Grounds services

Grounds Services maintains over 140 schools in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole. The division is also responsible for the maintenance of highway verges and weed control. Here is a list of activities we offer in relation to sports fields maintenance and construction:

• Mowing to suit your requirements
• Markings - pitch, sports and track
• Fertilizers and herbicides applied
• Drainage installed and renovated
• Aeration and de compaction
• Erection of sports goals
• Natural grass pitches constructed and maintained
• Artificial pitches installed/maintained
• Litter collection
• Cricket squares constructed/maintained

Maintenance of hard and soft landscaped areas including:

• Maintaining hedges
• Maintaining flower beds
• Maintaining shrub beds (including mulching using material produced by the arboricultural team)
• Applying fertilizers and herbicides
• Routine maintenance of young and semi-mature trees (see section on 'Tree maintenance')
• Litter collection
• Winter maintenance service

If you require any of these services then we would be happy to discuss your requirements. For any enquiries and quotes please contact Steve Harris (Group Manager: Grounds Services).

• Verge maintenance

  Verge cutting and maintenance is undertaken to maintain safety, by providing a refuge for pedestrians in the absence of footways, to prevent obstruction of sight lines and traffic signs, to maintain a tidy appearance to minimise encroachment onto the carriageway or footway.

• Landscaping

  Highways Operations grounds services division undertakes many exciting landscape projects each year which enhance facilities for many schools, homes for the elderly and customer's property.

• Tree maintenance and surgery

  The arboricultural section of Dorset Highways grounds services division manages the county council's tree stock. The service will also undertake similar work for commercial customers.

• Group Manager: Grounds Services
  Name: Steve Harris
  Email: s.b.harris@dorsetcc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 221020
  Full details for Steve Harris