About | Goodnestone Hedges & Tree Services

What I do

I cut hedges. I reduce overgrown ones.

That is it. I do not do tree surgery, lawn care, fencing or the rest of the garden-services bundle. Hedges are a craft worth being good at, and I keep my focus narrow so I am.

Why local matters here

Goodnestone is a small estate village built around Goodnestone Park, a country house begun in 1704, with the Grade I listed Holy Cross Church standing right beside it. The village has its own conservation area on Dover District Council's list, so any tree in it with a stem over 75mm at chest height needs six weeks' written notice to Dover District Council under section 211 before pruning, and that matters more here than in most villages because so many boundary hedges sit close to the church or the Park's own walls and gates. Further out towards Chillenden and Knowlton the land is working farmland on chalky boulder clay, and the hedges are mostly native field-boundary mixes: hawthorn, hornbeam, field maple.

A contractor without that patch-specific knowledge will not know any of it without being told. I work this village and the ones around it regularly. The conservation-area paperwork is included where it applies. The species recommendations match the actual soil and setting, formal yew near the church, tougher native mixes on the field edges.

How I work

Photos and postcode for an initial quote. I 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 I expected, that is my problem, not yours.
Conservation paperwork handled. If your address needs a section-211 notice to Dover District Council, I file it. Cost included in the quote.
Nesting-season aware. No cutting into an active nest, checked before any March-to-September work on hedges with real cover.
All arisings cleared. Clippings taken away or chipped, never burned on site.
Bank transfer or cash. Invoice or receipt either way.

What you will not get

A salesman trying to upsell a "garden makeover."
A quote that doubles when I arrive.
A botched cut to compensate for not telling you the hedge actually needs a reduction.
A hedge stripped bare next to a listed building without warning you first.

The promise

Three things you can hold me to on every job:

A proper job, or you don't pay. No payment until you have walked the hedge with me and you are 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 me before? Your next bigger job gets 10% off, no time limit, no need to ask.

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