Bellevue, west of Pildammsparken, is Malmö’s most discreet villa quarter, with large 1920s and 1950s houses sitting behind tall hedges and formal front gardens. Our client, a family that had taken over a parental home, wanted a partner to manage the entire 1,400 square metre garden year round, without having to think about dates or deliveries themselves.
At the start we mapped the lawn of around 700 square metres, a long yew hedge (Taxus baccata), two formal box balls (Buxus sempervirens), perennial borders with peonies and hostas, and four mature apple trees. We noted light moss in the north-western lawn and a clear need for renewal pruning on the oldest apples.
Our annual contract in Bellevue is built on fixed weekly visit days from April to October, with quiet battery-powered machines before ten in the morning. The yew is cut once a year in August, the apples receive JAS pruning in August, and the perennials are divided in March and October. All planning lives in the client’s digital overview without them ever reminding us.
The annual contract with Swedish RUT relief of 50 percent on labour gives a predictable monthly cost rather than expensive one-off visits. For clients in Bellevue and the rest of western Malmö it is often essential that the same two gardeners return throughout the season, so no unfamiliar staff move around the property.
What we found on site
- Plot of 1,400 m² with a formal front garden and private back.
- Lawn around 700 m², light moss in the north-western corner.
- Yew hedge (Taxus baccata) of 38 running metres, in good health.
- Four mature apple trees with dense crowns and water sprouts.
- Perennial borders of 45 m², dominated by peonies and hostas.
How we approached the work
- Weekly mowing on a fixed weekday, battery mower before 10 am.
- Scarifying and top dressing of the north-western lawn in April.
- Shape cutting of the yew hedge and box balls in August.
- JAS pruning of the apple trees in August, with crown thinning.
- Spring and autumn division of perennials, compost feeding.
- Leaf collection, winter protection of box and border tidy in November.
