Garden Maintenance in Newbury
Garden design, patios, planting and full landscaping across West Berkshire. Free surveys, fixed written quotes, tidy workmanship.
Newbury Landscaping runs scheduled garden maintenance across Newbury, Thatcham and the West Berkshire villages — mowing, hedges, borders and seasonal work handled on a fixed round so nothing waits for someone to notice it needs doing.
Maintenance here splits along a clear line. A courtyard in town and a two-acre plot outside Hungerford need the same care and completely different logistics, so they are quoted as different jobs rather than squeezed onto one price list.
Two kinds of round, priced differently
Town and estate gardens around Newbury are usually a fortnightly visit of an hour or two: mow, edge, hedges on their season, borders kept clear. Predictable, and the price barely moves through the year.
The village plots towards Hungerford, Lambourn, Chieveley and Compton are a different animal. Long boundaries, mature hedging, orchard grass, gravel that wants weeding and ride-on mowing rather than a pedestrian machine. Those need a longer visit and a plan for where the arisings go, because a green bin is not going to cover it.
Town and estate gardens
Fortnightly through the growing season, monthly over winter. Side-gate access, nobody needs to be home.
Village and rural plots
Longer visits, ride-on mowing, hedge cutting on a proper cycle, arisings removed rather than piled.
New-build aftercare
The first two years decide whether a builder's lawn ever becomes a lawn. Feeding, weed control and repair while it establishes.
Second homes and lets
Gardens kept presentable between visits or tenancies, with photos after each round so you can see it without being there.
Maintenance prices in Newbury — 2026
| Round | Typical visit | Monthly guide |
|---|---|---|
| Courtyard or small town garden | 1 hour, fortnightly | £110 – £170 |
| Family garden, Newbury or Thatcham | 2 hours, fortnightly | £160 – £260 |
| Large village plot | half day, fortnightly | £300 – £550 |
| Grounds over half an acre | weekly, ride-on | from £600 |
| One-off seasonal tidy | 1 – 2 days | £280 – £650 |
Guide prices for 2026 including green waste removal. Rounds are heavier April to September and lighter through winter — the monthly figure is averaged across the year so the bill stays flat.
Working with chalk and downland soil
West Berkshire sits on chalk for much of its area, and it changes what maintenance actually means. Thin alkaline soil over free-draining chalk dries hard in a July week and takes lawns with it, so mowing height matters more here than in heavier clay towns — cut short in drought and the sward is gone until autumn. Ericaceous planting sulks, lime-tolerant planting thrives, and feeding a lawn on chalk is a different schedule from feeding one on the Kennet floodplain a mile away.
The practical version: we cut higher through summer, feed on the soil's terms rather than the calendar's, and mulch borders to hold what moisture there is. It costs nothing extra and it is the difference between a lawn that recovers in September and one that gets returfed.
Lawns and turfing
When a lawn is past feeding and wants replacing.
Hedge planting and screening
New hedging, and the cutting cycle that keeps it dense.
Planting design
Borders designed for the maintenance level you actually want to pay for.
Frequently asked questions
Ready for a free, no-obligation quote?
Call 01635 884658