Hedges done properly. Locally.

What we do

We cut hedges. We reduce overgrown ones. And we look after the trees behind them, pruning, crown reduction and deadwooding, specified for this coast's chalk soil and salt-exposed conifers, not a one-size approach lifted from an inland town.

That's it. We don't do lawn care, fencing, or the rest of the garden-services bundle. Hedges and boundary trees are a craft worth being good at; we keep our focus narrow so we are.

Why local matters here

St Margaret's Bay and the clifftop gardens near South Foreland take the full force of Channel gales; a hedge that would be fine a mile inland gets scorched brown on its seaward face here within a season if the wrong species was planted. Ground on the village side of St Margaret's is chalk-influenced and drains fast, which changes how a hedge establishes compared with the heavier clay you get further inland towards Dover. A contractor who doesn't work this stretch of coast regularly won't know the difference without being told.

We work this patch every week. The salt-wind factor is built into how we advise on species and staging for exposed gardens. The recommendations match what actually holds up here, not what works fifty miles inland.

How we work

• Photos and postcode for an initial quote. We can give a fixed price for most routine cuts without coming out. Reductions usually need a site visit (free, no obligation).
• Fixed-price quotes. No day-rate creep. If the job runs longer than we expected, that is our problem, not yours.
• Conservation-area paperwork handled. If your address needs a section-211 notice, we file it. Cost included in the quote.
• All arisings cleared. We carry an Environment Agency upper-tier waste-carrier registration. Clippings go to a licensed facility or get chipped, never burned on site.
• Bank transfer or cash. Invoice or receipt either way.

What you won't get

• A salesman trying to upsell you a "garden makeover."
• A quote that doubles when we arrive.
• A botched cut to compensate for not telling you the hedge actually needs a reduction.
• Lectures about the cosmic importance of compost.

Our promise

Three things you can hold us to on every job:

• A proper job, or you don't pay. No payment until you've walked the hedge with us and you're happy.
• 5% off for pensioners. Anyone on a state pension. Honour system, just mention it when you book.
• 10% off repeat jobs over £500. Used us before? Your next bigger job gets 10% off, no time limit, no need to ask.

Contact

Email hello@stmargaretshedges.co.uk. Call or WhatsApp 07763 100 477. Based in St Margaret's at Cliffe CT15; covering St Margaret's, Kingsdown and Dover.