Domestic and commercial landscaping, paving, fencing and micro digger hire — serving Harrogate, Ripon, Knaresborough, Nidderdale and the wider North & West Yorkshire region from our Markington base.
Our Story
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.
Our Philosophy
"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything…"John Ruskin 8 February 1819 — 20 January 1900
We price our work to do it properly — once, and to last.
Adam Borgen is on every estimate and present on every job.
Grass to gravel, hedges to hard landscaping — all under one roof.
Our Approach
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.
One-off tidy-ups, regular maintenance contracts and complete garden makeovers for private homes across Nidderdale and the Harrogate district.
Business parks, hotels, holiday lets, nursing homes, apartment blocks and housing associations — scheduled contracts to keep every site presentable.
Block paving, flagstone patios and all fencing types — installed to the same exacting standard whether it's a domestic patio or a commercial perimeter.
Treatments, aeration, scarifying and seasonal feeds — keeping Yorkshire lawns healthy through every season.
Reactive and contract winter maintenance for commercial sites — car parks, access roads, walkways gritted and cleared when the weather turns.
Compact excavators available for local hire in the Harrogate area — ideal for access-restricted gardens, driveways and small commercial sites.
Get In Touch
Tell us a little about your site and what you need — domestic garden, commercial grounds contract, paving job, fence run or micro digger hire — and Adam will be in touch within one working day.
Our Services
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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All block paving installation — driveways, paths, patios and commercial hardstanding. Properly excavated, properly bedded, properly jointed. The full hard landscaping package including flagstone laying.
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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.
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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.
Commercial Maintenance
From a single block of flats to a portfolio of holiday lets — we hold scheduled grounds maintenance contracts across the full spectrum of commercial property.
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Frequently Asked
Both. We're happy to come and quote for a single patio clean, a one-off hedge cut or a small fence repair — as well as scheduled maintenance contracts across the year.
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Seasonal Update
Commercial sites needing reactive snow clearance or scheduled gritting can lock in winter contracts now. Limited capacity within our 25-mile patch — first booked, first served.
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