by Ruth Lawrence
advertising feature
Garden dreams come true
If you’re looking for an expert
in outdoor maintenance and landscape gardening, Mark Hughesdon comes highly recommended.
Mark’s landscaping and gardening venture Moah’s Ark has grown solely through personal recommendation. He strongly believes in listening to his client’s wishes, using his wide ranging knowledge to create environments that work, improve and delight in equal measure. From ground work, pond creation, paving and drainage to garden maintenance, fencing, building and roofing, there is little that Mark and his team cannot cover. And with 20 years spent in farming, it is little wonder that Mark holds a lifetime’s experience of the earth under his feet. Clearly, his business philosophy is built on the firmest of foundations. The recent gales have led to a focus on tree work. Mark has links to local tree surgeons and can deal with Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs), felling, pruning and clearing while smaller trees and shrubs can be removed and replanted before they cause damage to property. He also works closely with a garden designer and qualified horticulturalist who can create beautiful, functional designs for kitchen gardens, raised beds and other garden schemes. Growing your own food is no longer the preserve of smallholders and farmers. Mark’s most recent brainchild has grown from his determination to use local, sustainable and recycled wood. He began cutting wood five years ago and can now supply logs that have been seasoned for a minimum of two years. Called ‘Love Dry Wood’, the new Moah’s Ark offshoot is offering locally grown, kiln dried wood especially for use in woodburning stoves and open fires. Mark’s knowledge of wood has been inherited by his son Josh, a fencing contractor who has also worked internationally on specialist stock proof and reptile fencing to an exceptionally high standard (www.jhdecological.co.uk). Marks other son, Tom, runs Grange Farm, a farm shop in Crawley Down with his wife Suzie, specialising in game and poultry. The commitment to keeping work in the community runs like a thread through Mark’s family: jobs are contracted out to long-serving local craftsmen who are knowledgeable and polite as well as being personal friends. Plasterers, plumbers and carpenters have all stood the test of time. Clients’ testimonials speak volumes. “Mark suggested some very real and exciting improvements which were practical and well thought out,” say Tony & Chris Noble, while Deborah Ghislanzoni enthuses: “Mark is a perfectionist, he and his team will suggest, discuss and guide you through.” Sounds like this might be the man to make all your garden dreams come true.
Garden maintenance, ground work, pond creation, drainage, fencing, building, roofing and much more
Moah’s Ark Landscape Gardening Services 2 Walstead Cottages, Scaynes Hill Road, Lindfield, West Sussex RH16 2QQ Tel. 01444 482484 / 07917 365065 Email: markhughesdon@hotmail.co.uk jhdecological@gmail.com www.moahsark.co.uk
S u ss e x L i v i n g February 2014
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