Planting in Dumbarton

Scotia Maintenance covers Dumbarton and the surrounding West Dunbartonshire area seven days a week, 7 days, 8am–4pm. Quotes are free and given after seeing the garden, and there is no requirement to set up a recurring arrangement to get a single job done.

The two features that shape gardening work here are water and wind. Ground close to the River Leven and the low-lying parts of the town holds moisture heavily, which shows up as waterlogged lawns through winter, moss taking hold in shaded corners and beds that stay too wet to work for long stretches. On the higher ground towards the Kilpatrick Hills the drainage is better but the exposure is worse, and gardens sitting open to the wind coming up the Clyde estuary take a battering that unsuitable planting will not survive.

Planting in Dumbarton is chosen after looking at the garden rather than from a list. Exposure, light, shelter and what the soil is actually like vary street by street, and a scheme that thrives in a sheltered back garden will not survive on an open plot a few hundred metres away. Species are picked to hold up through a Scottish winter rather than to look their best on the day they go in.

Planting in Dumbarton is chosen on site after looking at the exposure, the light and what the soil is actually like, because the same border scheme does not work on every street.