Nature and gardening as one

We are ethical and green landscape gardeners based in Leeds. We excel at creating habitat-rich gardens and offer a wide range of services. We support community led planting, work with schools and offer a design and plant service.

Do you have a boring front lawn that you don’t sit or play on? Let the Bluebirds convert it into a stunning wildflower meadow!
Do you have a boggy waterlogged garden in winter? Let the Bluebirds drain it by creating a beautifully planted run-off marshland area!

Design

Over 25 years of practical gardening experience and professional development training equip Bluebird Gardening with the skills to guide you to the perfect solution for your garden. We will adapt to whatever you need the design process to be. The first step is meeting in your garden and collaborating with you on what you need your outdoor space to deliver

Trained in sustainable garden design & creating gardens for our changing climate

Sourcing materials with minimal carbon footprint print

Recycling and repurposing wherever possible

Creating beautiful wildlife havens

Working with the topography to choose plants that will thrive

Maintenance

We are an experienced team with knowledge of both domestic and wild flowers. We use no pesticides or chemical fertilisers or weed killers, and are steadily replacing our petrol-powered machinery with electric

Hedge-trimming is scheduled to not disrupt nesting season
Lawn care involves aeration and organic feeds, to encourage the grass to outgrow the moss
Clover, daisies, birdsfoot trefoil and self-heal are welcomed in our lawns
Extending flowering period of perennials through dead-heading

Education

Bluebird Inspire works with schools, communities and individual clients to educate and inspire in all facets of nature. We will carry out a survey of your space and help you to create a beautiful, attractive and inspirational environment for all beings.

Working alongside you we will advise on planting and layout
We will help you understand the timetabling of gardening tasks; when and how to prune, what is a weed?
Confidence-building for the uncertain gardener

Sustainable and Green

Our passion is traditional gardening with a focus on wildlife. We can help you to garden your space in the most environmentally thoughtful way

Rainwater harvesting – we can advise, source and fit rainwater butts
Compost – repurpose garden waste to create a natural feed for your soil which will see all your plants thrive
Mulch – reduce the need for watering and weeding

Inspire

Bluebird Inspire is a CIC, not-for-profit arm of Bluebird Gardening where our focus is about the wider picture. We are experienced in organising volunteer action days and devising and carrying out research projects. Our ethos is not only about connecting gardens to the wider environment, but also about connecting people to each other and the world around them
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Creating green corridors
Working with schools and community groups
Connecting people with their environment and each other
Wildflower verges and meadows
Marsh habitats and flood management

Biodiversity

However big, small, rural, or urban, we can maximise your garden’s potential for attracting wildlife; birds, bees, bats, frogs and hedgehogs will become regular visitors!

Creating habitats niches
Experienced in building, planting and maintaining wildlife ponds
Constructing bespoke nesting and hibernation pods
Our knowledge of domestic and wildflowers will help you to achieve an attractive balance of both wild and cultivated planting that the pollinators will love

What Our Customers Say

{I love working with Bluebird Gardening and Bluebird Inspire. They really understand how we want to garden - enjoying a fantastic looking garden whilst also ensuring we are in harmony with nature. We are new to gardening so find working alongside Hannah and her team on their monthly visits is a great way to learn more about what to do so we can be confident on maintaining the garden throughout the year. All the staff are really enthusiastic, hard-working and knowledgeable, and we get so many compliments about the garden. I’d have no hesitation is recommending Bluebird Inspire to design, build and then develop your garden.{

Jane

{We have been using Bluebird Gardening for a number of years for various clients and have always found them to be very professional. Their gardening is exceptional and I would have no hesitation in recommending this company to anyone.{

Jane Waterton

Handley Gibson

{My yard was dull, so Hannah and Bluebird helped put in a mini garden with railway sleepers and a lot of topsoil. They planned one side that was very shaded, planting ferns, evergreens, and grasses, and the other, more sunny side, with a range of colourful insect-friendly plants. It is the envy of all my neighbours and a joy to look out upon (even in winter!). I would recommend Hannah and the team all day long (and a very good price!){

Simon

{What an utterly super job you and your team have done! It’s just beautiful and we are thrilled to bits with it. Congratulations to all of you. It’s been a pleasure having you here.{

Bob and Doreen

{We can't thank you enough for the fabulous job you have done. We love looking out at the garden now (even when everything is new and young), so we can't wait to see how it grows in the months and years to come. The colours are already beautiful and changing all the time. Thank you for the time you took to listen to our thoughts and bring them to life! Thank you also for the hard work you and your wonderful team put into producing such an amazing landscape. You were all so lovely with our children and we were so grateful that they were allowed to play a little part in putting the garden together! We hope that we will continue to see you over time and you are welcome to visit anytime to see how the garden develops and matures!{

Michael and Siobhan

Meet Our Team

Mark

Bluebird powerhouse. If he can’t build it or fix it, it ain’t worth building or fixing!
Gardener by day, musician by night, creative energy in abundance