahlias where he grows about 50 different varieties. In later life when a career change was required Clive decided to turn his favourite hobby into a business.
Since launching Clive’s Gardening Services, he is proud to have built a round of regular clients plus fitting in ad hoc clients where his schedule allows.
CGS thank all our clients for their custom in 2021 and look forward to gardening for them and new clients in 2022.
“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow”
