Hire someone to advise and plant trees?

[Sandals12]

Moving house and have a large garden. Would like to plant some sort of trees along a hedge and possibly a few others. Soil has high moisture but not waterlogged. Fastish growing preferably. Can I hire someone to give me advice and to plant? I have zero gardening experience. Who would I contact. Gardener, landscape gardener, horticuluralist, arborist?

I used a garden designer to designer my garden and they also did my planting scheme and planted. Also got discount on my plants and trees. The only downside is they suggested silver birch trees but in my research around roots I learnt they are shallow so can uproot patios. Since my tree was being being planted right by the patio I was concerned. However the landscaper who did the work was an arborist and he gave me the same advice about roots, said there are ways to make shallow roots grow down e.g. use a barrier

So personally try to find a landscaper or garden designer who had arborist knowledge or qualification.

They can also buy the trees and plant them just check

Probably a garden designer...Although if you're buying a fair number of larger trees and plants (ie a significant spend) the nursery supplying them will be very happy to help you spend! Maybe contact a few (not a basic garden centre) and research their recommendations.

Be careful some nurseries are trade only

Thanks everyone. At this point I just want a few native trees. Just haven't the confidence to pick amd plants and support them etc.

Shop around for a garden designer who can do that. They often get discount at the nurseries. I had two trees planted, an sango kaku acer and a gledista. .the acer was £600 but quite mature e.g. 2ms tall

So decide how mature you want your trees to be abd your budget.

Speak to neighbours and people in the area for recommendations. If that is no good, ask on nextdoor.com in your area. We are in a similar situation and were recommended a tree specific nursery. The owner (family run) came to see the garden and gave advice/ideas on what to plant where. It was a free consult with no pressure to buy anything from him! We did return and buy from him though. I think he had certain horticultural degrees/courses. He strongly advised against 'garden designers' which he claimed only have X mths of training and limited knowledge of various plants.

Think about whether you want deciduous, something edible like an apple/pear/sloe/fig, something good for wildlife, to block a view, how much maintenance can you do in future etc. Fastish growing will likely need more regular trimming too.
You could also join gardeners world forum and ask questions on there.

I had to Google acer there, looks lovely. Yes we have an M1 to block out a bit. There were a row of lovely nature trees that got removed. Gutted. Its a mature site with no trees!

Good idea about asking locally too. All really good advice. As I'm totally clueless and dont want a lot of future maintenance. But who knows I might find a new passion in gardening.

Yes I love my acer it turns beautiful golden orange and red in autumn and throughout winter it has lovely red branches, it's so stunning 😍

Hawthorn, acer campestre, crab apple, apple, pear, hazel, elder, holly - smaller native trees (some can be shrublike)
Oak,hornbeam, sycamore, beech, poplar, wild cherry, alder,birch, lime, ash
bigger trees

He strongly advised against 'garden designers' which he claimed only have X mths of training and limited knowledge of various plants It depends. There are umpteen garden design courses aimed at “I’m bored with my job” middle aged comfortably off. You need to research, see what else they’ve done. There are garden designers with in depth knowledge of all the other thing that matter, how to construct walls and paths, how to deal with drainage.

There are garden designers and garden designers. Some literally do just that - provide you with a lovely design on paper/digitally that you pay for. They don't do any of the actual physical work.

Others are much more hands-on and in the landscape gardening business. You want a doer rather than a talker.

Be careful with fast growing trees. Normally they're hard to keep under control. If you have the budget you'd be better off buying an established slow growing tree.

If you join the RHS as a member you can get free advice. I've only used that option a couple of times but the responses I got were very detailed and I had a lot of confidence because it was the RHS.

Our gardener also designs our garden, she’s Royal Horticultural Society qualified so has great knowledge, a good eye and does the hard work.

Thanks for advice re RHS and fast growing trees. Yes have looked into some v fast ones and discounted those. This all gives me some food for thought, thanks a lot.