Gardener at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
A Jerusalem garden
needs a Jerusalem gardener
Rocky ground, built stone terracing, dry summers and wet winters. Anyone tending a garden here has to know that — not import solutions from the coast.
Services
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Garden maintenance
Regular visits through the year — pruning, weeding, feeding and checking irrigation.
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Tree pruning
Olive, citrus, vine and ornamental trees — in the right season, by a method that does not damage the tree.
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Garden design
Planning and planting for a garden suited to Jerusalem's soil and climate.
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Irrigation systems
Installation and repair, built around saving water through a Jerusalem summer.
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Lawn care and feeding
Looking after turf and the city's thin, rocky ground.
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Stone terracing
Restoring and maintaining the stone terraces that hold a Jerusalem garden together.
Years at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens
What you learn in a botanical garden about the plants that grow here — when to prune, what survives August, how to work with rocky ground — you cannot learn anywhere else.