What an hour is for

Six jobs a perennial bed needs

Every job is billed by the hour, and a visit usually mixes two or three. The season decides which.

Cut back and tidy
Last year's stems come down at the right week, and the beds are left clean enough to see the crowns.
Divide and replant
Crowded clumps get lifted, split and set back at the right spacing, with spares for a neighbor.
Stake, deadhead and pinch
Tall plants are held up before they fall, spent flowers come off, and the late bloomers are pinched back.
Weed and edge
Weeds out by hand, root and all, and a clean line cut where the bed meets the walk or the grass.
Mulch and compost
Compost worked in, mulch laid thin and off the stems, bought at cost with the receipt.
Pots, bulbs and swaps
Containers refreshed, bulbs planted in fall, and a plant swapped when something just isn't working.

Not on the list

Four jobs I'll point you elsewhere for

Saying no keeps the hours honest.

Lawns
No mowing, aerating or seeding. I work in the beds, not the grass.
Sprays
No pesticides or herbicides. That is a licensed applicator's job.
Large trees
Anything I can't reach from the ground with a pole pruner goes to an arborist.
Walls and drainage
Stonework, grading and drains are a different trade with different tools.

Questions

I add plants to the beds you already have, and I'll swap one that isn't working. A whole new bed is a design job, and I'll say so.

I do, at cost, and you get the receipt. Nothing is marked up, and nothing is bought without your text saying yes.

Yes. Text me the plants to leave alone, with a photo, and they stay as they are.

Into your yard-waste bags or bin for city pickup. If it's more than your bin will take, I text you before I haul it.

Book by text

A photo, your street, and the plants you want left alone.

Texts first, calls second. Beds are on the schedule once you reply to my hours.