Landscape gardener
in Newnham.
Newnham gardens are some of the most carefully kept in Cambridge — Victorian villas with established planting, college-fellow houses with formal hedges, river-walks with mature trees. The standard here is high. We work to it.
The full service.
Newnham work tends to be quiet, careful, and ongoing. Annual yew hand-shearing. Restoration of overgrown box. Crown reductions on mature horse chestnut, lime, and beech. Less frequently, a full design — usually for an extension that's reshaped the rear garden. Where we do design here, we lean restrained: classical structure, period materials, planting that grows in.
Hedges
Annual trims, hard reductions, and new hedge planting — laurel, beech, yew, privet, box, hornbeam.
Learn moreEdges & Lawns
Crisp lawn edges, restored borders, mowing contracts, scarification, turfing, and seasonal treatments.
Learn moreGarden Design
Full garden design, planting plans, and hard landscaping — patios, paving, decking, and stonework.
Learn moreTree Surgery & Clearance
NPTC-qualified tree surgery, crown reduction, stump grinding, conservation-area work and overgrown garden clearance.
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About working in Newnham
Most of Newnham sits within the Cambridge Conservation Area. Several streets — Sidgwick Avenue, Wordsworth Grove, Grange Road — have streetscape protection on front boundaries, including the original yew hedges that flank many of the gardens. Tree work nearly always involves Section 211 notification.
Conservation and tree controls
Newnham is conservation area throughout. Any tree above 75mm diameter requires advance notification. We handle these notices in-house and quote with the statutory 6-week wait built into the timeline.
Other areas we cover nearby
Honest answers, no hedging.
Yes. Yew responds best to careful hand-shearing on a tight scheme — no machines for high-quality finish. We schedule the work for late August / early September.
Often we do. For Newnham clients with a long-standing gardener handling weekly maintenance, we come in for the specialist work — tree surgery, hard landscaping, design — and step back. We don't try to replace someone who's known the garden longer than we have.
Survey first, including a check for Massaria, bleeding canker, and other Cambridge-specific issues on lime/plane/horse chestnut. Then a method statement before any work. Climbing crew + ground crew, rope-and-harness, no spikes on live wood.
In Newnham? Tell us about your garden.
Free site visits in Newnham (CB3) within the week.