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Is there any REAL gardeners out there or is it a myth in Dubai ???

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 10 August 2016 - 09:59

Me heartbroken:cry:
Just got back after 10 days away, 10 days and our so called ' gardener' decided to hack our beautiful mature hedging , tall lush blooming with flowers all gone , hacked to stupid looking sticks!!
We can now see into next doors living room!!!!!!
I am sitting here livid, waiting for him to come here so I can tell him get his stupid hedge clippers and go and not to come back.
Does anyone know if a gardener exists here in Dubai ?
I love to garden and look after the plants here myself but we decided to have a gardener to look after the grass.
I had already spoken to him about hacking the plants and told him clearly no cutting and I come back to this.
Does anyone out there know of someone at The Villa ?
Is it too early for a G&T ???

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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 10 August 2016 - 14:32
You have my sincere sympathies. Your gardener should do as you ask him regarding jobs. Hedges can grow back but can take a very long time. Put in writing all the jobs the gardener can/should do and give it to him. If he has another language - have the list translated. Make him sign it.. Keep copy for yourself. I have a house in France and someone cut back very hard a hedge that was a lot of trouble and expense to grow because the soil is mostly rock. Before the hedge has grown back the neighbour's little house was sold, pulled down and another larger one replaced it now overlooking me!!
 
 

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