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Lawn Mowing in Howick — Garden, Hedge and Gutter Services

Lawn mowing in Howick is the core of what we do here, alongside garden maintenance, hedge trimming, gutter cleaning and grounds contracts. Tidy Yard is a local crew working this side of the Eastern Beaches — same faces every visit, free quote inside 24 hours.

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What we do here

Lawn mowing in Howick, and the rest of the round

Lawn Mowing

Weekly or fortnightly through the growing season, stretched out over winter. Howick sits on clay, so we lift the deck over the wet months rather than cutting low into soft ground.

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Garden Maintenance

Weeding, pruning, mulching and seasonal tidy-ups on the same visit as the mow. Coastal beds here lean on flax, renga renga and hebe because they take the wind.

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Hedge Trimming

Shaping, height reductions and boundary hedges. The mature griselinia and pittosporum here go back decades, and the seaward face takes salt wind.

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Gutter Cleaning

Gutters and downpipes cleared before winter, with a photo of each run. The older streets carry mature pōhutukawa and they fill a gutter fast.

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Grounds Maintenance

Ongoing contracts for apartment blocks and managed properties — one schedule, one point of contact, a written service record.

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How it works

From photo to tidy yard in Howick

Send a photo

Text or email a photo of the lawn, hedge or gutters with your Howick street. No site visit needed to get started.

Get a quote in writing

A written quote back within 24 hours — for a one-off job or a set schedule.

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We turn up on schedule

The same crew, on the agreed day, leaving the yard sharp and the paths swept before we go.

Most new Howick properties are picked up on the next scheduled run through the area.

Recent work

Straight lines, clean edges

Hedges and planters from the last round — shop frontages, body corporate carparks and apartment walkways across East Auckland.

Low hedge and palm bed clipped back along the parking bays outside a row of village shops

Street planter hedge cut back hard around a palm on a town centre corner

Hedge line trimmed between the parking bays of a body corporate carpark

Clipped hedge running along a raised planter beside an apartment footpath

Corner of a hedge squared off above a concrete planter beside a footpath

Homes on a regular round

Most of what we do in Howick is the ordinary weekly rhythm of a family section: front and back lawn, edges along the path and drive, beds kept from going wild between seasons. The value is not in one heroic tidy-up — it is in never having to think about it again.

You get the same crew each visit, so nobody needs the gate code explained twice or has to point out the sprinkler head again. If something is starting to go wrong — a patch going thin, a hedge leaning into the footpath — we photograph it and tell you before it becomes a job.

Body corporates and apartment blocks

The other half of the Howick round is common areas: entrance beds, shared lawns, car-park verges and the strip along the footpath that everyone notices and nobody owns. Committees do not want a contractor they have to chase.

So the work runs on a set schedule with one point of contact, one invoice, and a written service record you can put in front of the committee at the next meeting. Visits are scheduled around residents rather than through them, and the site is left clean before we leave.

Everything on one schedule

Lawns, beds, hedges and gutters do not need four different contractors and four different invoices. Put them on one schedule and the property stops having a season where something is visibly overdue.

Commercial & body corporate Grounds maintenance Lawn mowing

What a client here says

“Reliable and tidy every fortnight — they turn up when they say and the lawn always looks sharp. Edges done properly, no mess left behind.”
Sarah M. · Howick · Lawn mowing

Why a local crew beats an Auckland-wide franchise here

Our round is concentrated between Howick, Bucklands Beach, Cockle Bay and Botany — minutes away rather than crossing the city. The crew that quotes your property is the crew that turns up.

What every visit includes

The same crew, on the agreed day.
Edges cut along paths and borders, not just the open lawn.
Clippings taken away and the paths swept before we leave.
A photo and a heads-up when something is starting to go wrong, before it becomes a job.
One schedule and one invoice for lawns, beds, hedges and gutters.

Coverage

Around Howick and the Eastern Beaches

Howick Village and Stockade Hill, Waipaparoa–Howick Beach, Mellons Bay, Cockle Bay, Half Moon Bay and Bucklands Beach, out through Somerville and Botany, and along the Mangemangeroa Reserve edge toward Whitford. See every suburb we cover →

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Frequently asked questions

How much does lawn mowing cost in Howick?

It depends on the section — size, slope and how much of it a mower can reach. We look at the property and put the quote in writing rather than guessing over the phone, and it comes back within 24 hours.

How often should a Howick lawn be mowed?

Weekly or fortnightly from October through March, and every three to four weeks over winter. The clay soil here stays wet longer than free-draining parts of Auckland, so winter mowing is about timing the dry days rather than keeping a fixed date.

When is the best time to trim hedges in Howick?

Late spring and again in autumn for most evergreen hedges. Coastal hedges taking salt wind do better trimmed lightly and more often than cut hard once a year — a hard cut on wind-burnt growth can leave bare patches that never fill in.

Do you mow steep sections near the beach?

Yes. A lot of sections here fall away toward the water and are too steep for a ride-on. Those get push mowers and line trimmers rather than being turned down.

Do you work with body corporates in Howick?

Yes. We hold ongoing grounds maintenance contracts for apartment blocks and managed properties, with a set schedule, one point of contact and a written service record for the committee.

How quickly can you start?

A free quote comes back within 24 hours. Because the round already covers this area, most new properties are picked up on the next scheduled run.

Free quote within 24 hours

Get a quote for lawn mowing in Howick

Send a photo of the job with your street and we will come back within 24 hours.

Text us for free quote 020 4172 6639