Soft landscaping
Grass cutting, hedging, planting and seasonal beds on a published schedule.
FM and Cleaning · Grounds and External Maintenance
Grounds and External Maintenance
Soft and hard landscaping, winter gritting and external upkeep, scheduled into the same annual plan as your cleaning, PPM and decoration.
Landscaping, gritting, external upkeep, on one schedule.
Grounds and external works, run inside the AOG operating model.
Grounds and external works sits inside the same AOG account as security, construction support and vacant property. One project manager owns the contract. One helpdesk takes the calls. One weekly report covers every visit, task and reactive job.
You take the service on its own, or alongside the rest of the FM division. The covenant, the compliance ledger and the point of contact stay the same either way.
Grounds maintenance, landscaping and winter gritting for commercial, housing and public-sector estates. Scheduled into the same annual plan as the cleaning and PPM contract so external presentation is managed without a separate service provider.
At a glance
- Gritting
- Forecast-triggered
- Arborist
- Available for sign-off
- Coverage
- UK-wide
- Reporting
- Weekly · seasonal cycle
What it covers
The work, line by line.
Every line is delivered against written assignment instructions and reported into the AOG weekly review.
Hard landscaping
Paving, kerbs, fencing and external structure repair under one contract.
Winter gritting and snow
Reactive and pre-scheduled gritting routes triggered against forecast.
Litter, leaves and sweeping
External hard standing kept presentable through the year.
Tree and shrub management
Pruning, shaping and removal with arborist sign-off where required.
External fabric cleaning
Pressure-washing, gum removal and graffiti response on the FM schedule.
What is included
Inside the service.
- Soft landscaping including grass cutting, hedging, planting and seasonal beds on published schedule
- Hard landscaping covering paving, kerbs, fencing and external structure repair under one contract
- Winter gritting and snow management with reactive and pre-scheduled gritting triggered against forecast
- Litter, leaves and sweeping to keep external hard standing presentable through the year
- Tree and shrub management including pruning, shaping and removal with arborist sign-off where required
- External fabric cleaning including pressure-washing, gum removal and graffiti response on FM schedule
Why AOG
What you get that you would not elsewhere.
External works scheduled into the same annual plan as cleaning and PPM — one review covers all
Winter gritting triggered against forecast, not a standing order that runs regardless of conditions
Arborist sign-off included for tree work — compliance documented without a separate instruction
Graffiti response on FM schedule means it is cleared before it escalates or attracts more
Hard and soft landscaping under one contract removes the coordination gap between trades
External fabric cleaning integrated with grounds schedule, not a reactive afterthought
Where it is deployed
Sectors using Grounds and External Maintenance.
Proof
Operational, not aspirational.
52 weeks
planned annual grounds schedule
One schedule, one supplier, one weekly report across grounds, cleaning and PPM.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What grounds-maintenance services can AOG provide?
Soft landscaping such as grass cutting, hedging and seasonal beds, and hard landscaping such as paving, kerbs and fencing repair, can both be delivered under one contract, alongside litter and leaf clearance and external fabric cleaning.
How often should grounds maintenance be scheduled?
Frequency is set against the site and the season, published on an annual schedule so it is planned rather than reactive. Cutting and planting cycles typically run more frequently in the growing season, with winter work shifting to gritting and clearance.
Do you provide seasonal services such as gritting?
Yes. Winter gritting and snow management is triggered against forecast rather than run on a standing order regardless of conditions, and sits on the same annual plan as the rest of the grounds contract.
Can you manage landscaping across a multi-site estate?
Yes. Hard and soft landscaping across a multi-site estate is delivered under one contract and one weekly report, removing the coordination gap that comes from managing several local landscaping suppliers.
How are completed works reported?
Grounds and external works are reported inside the same account review as cleaning and PPM, so external presentation is visible alongside the rest of the FM contract rather than sitting in a separate report.
Talk to the FM team.
Tell us the building, the hours and the standard you need held. We will come back with a spec and a quote.