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Historic North End cottage



Services: An initial spring clean-up followed by routine maintenance every 2 weeks.

Pricing: Spring clean up ($300) + Routine Maintenance ($200/month)

Property: Cute historic cottage in the North End of Boise. No Sweat is responsible for the front garden beds, back yard, and alley driveway.




 

8.21.23

The client had previously asked us to ignore their back alley. After a visit home, we reassessed and decided to do some weeding!


 

7.20.23

We deadheaded the Nepeta to encourage another round of growth + minimize flopping.


We also dug up some creeping bellflower because it can be pretty invasive and replaced it with goldenrod which was a bit crowded and shaded.


 

6.28.23

Stopped by in the morning to continue weeding, checking on plant health, and gave trees an extra soak to prepare for upcoming days of hot temps.


 

6.15.23

Shaped Daphne shrub to make room for a stonecrop plant, watered front porch sedum pots, weeded front bed below Smoke Tree.



 

6.3.23

We cleaned up the side path under a neighbor's cork tree, pulled weeds (primarily oxalis), and watered pots and new plants.



 

5.30.23

We returned to prune back the tulip foliage and install blue fescue grass in the front beds:


 

5.22.23

Spring clean up day! Here are a few before and after photos of the front garden beds:


The client was out of town at the time so we texted these photos and received back: "Wow!! It looks great!! 😍 Thank you!!"



 

5.19.23

Met the client to walk through their garden. This client travels often spending weeks at a time away from their garden so alongside maintenance they wanted someone to keep an eye on irrigation and planter pots without drip lines.


The following day, we sent this proposal:


Spring Clean Up: $300

  • Bed clean up: weeding + grass removal, herbicide in rock garden, mulch installation

  • Tree care: prune crossing limbs and water sprouts

  • Shrub care: prune back old growth to allow sun and airflow

  • Flower care: spring deadheading

  • Planting: ornamental grasses, sedum, 1-2 small flowering perennials


Personal Gardener Service: $200/month

  • Weekly check in: quick stop and inspection of plant health, drip lines, drainage and planter pots

  • Bi-weekly maintenance: weed control, sucker removal, shrub pruning and shaping, path and bed edging, flower deadheading, plant replacement




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