Artificial Grass Cleaning in Torquay

The Moore & Franks approach in Torquay

Torquay's holiday lets, guest houses and terraced hillside homes have taken to artificial grass in a big way — courtyard gardens and small plots that need to look sharp for guests without a gardener on call are exactly what it suits. But the town's salt air and frequent sea fret keep the pile damp on shaded plots, feeding moss and algae, and leaf fall off the steep wooded hillsides works down and blocks the drainage backing. Change-over lawns for holiday properties need to look their best between bookings. We clear the growth and debris, power-brush the fibres back up, re-tuck lifted edges, and deodorise pet areas at source. Local team, free quote.

Torquay gardens climb in terraces up the hillsides, and a lot of the artificial grass here sits on a stepped level held by a retaining wall — a short run of lawn on the flat part of an otherwise steep plot around Wellswood or the Warberries. Those raised, walled sections drain to one edge and sit in the shade of the wall, so the pile packs down and greens along the base. Brushing the fibres and infill back up and clearing that shaded strip is the knack with a tiered lawn.

The town's mild, sheltered microclimate — the one that lets palms and sub-tropical planting thrive around Torre Abbey and the seafront gardens — also means a lot of large, leathery evergreen litter dropping onto lawns all year round. That kind of debris stains and mats into a pile faster than ordinary leaf fall, and it holds moisture against the fibres. Getting it lifted out and the surface brushed through is what stops a Torquay lawn looking permanently tired under all that lush overhang.

Guest houses and B&Bs around Babbacombe and St Marychurch hold their outdoor space to a high standard, and a flat, green lawn lets the whole place down, so those are the lawns a scheduled yearly clean suits best. Because Torbay's mild damp means growth barely stops over winter, the exposed and shaded plots often want a second lighter visit. A regular sweep of that heavy leaf litter off the surface keeps the drainage free far longer.

Our Torquay customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ1, TQ2 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Babbacombe & Oddicombe Beach, Cockington Village, St Marychurch, Wellswood, Torre Abbey, Kents Cavern).