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GGM Landscaping’s latest community project saw us build bespoke polytunnels for Cranhill Development Trust in Glasgow. The new growing space has since flourished with fresh vegetables and flowers, supporting the Trust’s community gardening activities.

You can dig a small tree stump out by hand with a spade, a mattock and tools for cutting the roots. The work gets harder as the roots become thicker and more spread out, particularly in compacted or stony ground.

GGM Landscaping’s summer project for Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity took us to Crossbasket House. Through hedge cutting and tree surgery, we brought overgrown planting back into shape and left the trees safe.

Getting rid of a tree stump in two to three days is realistic with a professional stump grinder, but it isn’t with Epsom salt, chemical removers or a spade. What you’re left with is a level patch of ground, ready for turf, a bed or a patio base.

Bleach isn’t a reliable way of killing a tree stump, and we don’t recommend using it in your garden. It can damage nearby plants and produce dangerous fumes if mixed with other cleaning products.

The rings on a freshly cut tree stump are a written record of the tree’s life. For many tree species, each ring marks roughly a year of growth, so counting from the centre to the bark gives you a good estimate of age.

A sound old stump can be transformed into a planter, a bird bath, a seat or a small woodland scene with very little work, for gardens that want to repurpose an old tree 

Who to report a dangerous tree to depends on where it stands and what it threatens. The owner or land manager is usually the first contact, but immediate danger, road obstructions and railway or power-line hazards need a different response.

A bumpy lawn catches the mower blade and holds puddles after rain, and bare uneven ground makes it hard to set out a patio or shed base properly. We regularly level gardens across Glasgow, here’s your DIY guide and when to call experts.

The biggest benefits of planting trees in a Scottish garden are better drainage, richer wildlife habitats and welcome shade, with carbon storage a smaller part of the story. Our certified arborists plant trees for homeowners and estates across Glasgow and Central Scotland, here’s why you should consider planting trees. 

A tree that has outgrown its position can threaten your roof, drains and neighbours long before it starts to look unhealthy, and removing it is sometimes the best decision for the rest of the garden. Learn more in this guide.

A lasting garden layout, starts which choosing the right landscaper for the job. Here is our guide on picking the right company for your outdoor area. 

Healthy grass needs sunlight, water and nutrients, with enough room in the soil for its roots to develop. Before you plant grass seed, it helps to understand what is limiting grass growth.

Your front garden is often the first part of your home people see. Whether someone is visiting or simply walking past, a well-kept garden can make the house feel welcoming before they reach the door.

October sits after the growing season has slowed but before the first proper frost locks the ground up, a window worth using for a handful of plants. These are common plants to care for this October to help your garden flourish next spring. 

When landscaping a garden, we plan the surfaces and planting together, with construction work usually completed before new planting goes in. This guide explains what each part involves, where ongoing maintenance fits in and what affects the cost.

By October the growing season across central Scotland is winding down, but the jobs in the garden are as busy as ever.  We look after gardens and grounds across Glasgow and Lanarkshire through every month of the year, here’s common tasks.

An apple tree left to its own devices doesn’t stop fruiting completely, but it does worsen as time increases. Pruning opens the canopy to light and air, keeps the tree a manageable size, and channels its energy into fewer, better apples rather than a tangle of unproductive growth.

Autumn trees create beautiful foliage. We plant and prune trees like this every week at GGM Landscaping, across gardens from Cambuslang to the wider Central Belt. Here is our advice to add to the scenery.

A lawn that dips near the fence or humps catches rainwater in the low spots, scalps under the mower on the high ones, and makes a patio or shed built on top sit slightly wrong. Flattening a garden helps solve these problems.