Develop maintenance programmes in hard and soft landscaping

The following information will assist people working in horticulture to develop a maintenance programme for: lawns; trees, shrubs and climbers; annuals, perennials, and bulbs; hard landscaping areas; and to prepare a costing for a maintenance programme.


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Develop a maintenance programme for lawns
A one year maintenance programme is developed for lawns from laying or seeding date, and work to be undertaken at each phase of the programme is documented in accordance with workplace procedures.Range may include but is not limited to – mowing, weed control, chemical and non chemical control, fertilising, watering, aeration and thatch control, non-destructive levelling, re-seeding or re-turfing.

Develop a maintenance programme for trees, shrubs and climbers
A five year maintenance programme is developed for trees, climbers, and shrubs from the first year of planting, and work to be undertaken at each stage of the programme is documented in accordance with workplace procedures.Range may include but is not limited to – weed control, chemical and non chemical control methods, pruning and training, fertilising, watering, stakes and support structures, protective structures, ground cultivation, replacing dead or damaged plants.

Develop a maintenance programme for annuals, perennials, and bulbs
A five year maintenance programme is developed for annuals, perennials and bulbs from planting, and work to be undertaken at each phase of the programme is documented in accordance with workplace procedures.Range may include but is not limited to – weed control, fertilising, watering, ground cultivation, chemical and non chemical control methods, dead-heading, tying back, trimming, lifting and storing bulbs, removal and disposal of annuals, planned rotation of bedding plants and bulbs, conditioning the soil, planting new annuals, planting bulbs.

Develop a maintenance programme for hard landscaping areas
A maintenance programme is developed for a hard landscaping area for at least two years, and work to be undertaken at each phase of the programme is documented in accordance with workplace procedures.Range may include but is not limited to – hard surfaces, timber features, water features.

Prepare a costing for a defined term landscape maintenance programme
A quantity survey is documented for a one year term maintenance programme in accordance with workplace procedures.Range to include lawn, soft landscaping, hard landscaping, specialist plants, landscape materials.