Garden and green waste
clearance in Bristol
Sometimes the garden work is done and the problem is the heap left behind. Tell us roughly how much there is, what it consists of and how we reach it — you do not need to bag anything up first.
Free, no obligation • You can get in touch before you have everything worked out
You do not have to bag it up
A pile of hedge cuttings by the back door is fine. Loose prunings, a felled shrub, an old compost heap, bags that split the moment they are lifted — we load it as it is. Bagging up in advance saves nobody any money, and a garden waste bag is the one thing guaranteed to burst on a doorstep.
How a garden clearance works
The garden always produces more than it looks like it will. A hedge that took an afternoon to cut fills more of a van than the furniture from a small bedroom.
Describe the pile and the plot
Roughly how much, what it is made of, and whether it is one heap or spread across the garden.
Tell us how we reach it
A side gate, a shared alley, or straight through the house — which it is changes the job more than the volume does.
We load and take it
Bagged or loose, from where it is standing. You do not need to be home if the access is arranged and we know where to find it.
We sweep up
The path, the pavement and wherever we walked. Green waste sheds as it moves, so this is part of the job rather than a favour.
Green waste, soil and rubble are three different loads
Green waste is light and bulky: prunings, cuttings, leaves, spent bedding. Soil, turf and old compost are dense and heavy. Rubble, broken slabs and hardcore are heavier again, and a van carrying them is at its limit while it still looks half empty.
That is the whole reason we ask what is in the pile. Quoting a full van for what turns out to be a tonne of clay is how firms end up either making two trips at their own cost or adding a charge on the day. We would rather ask first.
Access is most of the job
In Bristol's terraces, the garden is often behind the house, reached by a shared alley, a narrow side return, or the hallway you have just had recarpeted. In Henleaze and Westbury-on-Trym there is usually a drive, but the garden can be a long way from it.
None of that is a problem. All of it is time, and time is what the price is made of. Tell us the route when you enquire — a photograph of the side gate is worth a paragraph of description.
One thing is worth doing whoever you book: GOV.UK explains how to check that the business taking your waste away is registered to carry it. It takes a minute, and it is the part that protects you if a load ends up somewhere it should not.
Weight decides the load, not neatness
Green waste is bulky and light; soil, turf, rubble and broken paving are the opposite, and a van reaches its legal weight limit long before it looks full. That is why a small pile of soil can cost more to shift than a large pile of leylandii. Say which you have and the price makes sense from the start.
What a garden clearance costs
Minimum load
A few bags, or one large single item
£50
Quarter van load
A small room, or a garden tidy
£120
Half van load
One or two rooms, or a large garden
£200
Three-quarter van load
Several rooms, or a small office
£320
Full van load
A whole property, or a large job
£400
More than one van load
Quoted properly once we have seen it
Firm quote
Guide prices carry a 15% range either way until we have seen the contents.
Questions before arranging a clearance
What counts as green waste?
Grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, branches and prunings, leaves, weeds, dead plants and windfall fruit. Broken plant pots, old compost bags and plastic edging come too — they are not green waste, but they are always in the same heap, and separating them at your end is not a good use of a Saturday.
Can you take soil, turf and rubble?
Yes, but tell us at the enquiry, because they are a different kind of load. Heavy material has to be a part load by weight rather than a full van by volume, so the price is worked out once we know what and how much. A mixed pile of cuttings and rubble is normal and perfectly fine — it just needs saying.
How is it priced if my garden is not near the van?
By how far it has to be carried as much as by how much there is. A terrace with a through-the-house carry, an alley to a shared rear lane, or a long front path all add time. Describe the route when you enquire and the figure you are given will hold.
Is this not what the brown bin is for?
For a normal garden, yes, and a subscription bin is cheaper than we are. It is a fortnightly collection with one bin's capacity, which is why people call us after cutting a hedge back hard, clearing a garden that has been left for a couple of years, or taking on a new house where the last owner stopped gardening.
Do I need to be there when you come?
Not if the access works without you. Plenty of these jobs are arranged by someone who does not live at the property — a landlord, a family member, a gardener who has finished the work. Tell us how we get in, where the waste is and how you want completion confirmed.
Where does the waste actually go?
Ask us, and ask anyone else quoting. Anyone carrying waste for you as a business should be registered with the Environment Agency, and you are entitled to check that register yourself before you book. GOV.UK explains how, and the link is further down this page. A quote that is silent about where the load goes is worth a second question.
Send a photo of the pile
And of the way from the garden to the road. We will reply with one price.
