Garden maintenance in Balwyn

Balwyn and Balwyn North are period-home territory. Federation, Edwardian, Californian Bungalow — the houses here were designed with the front garden as part of the architectural impression, and a well-kept garden lifts the whole property. JJ services these gardens to that standard, and the work tends to be more pruning and hedging than dramatic mowing.

For most Balwyn clients, the schedule is fortnightly mowing year-round (the lawns here are typically smaller as a proportion of the block) plus regular hedge work and seasonal pruning. Standard rose pruning in July, fruit tree work in August, hedge trims in spring and autumn, and a gentle camellia and azalea tidy after they finish flowering.

Deepdene and the streets near Whitehorse Road have a high proportion of formal hedges along the front boundary — box, conifer, photinia. These are the showpiece of the front-of-house and they want a sharp, consistent trim line rather than a quick rough cut. JJ uses a string line for longer hedges and takes the time to get the top dead level. The result is a hedge that looks deliberately and professionally maintained, which it is.