Grounds maintenance for care homes and retirement villages
Dementia-friendly design, CQC-ready reporting, horticultural therapy. Covering every county across the South of England from our base in Camberley.
Most care home managers have been through three or four gardening firms in the last five years.
You've probably cycled through grounds contractors. We're hoping you'll stop with us.
The pattern is familiar. A good first summer. A missed winter visit. A complaint from a family member. A quote that creeps up. The search starts again. We built Mustard Roots to end that cycle — specialism over volume, the same team every visit, and reporting that actually helps you at your next CQC inspection.
“Large enough to excel, Small enough to care.”
A quiet operation — measured, documented, and built to stand up at inspection.
Three ways we work with care homes
Year-round contracts with a named team, photo reports every visit, and the reporting rhythm CQC inspectors actually ask about.
One accountable team managing grounds, gardens and outdoor facilities on your behalf — a single point of contact instead of juggling multiple contractors.
Resident-led sessions delivered by qualified therapists, producing the engagement records and measurable wellbeing outcomes CQC inspectors want to see.
Also offering sensory garden design, dementia-friendly design, accessibility work, and tree surgery. See all services
An effective answer to all five CQC key questions
Every visit we make is built to give you evidence against the same five questions your inspector asks.
People protected from abuse, harm, and avoidable risks in a clean, secure environment. Site-specific risk assessments, plant-toxicity checks, and a DBS-checked team on every visit.
Care that achieves good outcomes and uses best practice or evidence. Dementia-friendly design and horticultural therapy delivered by qualified therapists.
Residents treated with compassion, kindness, dignity, and respect. Residents' own planting stays untouched; sessions are resident-led.
Services organised and adapted to individual needs and preferences. Accessibility work designed around the Residents using the garden.
Leadership and governance that promotes high-quality, person-centred care. Named team, quarterly wellbeing summary, compliance documentation ready for inspection.
Specialism
Not generalists. Care-sector specialists whose medium happens to be gardens.
Consistency
Same team, every visit. Named account manager, proper reporting rhythm.
Evidence
Audit-ready documentation you can drop straight into board papers and CQC files.
Resident-first
Therapy-trained team, person-centred protocols, dementia-aware site behaviour.
Sebastian & Trevor
40+ years combined experience in horticulture, landscape design, and grounds maintenance — now focused entirely on the care sector. One of them walks every new site before a contract starts.
Meet the full teamBased in Camberley, working across the South of England.
Ready for a garden your Residents — and your inspectors — will love?
Half a day on site with one of our founders, a written audit report within five working days, and a clear specification you can use whether you hire us or not.
Prefer to talk first? 0330 1331 994 · Info@mustardroots.com