Hedge Trimming Surrey

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Overgrown, uneven or neglected hedges can quickly take over a garden, blocking light, encroaching on paths and losing the clean lines that make a garden look well cared for. Our hedge cutting service restores shape and health to every type of hedge, from formal box and privet borders to tall leylandii and mixed native screens.

Benefits

• Neat, healthy hedges all year round
• All cuttings and green waste cleared and removed
• Cutting timed to protect nesting birds and encourage the healthiest regrowth
• Safe working at height, with the right equipment for tall or wide hedges
• One-off tidy-ups or a regular maintenance schedule, whichever suits you

How often does a hedge need cutting, and when?

How often a hedge needs cutting depends on the species and how formal you want it to look. Fast-growing conifer hedges such as leylandii are usually trimmed two to three times a year, in spring and again in mid-to-late summer, and should never be cut back into bare brown wood as they will not regrow from it. Privet and laurel are vigorous growers too and generally need two to three trims between May and September to stay dense and tidy.

Slower-growing formal hedges need less attention. Beech and hornbeam are usually cut once, in late August, which locks the dead leaves in place for winter screening. Box is best trimmed in May or June, and yew in late summer. Flowering hedges such as hawthorn are cut once after flowering, typically around July, to avoid losing the blossom.

We always work within the law as well as the calendar. Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 it’s an offence to damage or destroy the nest of a wild bird while it’s in use or being built, so we avoid cutting back hard into hedges during the main nesting season of March to August wherever birds may be nesting, favouring the safer windows of early autumn and light winter maintenance for anything beyond routine light trims.

Our hedge cutting process

We start with a free, no-obligation visit to assess your hedges, agree the shape and height you want, and check for signs of nesting birds before work begins. We then cut and shape the hedge with the right tools for its size, whether that’s hand shears for delicate or formal work, or powered trimmers and access equipment for taller screens. Every job finishes with a full clear-up: all cuttings, trimmings and green waste are removed from site, leaving your garden as tidy as we found it.