Shrub & Rose Beds
We maintain almost 34 hectares of shrub and rose beds throughout Stevenage.
Council responsibility
We maintain a variety of shrub and rose beds in the following areas:
- Public open space
- Cemeteries
- Highway verges
- Central reservations
- Parks
- Town Centre Gardens
Please use the link below should you wish to make a report/request or require more information about shrubs and rose beds within flat blocks, hostels and sheltered housing units owned by Stevenage Homes Ltd.
We do not maintain beds that are:
- Privately owned
- On properties/estates owned by bodies other than the Council
Maintenance and care
Shrub beds in residential areas and parks, etc are:
- Pruned twice a year – once in summer, and once in winter
- Weed killed twice a year – following the summer and winter prune
- Litter picked at each visit
Shrub beds in high profile locations are:
- Pruned twice a year – once in summer and once in winter
- Hand weeded once a month between April - October
- Litter picked once a week
High profile locations include:
- The Town Centre
- High Street
- Town Centre Gardens
- Lytton Way Gardens
- Millennium Garden
- Fairlands Valley Park
- Neighbourhood retail centres
To report a problem with a shrub bed please complete the online report form. Your report will be investigated within two working days and, where necessary, the teams will usually return to site within 5 working days.
Replanting of existing shrub beds
We implement a programme to replant existing Council shrub beds each winter.
Shrubs will usually remain vigorous and healthy for 10-15 years. After this time they may need to be removed and replaced with younger, healthier, more vigorous plants.
We are constantly updating a list of sites that would benefit from reinstatement planting. Sites will be prioritised, but where a need for replanting has been identified the shrub bed will remain on our list until we are able to carry out the appropriate improvements.
The list of sites to be replanted is finalised, each year, during August / September so that all planting can be carried out between November and March.
To request a shrub bed to be replanted please complete the online request form below.
Request for new shrub beds
All requests for new shrub beds to Council land must be considered by Area Committees.
The Council will consult with local residents to seek their views on a proposal before local Councillors can agree to fund and implement a new planting scheme. Consultation ensures that Area Committees remain democratic, and spends budgets on schemes which are most important to local residents.
To request new planting please complete the online form. Your request will be reported to the next Area Committee meeting. The Committee will usually request a scheme to be designed and costed prior to consulation. It may take 12 months between requesting a scheme and it being delivered.