What Hocus Crocus does

Garden and tree services across Harrogate, Ripon and Nidderdale

One local team for the garden and for the trees standing in it. Established 1998, tree work to BS 3998, and a free quote before anything starts.

  • Garden maintenance
  • Garden design
  • Tree surgery
  • Hedge cutting
  • Grounds maintenance
  • Mowing
  • Indoor planting
  • Hot tub gardens
  • Outdoor bar gardens
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Free visit and a written price. No hard sell.

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Our work

Some of our recent jobs

A few gardens and trees we've looked after lately.

Crown work in progress on a mature tree, silhouetted against the sky
An overgrown hedge cut back off a house frontage, before and after
An overgrown garden cut back to open grass and a clear shrub border, before and after
A finished lawn and clipped evergreen borders around a stone urn
Cutting the top of a tall conifer hedge with a long reach trimmer

Gardens and the trees in them, from one team

Most households end up with two numbers saved in the phone: someone for the grass, and someone else for the trees. Hocus Crocus is both. Karen is a professionally trained horticulturalist and tree surgeon with 28 years experience, established 1998, qualified to BS 3998, NPTC approved and an Ecological Risk Assessor, so a mature beech and a tired border can be dealt with on the same visit by the same team.

We also plant up new build homes and wedding gardens. Every service below has its own page covering what is included, how it is priced and the questions we get asked most, listed in the order Karen puts them in herself. If you are not certain which one you need, ring 07816 779 064 and describe the garden. We will tell you.

How a job goes from a phone call to a finished garden

  1. Tell us what the garden needs. Ring 07816 779 064 or send the details through the quote form. A rough description and a couple of photographs is enough to get started.
  2. We come and look. Gardens and trees are hard to price accurately from a photograph, so the quote starts with a free site visit. If the job needs council consent, for a protected tree or a tree in a conservation area, we will say so at this point and give you guidance on what the council needs.
  3. We do the work and clear up after ourselves. All work is carried out by experienced, qualified gardeners who keep to high health, safety and quality standards, and garden waste is taken away and disposed of in an eco friendly way.

The services Karen leads with

Pick a service to read the detail.

Each page sets out what is included, how the price is worked out and the questions we get asked most about that particular job. They are listed in the order Karen would put them herself.

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Outdoor living

Planting round a hot tub or an outdoor bar.

The planting and design that makes an outdoor feature feel like part of the garden rather than something parked in it. Karen creates the setting. Somebody else installs the tub or builds the bar.

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Also available

Ponds, jet washing and new turf.

Still on the list, just not what Karen leads with. Mention them when you enquire and they get priced in with the rest of the job.

Where these services are available

Hocus Crocus is based near Knaresborough and covers Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Pateley Bridge, Summerbridge and Dacre Banks, Boroughbridge, Killinghall, and Hampsthwaite and Birstwith, along with the villages in between.

The soil across most of the patch is on the acidic side, which we check before recommending a border. The full coverage list is on the areas we cover page, and the questions people ask before booking are answered on the FAQ page.

Free quote, no obligation

Not sure which service you need?

Describe the garden and we will tell you. The site visit and the quote are both free, and there is no obligation either way.

  • Free quote, no obligation
  • Established 1998
  • Tree work to BS 3998
  • Fully insured and DBS checked
Call 07816 779 064