Coastal Garden Services

Qualified Tree Surgery and Landscape Management team, working with commercial and domestic clients in the South Hams since 2012. Serving customers in Bantham, Bigbury, Brixton, Ermington, Ivybridge, Kingsbridge, Modbury, Newton Ferrers, Noss Mayo, Plymstock, Salcombe, Thurlestone, Wembury and Yealmpton.

Coastal Garden Services was established in 2012 by Andy Walker after he left a career in the Fire and Rescue service. Andy has trained in both landscaping and horticulture at RHS level 3 diplomas level at Bicton College as well as level 2 and level 3 diplomas in Forestry and Arboriculture.

Having studied many aspects within the industry, Andy has a more holistic view of how trees, shrubs and plants fit into the landscape as part of an ecosystem rather just seen as individuals.

Andy completed the training course for DART International in 2018 to become a deployable Disaster Arborist Response Team member. Dart is a charity which offers relief work to disaster affected communities worldwide. 

Since 2012, the family-based company has grown. Sarah Walker, Andy's taller and blonder better half, has joined as Business Partner to manage the office accounts, marketing and resourcing. She can also be found delivering logs and occasionally pushing a lawn mower. Declan Meadows began as an apprentice and is quickly making his mark as a confident tree surgeon. Out on the tools and driving our fleet is our fantastic team including Stuart, Phil, Jack, Ade, with latest additions Harry and James. 

Coastal Garden Services is based near Modbury and covers the South Hams area. We undertake commercial and domestic work on either one-off jobs or rolling contracts. 

Services available:

• Full arboricultural services from large tree dismantles, crown reductions and crown lifting, crown thinning, tree felling to annual fruit tree pruning
• Hedge and shrub management – planting, trimming, reducing, removal
• Domestic and commercial grass cutting – from lawns to paddocks
• Woodland management
• Site clearance – full vegetation removal

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Training and insurance

All arboricultural staff are fully trained to level 3 standard and posses all the relevant and required NPTC qualifications to undertake the work. All our tree work is carried out to the specifications laid out in BS 3998 2010. Written risk assessments are carried out as part of planning a job, in line with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 policy. All equipment is tested as laid out by The LOLER Regulations.

As members of the Arboricultural Association, we try to keep updated with the latest training and news in the industry. We see continual professional development as important and strive to keep increasing our skills and qualifications.

Qualifications log

• Cross cutting and maintenance 
• Tree climbing and aerial rescue
• Aerial cutting/free fall techniques
• Large tree felling
• Aerial tree pruning
• Aerial tree rigging
• Powered pole pruner
• Woodchipper
• Brushcutter

As part of Level 3 in Forestry and Arboriculture

• Tree pests and diseases
• Woodland management
• Tree survey and inspection
• Tree legislation

As part of Level 3 in Landscaping and Horticulture

• Practical Horticulture
• Advanced garden construction, Planting and Garden Planning

All work is covered by £5 million Public Liability Insurance and staff are covered by Employers Liability Insurance.