Landscape Architecture 
It is now generally accepted that to have a 
successful treatment of one’s grounds, large or 
small, an expert trained in garden planning and 
in the correct use of suitable plant material is 
as necessary to design the grounds as a skilled 
architect is to design the house. 
We maintain a Department of Landscape 
Architecture to provide our clients with a thor¬ 
ough planning service which covers the designing 
of large estates, parks, schools and institutional 
grounds, as well as the small garden. The prep¬ 
aration in this combines scientific training in 
Europe and America with an intimate knowledge 
of English and European gardens, followed by 
years of actual experience in designing and 
detailed construction. 
Supervision 
Only too often one sees a garden where the 
gardener has become involved in the intricacies 
of flowers and their culture, losing sight of the 
garden scheme as a whole. Of recent years it 
has been realized more and more that a well- 
planned garden needs watchful supervision to 
retain the ideal picture. A supervisor, trained in 
the principles of good design and garden prob¬ 
lems, may be obtained from Upton Gardens to 
direct your seasonal work. 
Maintenance 
Intelligent maintenance is the thing that gives 
the necessary finish to a well-planned garden. 
Pruning, spraying, cultivating, staking, dividing 
and edging in the proper way at the proper time, 
all go to make the difference between an attrac¬ 
tive, well-kept garden and a neglected one. For 
discriminating people, we have a maintenance 
department with a manager who supervises a 
corps of trained men with proper equipment. 
