Ark
Garden Maintenance. Ark has been vetted and approved by TrustATrader. Covering all Essex and Hertfordshire areas.
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Register GuaranteeAbout Ark, Braintree
If you are looking for reliable gardening maintenance services Ark can help. Ark is a local garden maintenance company covering Essex and Hertfordshire and providing excellent gardening maintenance services.
Gardens are an extension of your home or business and can say a lot about you. A well-tended garden, driveway or patio adds kerb appeal and is the first thing that you see when you come home. Our customers all want a beautiful garden but sometimes they simply don’t have the time, skills or experience to make the most of their outside space. Our garden maintenance services give you a great place to start; we can help you to create an outdoor area that works for you. Our skilled garden maintenance specialists will help to make sure that your garden, patio or driveway is kept in good condition all year round.
At Ark we offer a broad range of gardening maintenance services and strive to meet the needs of all our customers. Our services include:
- Garden Maintenance
- Turfing
- Grass Cutting
- Lawn Re-seeding
- Lawn Edging
- Weeding
- Pruning
- Small Tree Work
- Garden Clearance
- Patio Cleaning
- Pond maintenance
If you have any special requirements or you have any questions about the garden maintenance services that Ark offers, please get in touch. Our advisors will be happy to offer you guidance and give you a no-obligation quote.
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- 81- New block paving laid
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- 81-New block paving laid
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- 81- New block paving laid
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- 80-New patio
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- 80- Spanish style garden including bonded gravel, rendered walls, lights, new turf, decking and a shed base with new patio.
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- 80- Spanish style garden including bonded gravel, rendered walls, lights, new turf, decking and a shed base with new patio.
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- 79- Slabbing around pond
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- 78- Step created
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- 77- New picket fence
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- 76- Freshly laid bark and plants to customers request
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- 75- New slabs and black ice chippings either side
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- 74- porcelain slabs, sleepers and new turf
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- 72- Turf, Decked steps and planters
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- 71- New turf
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- 70- Lattice fencing and posts
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- 69- New fencing and gate
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- 68- New fencing
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- 67- New fencing
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- 66- New corner decked area
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- 65- Raised planter bed with sleepers, new patio with lights fitted
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- 63- New porcelain patio and path with new turf
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- 62- New tiles fitted around area of choice
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- 61- 240 square meters of porcelain area with grey edgers
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- 60- New brick edging around pond
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- 59- New porcelain slabs to customer request
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- 58- Corner decked area and new fencing for customer
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- 57 - New composite grey decking with darker grey edge
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- 56-back garden- levelled out garden- new turf, pergola, privacy trellis fence and porcelain slabs with some raised beds
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- 56- Block paving with raised beds
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- 55- New large area of turf laid
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- 54- Before and After turf and stepping stones
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- 53- After picture of a garden makeover
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- 52- After Back garden- block paving continued throughout. Sleepers and steps with turf laid. Finished with picket fencing and gates
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- 52- After- Front driveway. Block paving
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- 52- Before garden refurbishment - Front driveway and back garden
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- 51- Before and after garden makeover with porcelain slabs
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- 50- porcelain slabs
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- 49- grass grids installed for parking. Base laid with grids and seed on top
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- 48- installation of a new like for like picket fence
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- 47- all shrubs cleared and block paving drive extended
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- 46- Sleeper border around tree and ivy cleared
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- 45- New composite Decking
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- 44- Slopped garden, levelled out and changed to a contemporary design
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- 43- Replaced raised patio with added brick path
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- 42- Complete garden refurb
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- 41- Before and after pond refurbishment
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- 40- New pond construction
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- 39- Pond maintenance- Before and after
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- 38- New updated bridge at customers request
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- 37- New fencing with trellis
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- 36- returfed and levelled out with top soil
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- 35– new fencing- top left before- remaining 3 after
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- 34- before
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- 35-after grass returfed levelled out with top soil
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- 35- after close up on planter beds with integrated lighting
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- 35- after- full planter bed made from sleepers with a mixture of plants
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- 33a Before
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- 33b- After- High footings and bespoke green house base precisely built to accommodate new green house being built on top
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- 32- Complete garden refurb- before and after
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- 31- Cleared bank full of ivy , sleeper retaining wall with small ever greens
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- 30- Slabbing with retaining sleeper wall and picket fence to secure for customers children - before and after
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- 29- Garden refurb , decking fencing and slate slabs with some turfing
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- 28- New raised patio area with brick wall and steps. Indian sandstone slabs.
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- 27- Indian sandstone cobbles
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- 26- seating area with grey bricked edge and returfed
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- 25- patio ready for hot tub
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- 24- Fence with trellis
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- 23- Topps tiles maintenance contract
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- 22- Creating a soft barked play area
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- 21- New fencing
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- 20- Hedge cutting
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- 19- Dug up garden ready for a complete refurb , with fencing , sleepers , turf and planting
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- 18- fencing and supports along bridge.
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- 17- New picket fencing coated in ronseal sky
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- 16- New small decorative omega fence
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- 15- New close board panel with concrete gravel boards and posts
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- 14- Small pattern rail bridge replacing the old rotten one
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- 13- Transforming a concrete low level pad into a levelled decking area
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- 12a- before- composite decking, garden returfed and new fencing.
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- 11a- fencing
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- 10a- turfed and paved edging
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- 9a- before- sunken block paving done by company before. Releveled and returfed.
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- 8a - before- customer was left with this from a previous company
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- 7a- before relevel into two tiers, returf, decorative stone and raising drains.
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- 5a Garden refurb
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- 4a- before decking area
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- 2a raised planter beds
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- 1a complete garden returb
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| Verified | 20th August 2024 |
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Reviews (114)
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Matt
on 15th November 2024
"Ben and team did a fantastic job on my garden and driveway. I would recommend this company to anyone. To top it off they were friendly and professional."
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Jonny Boreham
on 13th November 2024
"Ark landscaping have transformed our front garden/drive Ben and his team are very hard working. I will 100% use again and would recommend them."
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Chloe Gould
on 13th November 2024
"Very professional, hard working team! Will defiantly use again and recommend."
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Tracy
on 1st October 2024
"I use Ark after finding them on trust a trader for my maintenance and any hard landscaping I need. They always work so hard and pay attention to every little detail. I will continue to use them and recommend to all family and friends"
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0