Private estate grounds — perfectly striped lawn, manor house
Private Estates & Gardens

Grounds you can be
proud of. Every visit.

Where the quality of the cut is everything.

Year-round, structured grounds management for private estates, country houses and managed gardens across Wales and the South West. Discreet, professional and consistent.

The standard your
grounds deserve.

Private estate owners and property managers know within minutes of arriving whether the grounds have been properly looked after. The stripes in the lawn. The neatness of the hedge line. The edges along the paths. These things matter — and the people who care about them know when they've been done well and when they haven't.

We work to that standard. Not because we're told to, but because it's the only way we know how to do the job. Every visit, every season, regardless of whether the owner is in residence.

Based in Bristol and working across Wales and the South West, we manage grounds for private estates ranging from country houses to managed rural properties. Each site is visited on a planned programme, not when we happen to be passing.

Private estate — striped lawn and lake

Every stripe. Every edge. Every time.

Private estate hedge and manor

Grounds that look right aren't an accident. They're the result of a programme, kept to, every single time.

A full year of
structured grounds care.

Lawn Cutting & Presentation
Regular scheduled cutting to the frequency your lawns require, adjusted for season and growth rate. Striped finish where required. Edges trimmed and clippings removed. Lawns presented, not just cut.
Hedge & Topiary Management
Formal hedge trimming, topiary maintenance and boundary hedge management. Carried out with the precision and patience that structured formal gardens require. Waste removed from site after every visit.
Planted Area & Border Care
Seasonal weeding, edging and tidying of planted borders and beds. We work around existing planting schemes and flag anything that needs attention from a specialist horticulturalist.
Tree & Woodland Management
Clearance of fallen debris, management of woodland floor areas and coordination with qualified tree surgeons where works require specialist equipment or expertise. We handle the programme and the people.
Seasonal Programme Management
A structured annual maintenance calendar tailored to your property — covering spring preparation, summer maintenance, autumn clearance and winter protection. The right work at the right time of year.
Discreet, Consistent Visits
We arrive when we say we will, work without disruption and leave the property as we found it — only better. We are mindful of the privacy and routines of the properties we work on.

Founder-led.
Personally accountable.

Larger grounds maintenance contractors will give you a contract manager you never meet and an operative who changes with the rota. We work differently.

Every estate we manage is the direct responsibility of the person who founded this company. That means continuity of approach, genuine knowledge of your site, and a single point of contact who knows your grounds as well as you do.

We know your site
Each property is visited on a consistent basis by the same team. We know where the awkward slopes are, which hedges need more time, and what the lawn looks like when it's at its best.
Planned, not reactive
Your grounds are managed to a structured annual programme. You don't need to call to request a visit — it's already scheduled. You can rely on us without having to manage us.
Discreet by nature
We understand that private estates are private. We work without disruption, respect the property and the people who live and work on it, and do not discuss client sites with others.
Fully insured and accredited
SafeContractor accredited, fully insured and VAT registered. All the professional credentials you would expect — without the corporate distance that usually comes with them.

Need more than
grounds management?

CM Gardening Ltd works alongside our sister company Rowan Shaw Estate Management to provide a complete estate care service for private estates and residential developments.

Where CM Gardening looks after your grounds, Rowan Shaw handles the wider estate management — maintenance coordination, contractor oversight, compliance and resident liaison. Together, we offer something that's genuinely rare: a complete, founder-led estate service from a single point of contact.

Visit Rowan Shaw Estate Management →

Private estate grounds — CM Gardening Ltd and Rowan Shaw

Let's talk about
your estate.

We offer a free site visit and no-obligation discussion for all new estate enquiries. We'll walk the grounds with you, understand what matters most, and propose a programme that fits your property and your expectations.