Garden clearance in Dublin.
Garden clearance across Dublin for gardens that have got away from their owners: grass up to the knee, brambles through the hedge, beds that have disappeared under weeds. We cut it all back, clear it, take the waste away and hand back a garden you can use, or one that is ready to go onto a schedule.
An overgrown garden clearance is quoted as its own job, separate from regular maintenance, because the work and the waste are on a different scale.
It usually means strimming everything back, cutting the hedges hard, clearing the beds, lifting what has died, taking the green waste away and giving the lawn its first cut.
We look at the garden for free and send a written price within 48 hours. Once it is cleared, keeping it that way on a schedule is optional.
What an overgrown garden clearance involves.
A garden left for a year or two hides what is in it. The first job is always to strim the long grass and weeds back far enough to see the shape of the place: where the lawn ends, where the beds were, what is a shrub worth keeping and what is a bramble. Only then does the rest make sense.
From there the work follows roughly the same order in most gardens.
- 01Long grass, nettles and brambles strimmed back to ground level
- 02Hedges cut hard to bring them back inside the boundary and off the path
- 03Beds cleared of weeds and self-sown seedlings, with the plants you want kept marked first
- 04Dead shrubs and plants lifted out
- 05Ivy cut off fences, sheds and walls where it has taken hold
- 06Paths, patio and steps cleared so you can walk the garden again
- 07Every load of green waste taken away
- 08A first cut of whatever lawn is underneath
Why a clearance is priced on its own.
A maintenance visit keeps a garden where it is. A clearance has to undo a year or more of growth in one go, and most of the cost sits in two places: the hours of hard cutting, and the volume of material that has to leave the site. One overgrown back garden in a Dublin semi can produce more green waste than a whole season of fortnightly visits.
That is why it is quoted separately, after a look. The price covers the work agreed on the walk-around and the waste it produces. If there is household rubbish, old paving or builders' rubble under the growth, say so on the walk-around, because that is not green waste and it needs to be talked through before the day.
End-of-tenancy and house-sale tidies.
Many Dublin clearances come at a change of hands. A tenant moves out and the landlord needs the garden back to the standard the next tenant expects. A house is going on the market and the front garden is the first thing in the estate agent's photos. A family is getting an older relative's house ready to sell, and the garden has not been touched in years.
These tidies are usually lighter than a full rescue: a hard cut of the hedges, the lawn brought back, the beds weeded and edged, the paths swept and moss scraped off the steps. Timing matters more. Tell us the date of the photos, the viewing or the handover, and we will say on the walk-around whether it can be done in time. Nobody has to be at the house on the day as long as we can get into the garden, and photos come through when the job is finished.
What turns up under the growth.
Clearing a garden that has been left often finds things nobody knew about. Old timber edging that has rotted, a pond liner, a buried path, a seat under the brambles. Most of it gets cleared as part of the job or set aside for you to decide on.
Bindweed, ground elder and brambles come back from the root after a clearance, so a cleared bed will show green again within weeks if nothing else is done. On paving and gravel we can use a targeted weedkiller, or work without chemicals by hand and with mulch on the beds, whichever you prefer. Japanese knotweed is different. It needs a specialist, it must not be cut up and taken off with ordinary green waste, and if we find it we stop and tell you.
After the clearance, an optional schedule.
Once the garden is back, keeping it there costs a good deal less than clearing it again in two years. If you want, it can go onto a written maintenance schedule: fortnightly or monthly, the same crew on the same day each cycle, at a fixed price per visit or per month. If not, that is fine, and some people book a seasonal clearance once or twice a year instead.
Sometimes the lawn under the growth is past saving: mostly moss and weeds, bare patches, ruts. We will say so after the first cut. A new lawn is a landscaping job and is quoted as one.
We clear gardens across Dublin, from Balbriggan and Swords in the north through Finglas, Cabra, Drumcondra and Crumlin to Tallaght, Templeogue, Stillorgan and Shankill in the south.
From the call to the photos.
The same crew looks at the job, quotes it and does it. You get before and after photos when it is finished.
- First01.
A look at the garden.
Free, and the best way to price it. Photos help, but they rarely show how much is hiding under a year of growth.
- Then02.
Written quote in 48 hours.
What is being cut, cleared and lifted, which plants are staying, and that the green waste is included.
- Next03.
The clearance.
Strimmed back first, then hedges, beds and dead plants, then the paths cleared and the lawn given its first cut. The waste goes with us as we go.
- Last04.
Before and after photos.
Taken from the same spots so the difference is plain, and useful for a landlord, an agent or an owner who lives elsewhere.
Where we draw the line.
We clear and cut back gardens. We do not fell trees or do tree surgery beyond hedges and small trees, and we do not treat Japanese knotweed. Household rubbish, rubble and old building material are not green waste and need to be raised on the walk-around. A lawn that is beyond saving is quoted as a new lawn under landscaping, and a large site that needs machinery and a bigger team is beyond what we are set up for.
Gardening questions.
Anything else, ring 085 781 4603.
How long does it take to clear an overgrown garden?
It depends on the size of the garden, how long it has been left and how much waste comes out of it. We will give you a fair idea of the time on the walk-around, so you can plan around it.
Do you take all the garden waste away?
All the green waste, yes, every load. Rubbish, rubble or old paving found in the garden is a separate conversation, so mention it at the look.
Can you tidy the garden before the house goes on the market?
Yes. Tell us when the photos or the first viewing are booked. A house-sale tidy is usually a hard hedge cut, the lawn brought back, the beds weeded and edged and the front made presentable.
Will you have to use weedkiller?
No. It is your choice. A targeted weedkiller works well on paving joints and gravel, but we can clear by hand and mulch the beds instead if you would rather keep chemicals out of the garden.
Do I have to sign up to regular maintenance afterwards?
No. A clearance is a job on its own. A schedule is there if you want one, and it is the cheaper way to stop the garden getting back to where it started.
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