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Garden care for older Australians · through aged-care plans

A gentle, knowing pair of helping hands for the garden you love.

I'm Maddy, a qualified horticulturalist who cares for the gardens of older Australians. Not a mow-and-go crew. Someone who listens, works with real care, and tends your garden the way you'd want it done.

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TAFE-qualified · unhurried · a friendly female horticulturalist

Photo: hero
A warm photo of Maddy in a garden (kneeling by a bed, pruning, or holding a plant). This is the first face visitors see: friendly, hands-on, in the work.
Why I do this

It started with my nan, Joy.

Photo: nan Joy's garden
A photo from Joy's garden in its heyday (faces can be cropped). The orchids, the beds she loved: the garden that started all of this.

My nan, Joy, had a beautiful garden, full of orchids and plants she'd grown and loved for decades. When she needed a hand, the people who came would mow the lawn, step straight through her orchids, and get out as fast as they could. They got the job done. They didn't care for what she'd made.

I became a horticulturalist because of gardens like Joy's. Helping Hands Horticulture is the opposite of that trail of destruction: a pair of hands that knows plants, works gently, and treats a lifetime's garden with the respect it deserves.

When someone has been gardening for fifty years, they know their garden better than I ever will. So I ask how they'd like things done, and I do it their way, even when I might have done it differently. That's what caring for someone's garden really means.

A helping pair of hands, but a knowledgeable one. Not just another contractor here to mow the lawn and leave.
What I do

Thoughtful garden care, done with knowledge and care.

Horticultural gardening and garden care for older Australians. Tell me what your garden needs; here's where I can help.

Garden care & upkeep

Weeding, pruning, mulching and seasonal tidying that keeps your beds healthy and looking their best.

Garden clean-ups

Overgrown or neglected gardens brought back to life, gently and carefully, never with a heavy hand.

Planting & horticulture

The right plant in the right place, planted well, with advice you can trust on what will thrive.

Treasured & established plants

Orchids, natives and heritage plantings cared for by someone who understands them, not trampled.

Ongoing help

Regular visits so your garden stays cared for over time, with the same friendly face each time.

Advice & know-how

A qualified horticulturalist's guidance on what to plant, how to keep it healthy, and how to enjoy it more.

Not lawns and mowing. Helping Hands is about gardens: the plants, the beds and the care they need. If you're after a lawn-mowing round, I'm probably not your person; if you want your garden genuinely looked after, I'd love to help.
Why Helping Hands

Trained, gentle, and genuinely on your side.

Choosing who comes into your home, or your parent's, matters. Here's what you can count on.

A qualified horticulturalist

TAFE-qualified: a properly trained horticulturalist, not an untrained pair of hands. I also have experience in conservation and ecosystem management, and in green infrastructure.

I do it your way

You've tended your garden for years. I listen, and I work the way you'd like, respecting how you've always done things.

A friendly, considerate presence

A calm, unhurried female horticulturalist who's easy to have around, and someone you'll feel comfortable welcoming into your home.

Care, not a quick job

No trampled orchids, no trail of destruction. Your garden is treated as something worth looking after, because it is.

For aged-care providers & coordinators

Reliable garden care you can refer with confidence.

If you're a provider or support coordinator arranging garden care for clients through aged-care plans, I'd love to be on your books.

  • TAFE-qualified, professional and easy to work with, and a safe pair of hands to refer.
  • I can invoice providers directly, which keeps things simple for you and the client.
  • Clients are genuinely well looked after, the kind of care that reflects well on your service.
Put me on your books
Let's work together

Send through your details and I'll get in touch to introduce myself and how I can help your clients.

Get in touch

Let's talk about your garden.

Whether you're looking for help with your own garden, arranging it for a parent, or referring a client, send a few details and Maddy will get back to you personally.

No obligation, just a friendly chat about what your garden needs.
Families and aged-care providers equally welcome.
A real person will reply. That's the whole point of Helping Hands.
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Maddy will get back to you personally, usually within a day or two.

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Maddy will be in touch personally very soon. Thanks for thinking of Helping Hands.