AKC Landscapes — Garden & Grounds Maintenance to the Highest Standard

25 Mile Service Radius

Our Story

A North Yorkshire grounds maintenance contractor built on quality, not price.

AKC Landscapes is led by Adam Borgen from our base in Markington, just outside Harrogate. We're a professional garden and grounds maintenance contractor covering every aspect of outdoor estate care — from weekly grass cutting and seasonal hedge work through to block paving, fencing and micro digger hire.

Our patch reaches 25 miles in every direction from Markington — Harrogate, Ripon, Boroughbridge, Knaresborough and the whole of Nidderdale — with larger commercial contracts taking us across most of North and West Yorkshire. Whether it's a single garden or a portfolio of holiday lets, the standard is the same.

Adam Borgen Owner / Director

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Our Approach

Year-round outdoor estate care, delivered to a single standard.

From weekly mowing rounds in Harrogate to full hard-landscaping schemes in West Yorkshire — every contract gets the same level of care, the same kit, and the same insistence on doing things properly.

— 01 / Domestic

Private Gardens

One-off tidy-ups, regular maintenance contracts and complete garden makeovers for private homes across Nidderdale and the Harrogate district.

— 02 / Commercial

Commercial Grounds

Business parks, hotels, holiday lets, nursing homes, apartment blocks and housing associations — scheduled contracts to keep every site presentable.

— 03 / Hard Landscaping

Paving & Fencing

Block paving, flagstone patios and all fencing types — installed to the same exacting standard whether it's a domestic patio or a commercial perimeter.

— 04 / Lawn Care

Scarifying & Feeding

Treatments, aeration, scarifying and seasonal feeds — keeping Yorkshire lawns healthy through every season.

— 05 / Winter

Snow & Gritting

Reactive and contract winter maintenance for commercial sites — car parks, access roads, walkways gritted and cleared when the weather turns.

— 06 / Plant

Micro Digger Hire

Compact excavators available for local hire in the Harrogate area — ideal for access-restricted gardens, driveways and small commercial sites.

Our Services

Nine disciplines, one contractor.

Grass Cutting

All domestic and commercial grass cutting — from a single private lawn in Harrogate to multi-acre commercial grounds across North and West Yorkshire. Scheduled rounds, one-off cuts, season-long contracts.

Domestic gardens
Commercial grounds
Holiday lets & rentals
Estate & country house lawns

Hedge Cutting

All hedge types, all heights, all shaping work. From neat box hedges and beech runs through to mature country house yew and tall conifer reductions — cut to shape and cleared on the same visit.

Annual cuts & shaping
Reductions & reshaping
Long commercial runs
All arisings cleared

Border Care

Planting borders maintained, replanted and cared for season after season. Weeding, mulching, dividing, pruning and seasonal planting schemes that keep your borders looking their best year-round.

Weeding & mulching
Seasonal pruning
Replanting schemes
Ongoing maintenance contracts

Lawn Care

Beyond cutting — scarifying, feeding, aeration, moss treatment and ongoing lawn health programmes. Treatments timed for North Yorkshire's growing seasons to keep your lawn healthy through every weather.

Scarifying & aeration
Seasonal feeding
Moss & weed treatment
Overseeding & renovation

Hard Surfaces

Patios, paving, driveways and all hard surface maintenance — including professional power washing to lift years of moss, algae and grime. Patios brought back to life in a single visit.

Power washing
Patio cleaning & restoration
Driveway maintenance
Re-sanding & re-pointing

Snow & Gritting

Winter grounds maintenance for commercial and domestic sites across North Yorkshire. Pre-treatments, reactive clearance, ongoing winter contracts — keeping car parks, access routes and walkways safe.

Reactive snow clearance
Scheduled gritting rounds
Commercial winter contracts
Car parks & access roads

Block Paving

All block paving installation — driveways, paths, patios and commercial hardstanding. Properly excavated, properly bedded, properly jointed. The full hard landscaping package including flagstone laying.

Block paving driveways
Flagstone patios
Paths & access routes
Commercial hardstanding

Fencing

All fencing types installed — closeboard, post & rail, panel, palisade, security fencing and gates. Domestic boundaries and commercial perimeters across the Harrogate region and North Yorkshire.

Closeboard & panel fencing
Post & rail / agricultural
Security & commercial
Gates & gateposts

Micro Digger Hire

Local micro digger hire in the Harrogate area — perfect for access-restricted gardens, narrow driveways, small commercial sites and any job where a full-size machine just won't fit through the gate.

Local Harrogate-area hire
Access-restricted jobs
Small commercial sites
Operated or self-hire options

Client Reviews

What clients say about working with Adam.

Country House · Nidderdale

01 / 04

★★★★★

"Adam and the team have looked after our grounds for several seasons now. Always turn up when they say they will, always leave the place immaculate. The Ruskin quote on their website says it all — you get what you pay for."

A. Harrison

Country House · Nidderdale

Block Paving · Harrogate

02 / 04

★★★★★

"We had AKC re-do the driveway and lay a new patio at the back. Properly dug out, properly bedded — none of the corner-cutting you see elsewhere. Two years on it still looks brand new."

M. & J. Wilkinson

Domestic Client · Harrogate

Holiday Lets · Ripon

03 / 04

★★★★★

"Managing five holiday lets means the grounds have to be perfect every single changeover day. Adam's scheduled rounds have taken that worry off my plate entirely. Reliable, tidy, and good value."

S. Pemberton

Holiday Lets · Ripon

Estate Grounds · Boroughbridge

04 / 04

★★★★★

"We've used several landscapers over the years — AKC are by some distance the most professional. Adam quotes fairly, the work is meticulous, and they clear up properly. Would recommend without hesitation."

D. Marwood

Estate Grounds · Boroughbridge

Garden & grounds maintenance to the highest standard.

A North Yorkshire grounds maintenance contractor built on quality, not price.

Quality first

Owner-led

One contractor

Year-round outdoor estate care, delivered to a single standard.

Private Gardens

Commercial Grounds

Paving & Fencing

Scarifying & Feeding

Snow & Gritting

Micro Digger Hire

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Why Clients Across North Yorkshire Choose AKC

Nine disciplines, one contractor.

Grass Cutting

Hedge Cutting

Border Care

Lawn Care

Hard Surfaces

Snow & Gritting

Block Paving

Fencing

Micro Digger Hire

Trusted by 14 commercial sectors across North Yorkshire.

What clients say about working with Adam.

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A glimpse of our work across North & West Yorkshire.

Full grounds maintenance contract, Nidderdale estate

Block paving driveway, Harrogate

Closeboard fencing, Knaresborough

Hotel grounds maintenance, Ripon

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