Who will you hire?

You will hire James, a Croydon-based qualified gardener, with both residential and commercial clients.

I operate my service on my own, ensuring a consistent personal service on each visit, and your peace of mind, knowing that a familiar face will come to work on your garden each time.

I believe in innovation, wildlife, and community gardening. I also like maintain plants, soils and work on green projects.

My RHS qualification

The 2000’s: Began cutting the grass for my parents;

2014: My first regular maintenance job in Forestdale, aged 14;

2016-2023: Operated my service alongside my studies and a part-time job in hospitality;

2024 - Gardening and soft landscaping becomes my main source of income;

2024-25 After teaching myself the practical skills, I gained a formal theory-based qualification at Capel Manor, Regents Park;

2025: Launched online and started offering living gifts for sale;

My gardening journey

✔ RHS best practice;

✔ Professional use of plants including ‘right plant, right place’;

✔ Soils - structure, texture and maintenance ,

✔ Studying the types and history of gardens;

✔ Gardening in the community and the horticultural industry;

✔ Health and Safety;

✔ Life cycles, biodiversity, pests and pathogen control

✔ Garden conditions - aspect, exposure, drainage.

✔ Studied at Capel Manor College

Certificate and references available on request

Areas in and near Croydon covered by my service

  • Addiscombe

  • Caterham

  • Caterham-on-the-Hill

  • Chaldon

  • Chipstead

  • Coulsdon

  • Croydon Old Town

  • Farleigh

  • Forestdale

  • Hamsey Green

  • Kenley

  • Monks Hill

  • New Addington

  • Old Coulsdon

  • Purley

  • Purley Webb Estate

  • Riddlesdown

  • Sanderstead

  • Selsdon

  • Shirley

  • South Croydon

  • Warlingham

  • Whyteleafe

  • Woodcote

  • Beckenham

  • Bromley

  • Coney Hall

  • Elmers End

  • Eden Park

  • Hayes

  • Keston

  • Park Langley

  • West Wickham

Contact me

Contact me for gardening, horticultural and living gift enquiries

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Tel. and WhatsApp: +44 7547 837 252

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