A garden is simply an extension of your home, another room.

Green is good for the heart, soul and mind.
My very own living and working space.
A sympathetic restoration.
Frances McKevitt. The Frantastics. The Franimals.
My other job.

Services

Garden

  • Maintenance / Weekly-Monthly
  • Weeding / Pruning / Potting-up/ Planting
  • Mowing / Hedge trimming
  • Lawn care
  • Fence painting / Repair
  • Power wash decking / Paved areas
  • Garden path restoration
  • End of tenancy garden tidy up

Handy

  • Painting & Decorating interior / exterior
  • Fixing leaky taps / replacing door handles
  • Assembling / putting up shelving
  • Assembling flat-pack / Ikea furniture
  • Simple electricals i.e. replacing plugs / switches / sockets
  • Install wifi security cameras / doorbell
  • Mending and making good broken things
  • Odd jobs, none too small

Rates are £30 per hour.

Blackheath: Brockley: Deptford: Forest Hill: Greenwich: Honor Oak: Ladywell: Lewisham: Nunhead: St John’s: Telegraph Hill.
And Surrounding Areas.

About the Handy Gardener

Frances McKevitt The Handy Gardener

I first caught the gardening bug after a friend who tends the garden at Lamb House in Rye showed me a ‘Callicarpa Beautyberry’ shrub. It was adorned with the most stunning metallic royal purple berries (my favourite colour); and it was then that gardening became the new Rock ‘n’ Roll in my life.

To my delight, I discovered that with a bit of applied science and observation, those elusive ‘green fingers’ are available to all. Plant shade-loving plants in dappled shade and sun-loving plants in a sunny aspect. If they prefer damp conditions, keep the soil moist; if they prefer it dry, give them drier soil… easy! Once you’ve worked out the basics, you’re halfway there. Only halfway, mind, as you’ll never stop learning, but that’s part of the fun.

As for the ‘Handy’ bit, one of my earliest childhood memories is sitting on the porch on Christmas morning with my shiny new toy: a tool kit. I proceeded to take it apart using the very tools it contained. I was just curious about how things worked and how they were put together. My Mother, however, didn’t see it that way, and I received a proper ticking-off. Still, I was simply reverse engineering-albeit at the age of five.

I still enjoy fixing broken things and making them good whenever possible.

My other job is as a singer/musician (CLICK HERE TO LISTEN), so don’t be surprised if you hear me singing while going about my business in the garden.

Frances.

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