The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is today.
A garden is never quite finished — and that's precisely what makes it worth tending. Andrew brings a considered, unhurried approach to garden creation and care, working with the nature of a place rather than against it: its soil, its light, its particular character, and what it might yet become.
Services
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Renovate + Design
Some gardens have lost their way. Others simply need a new conversation with the person living in them. Whether the work is modest — clearing, reshaping, breathing life back in — or something with wider ambitions, each project begins with looking carefully at what's already there before deciding what comes next.
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Ongoing Program
A garden cared for once is still just a garden. One cared for across seasons becomes something else entirely. For those who understand that, Andrew offers ongoing programs that move with the rhythms of the year — responsive to growth, change, and the slow logic of a place finding its form.
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Source + Install
The right plant in the right place. It sounds simple, and the best results usually do. Sourcing good stock, placing it well, and handling the work with the care it deserves — every project is approached on its own terms, with a process that fits around you rather than the other way around.
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Maintain
Good maintenance is quiet work. It's the kind of care that doesn't announce itself — it simply means the garden looks right, year after year, without you having to think too hard about why.
Integrity, creativity, and empathy aren't values written on a wall — they're the way the work actually gets done. Every garden is someone's particular place, and Andrew treats it accordingly: with honesty about what's possible, genuine curiosity about what it could become, and care for the person who has to live with the result.
A garden is one of the few things in life that genuinely improves with thoughtful attention. Whatever your starting point — overgrown, underplanted, or simply not quite right — there's always a good next step worth taking.
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Andrew has spent years working across a wide range of gardens and landscapes — varied in scale, character, and climate — learning what each place asks of those who tend it, and what it rewards in return. He works alone, which means when you engage Andrew, that's exactly who turns up.
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Every decision starts with observation. What's the soil telling you, what does the light do in the afternoon, what has the garden been trying to become on its own? From there, the work is about supporting that — with skill, patience, and a preference for solutions that look effortless long after the job is done.
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People who have lived with their garden long enough to know it deserves more attention than it's been getting. Homeowners who value the work being done well over done quickly, and who understand that a good garden relationship, like any good relationship, tends to improve with time.
If your garden has been waiting for the right person to give it proper attention, Andrew is ready to have that conversation.
Location
Based: Near River, Hollisdale
NSW 2446 Australia
Coverage: Mid North Coast, NSW
Contact
Andrew Hearne
andrewthecountrygardener@gmail.com
+61 412 995 256