What maintenance covers

Spring. Pruning trees and shrubs, renewing beds, first feeding, checking the irrigation after winter, and the first mow, which helps the lawn regain strength after winter.
Summer. Mowing, watering matched to current drought, ongoing lawn and bed care, checking for pests and disease.
Autumn. Raking, autumn pruning, mulching beds, preparing perennials and more sensitive shrubs for winter, winterising the irrigation.
Winter. Protecting sensitive plants from frost, keeping an eye on the forecast during harder cold snaps, and checking the garden's condition during the season with the least work in it.

We agree the scope depending on whether it's a one-off job (a spring clean-up, for example) or regular care through the whole season.

After every visit we give you a short summary of what we did and what to watch for before the next one — without that record, regular care is just a promise that's hard to verify.

What to prepare

an idea of frequency — one-off, seasonal, or regular throughout the year,
whether you have working irrigation that needs to be part of the care routine,
access to the plot on agreed dates,
a list of more sensitive plants you'd like special attention paid to,
any allergies or restrictions that might affect the choice of fertilisers or plant protection products.

Why maintenance here follows the season

Medzibodrožie is among the warmest regions of Slovakia, with long, dry summers and annual rainfall in the East Slovak Lowland of roughly 550–750 mm. In practice this means summer watering and mowing have to account for longer dry spells than a garden elsewhere in Slovakia is used to — mowing too short too often in this kind of dry weather only weakens the lawn.

Winter in the East Slovak Lowland, by contrast, is continental, with sharp daily temperature swings and spells of harder frost, so winterising the irrigation and protecting sensitive shrubs from frost isn't a formality — without it, damage to both the system and the plants can go unnoticed until it shows fully in spring.

The same swings apply to the lawn: after a hot, dry summer it needs a different approach to mowing and feeding than a lawn in a cooler region that never fully dries out over summer. The same maintenance calendar that works elsewhere in Slovakia would here leave the lawn weakened and the shrubs needlessly damaged.

Closeness to the rivers Bodrog, Latorica and Tisa also means some plots have heavier, alluvial soil that holds moisture longer after heavier rain. We always fit the maintenance plan to the specific garden, not just the calendar.