Garden and lawn care work on the Northern Beaches

    Garden & Lawn Care

    Garden & Lawn Care in Alexandria

    Mowing, edging, hedges, weeding and a full clean-up — done properly, every visit, by a local crew that turns up.

    Trusted across the Northern Beaches · Fully insured · 15+ years

    • Fully insured
    • 15+ years experience
    • 3 local crews
    • Eco-friendly practices

    Reliable garden maintenance and hedge trimming in Alexandria, inner-south Sydney. Courtyards, terraces and apartment gardens on a regular rotation. Call Rob for a quote.

    Everything Rob offers in Alexandria

    The full range of garden and property maintenance services, available across Alexandria and the surrounding area.

    Lawn Care & Mowing

    Professional lawn mowing, edging and maintenance to keep your grass healthy and pristine.

    Hedge Trimming

    Precise hedge trimming and shaping to create stunning boundaries and defined garden features.

    Tree Cutting & Trimming

    Tree cutting, trimming and limb removal — from shaping smaller trees to clearing problem branches, done safely and tidily.

    Tree Mulching

    On-site tree mulching — branches and prunings chipped into reusable garden mulch, so your green waste leaves as something useful.

    Pruning & Weeding

    Expert pruning, weeding and plant care to keep your garden thriving and beautiful year-round.

    Seasonal Garden Care

    End-of-winter mulching, spring new growth prep, and year-round seasonal maintenance programs.

    Green Waste & Clearing

    Complete garden cleanup, clearing and environmentally responsible green waste disposal.

    Hard Surface Cleaning

    Waterblasting patios, paths and driveways to restore them to their original clean finish.

    Garden Makeovers

    New planting, mulching, repairs and complete garden transformations to revitalise your outdoor space.

    Ride-On Mower Hire

    Ride-on mowing for large lawns, paddocks and acreage properties that a push mower can't handle.

    A freshly maintained garden
    Recent Northern Beaches work

    Garden maintenance in Alexandria

    Alexandria isn't a leafy harbourside suburb and it never pretended to be. It's the old industrial heartland of inner-south Sydney, and the gardens here reflect that history. You've got Victorian terraces with tight front yards, warehouses and old factories converted into apartments and lofts, and newer apartment blocks in between. The greenery is squeezed into courtyards, rooftops, terrace strips and shared communal beds rather than sprawling lawns. That's a different kind of work to mowing a quarter-acre, and it takes a different setup.

    Rob Gardening & Maintenance works across Alexandria on a regular rotation. We know the layout: the terraces on the quiet residential streets, the converted-warehouse courtyards, the apartment frontages along the main roads. Most jobs here are precise, small-space work where every plant is visible and a scruffy hedge gets noticed by the whole street.

    A tidy, well-kept garden
    Recent Northern Beaches work

    What's different about Alexandria gardens

    The big thing is space, or the lack of it. Alexandria's housing is medium-to-high density — terraces, lofts and apartment blocks — so most gardens are courtyards, terrace strips and communal beds rather than open lawn. Carrying tools and prunings out through a narrow terrace or up from a converted warehouse takes planning, and we plan for it.

    The other thing is that everything is on show. In a small inner-city courtyard there's nowhere for a tired patch or an overgrown corner to hide. A garden a few streets away can sit in completely different light, shelter and soil, so it's worth knowing what you've actually got before you plant anything you care about. We take the time to work that out rather than guess.

    Rob's team working on a garden
    Rob's crew on the tools

    What Rob and the crew do in Alexandria

    • Hedge trimming and structural pruning — most Alexandria work starts here. The formal hedges and screening plants on terrace and courtyard frontages have to be dead straight, because the whole street sees them and so do you, from the kitchen. Shape cuts through the season, one heavier reset a year to hold them dense at the base.
    • Courtyard and small-space maintenance — the full rotation packed into a tight footprint: weeding, edging, feeding, mulching, deadheading. In a courtyard there's nowhere for a tired corner to hide, so the standard has to be higher, not lower.
    • Access-planned clean-ups — carrying tools in and prunings out through a narrow terrace or up from a converted warehouse is half the work. We sort the path through before the first cut, so nothing gets dragged across your floors.
    • Lawn care and mowing — the small lawns and shared green strips that come with terraces and apartment blocks, edged and fed where it's needed rather than just buzzed over.
    • Seasonal garden care — replanting tired patches and matching what goes in to the light, shelter and soil your particular courtyard actually gets, which can differ a few doors down.
    • Pre-sale property makeovers — a scruffy courtyard reads badly in listing photos at inner-city prices. One or two visits and it's camera-ready. Tell us the open date.
    • Hard surface cleaning — courtyard pavers, terrace tiles, driveways and shared paths. Industrial-conversion sites carry a lot of hard surface, and clean paving does as much for the look as the planting.
    • Green waste removal — every prune and bag goes with us. Bin night on a tight terrace is no place to stack a trailer load of prunings.

    About Rob

    Rob grew up in Brazil before moving to Sydney, and he runs the business with three crews and the kind of care you only get from someone who treats every garden like it's his own back garden. He's particular, in a good way, about finishing a job properly — clean edges, prunings cleared, gate latched on the way out. If something isn't right, he'll come back and fix it. That's not a marketing line, it's just how he works.

    What people say

    Real feedback from homeowners across the Northern Beaches.

    "Rob and his team were beyond amazing. In selling our home, I went from thinking I could do everything myself to realising I was way way over my head. I found Robs website online and was then super impressed that he had a 24/7 virtual receptionist on his site. Every time I called, I got clear updated information on his pricing, his availability and when he was going to arrive. I received text notifications leading up to my appointment. NEXT level service."
    Giles ParnellElanora Heights, NSW
    "Best garden maintenance service I've ever used. They're reliable, thorough, and my garden has never looked better. The team is always on time and leaves everything spotless."
    Sarah MitchellAvalon Beach, NSW
    "Incredible transformation of our overgrown backyard. Rob and his team worked efficiently and the results speak for themselves. Fair pricing and excellent communication throughout."
    James ThompsonNewport, NSW
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    How it works

    1. Step 1: Call or message

      Tell us your suburb and what the garden needs.

    2. Step 2: Free on-site quote

      Rob walks the garden with you and gives a fair price.

    3. Step 3: Booked into the rotation

      Weekly, fortnightly, or a one-off — whatever suits.

    4. Step 4: A tidy result

      Clean edges, prunings cleared, gate latched on the way out.

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    Ready to book in Alexandria?

    Call Rob direct or send a message via the contact form. First visits always take longer than the ongoing ones — after that we're in and out on schedule.

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    Our Services

    • Pre-Sale Makeovers
    • Lawn Care & Mowing
    • Hedge Trimming
    • Hard Surface Cleaning
    • Ride-On Mower Hire
    • Seasonal Garden Care

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