Wānaka’s Most Trusted Gardener: What Clients Say

Over 1000 satisfied Wānaka & Central Otago gardening clients

Since 2017, we’ve supported more than 1,000 local clients, with over 100 choosing us for ongoing garden maintenance.

We’re proud to be known as Wānaka’s Local Choice for gardening and landscaping.

Explore our customer experience and browse recent reviews here.

What people are saying about Doug and his team.

Wonderful service from Doug the Gardener and crew. Everything completed immaculately. Highly recommend them

Jossi - November 2025
Outstanding service. The team was professional, very hard working and,as always friendly. Highly recommended

Brendon - November 2025
Doug and his team are fantastic! They are reliable, conscientious, and creative. We travel frequently and count on Doug's team to keep an eye on our landscaping in our absence. It is always well cared for when we return home. We also like how consistent the team is. We have been a client for about 2 years and we've had the same lead on site for this entire time who knows our preferences, property, and anticipates needs like watering, fertlising, etc., from season to season. I enthusiastically and confidently recommend Doug the Gardener to my friends and neighbours without hesitation.

Carolyn - October 2025
Incredible service and we were very impressed by Doug and his team. Doug knew exactly what was needed to give our section the care and attention that it required. We have no hesitation in recommending Doug The Gardener and wish him and his team the very best.

Kate - October 2025
The guys that cut my hedge were very quick and professional. Excellent job and will definitely use them again in the future.

Margaret - October 2025
We couldn't be happier with the service, care and attention that we received from the very knowledgeable Rob who skilfully dealt to our fruit and ornamental trees.The communication from the DTG team was also flawless. I'd highly recommend them to others.

Rodger - August 2025
Our hedges look fabulous after your gardeners did the cutting. So perfectly straight. I got a phone call from a neighbour to say she had just passed the house and thought the hedges looked amazing!! Well done gardeners! Many thanks for your wonderful work.

Anwyn - August 2025
Doug and his team were great, can highly recommend! Doug came by so I could show him what was needed and offered helpful suggestions about queries I had. The team was so quick and effective. Very happy with the result.

- Freida, Aug 2025
Doug and his team were absolutely fantastic, from working with us to keep inside our budget to the team on the ground who did an amazing job

Tony - July 2025
Place is looking awesome as usual, which is much appreciated.

Ken - July 2025
Thrilled to arrive home and see our new garden, very pleased and can’t wait for it to grow.

Sue - June 2025
Hedges looking superb and grass on lawns are looking greener and healthier.

Lyn - June 2025
Very happy with work done. Good communication.

Bruce - April 2025
Reliable. Quick. Friendly. Professional.

J.A - March 2025
Fabulous work. Great to know my property is in good hands and will be a fabulous garden in the future. Well done guys. Can't wait to plant more, eat my own vegetables etc. Thank you so much.

Penny - March 2025
Thanks very much guy's for the excellent work that you do at our place. Great communication, before and after the job is done and it's fantastic that you send photos, of before and after, the job. Cheers!

Ian & Jenny - March 2025
Great tidy work. Easy to deal with & get work organised. Also happy to help with extra things as needed. Thoroughly recommended.

Ian - February 2025
You and all the team have done an amazing job on my property. So thank you very much. All that spring growth both on the lawns and all the trees and shrubs in general. The garden is looking so much tidier now and I really appreciate all your hard work. Thanks again

Lynn - Dec 2024
I just wanted to say a very big thank you to you and your team for looking after my garden - it honestly exceeded my expectations and I am so very grateful. Thank you so much for helping out over the last 3 almost years - I truly appreciate it.

Tania - November 2024
Absolutely awesome job you guys do. Thank you so much for the work and the photos . We don’t get up to Wanaka very often so it is great to know (and see) that our property is staying neat and tidy.

Eric - Oct 2024
I had 2 young men from Doug the Gardener trim my hedges, and dig a new garden, fantastic young men, so polite, on time and made a wonderful job of my hedges. They cleaned up so well, I will definitely be contacting Doug again for gardening jobs.

Belinda - March 2024
“I am very happy with the work Doug and his team did at my place. They did a thorough job and left the garden very tidy. I will definitely use them again in the future.”

— Barbara, June 2022
I couldn’t recommend Doug and his team highly enough. At short notice he came and tidied up my property to an extremely high standard. He is efficient and professional and gets the job done without issue.

Sara - March 2022
“Doug the Gardener has amazing staff who work extremely hard and are very professional. We used their services to clean up our new house section which was overgrown and looking terrible. When the job was done they took away all the rubbish and left the place looking amazing! We would highly recommend Doug and his crew!”

— Tania, September 2021
“Doug and his team have done a terrific job on our garden, transforming it from drab to fab and knowing exactly what to tackle when and how. Plus, they are super nice people. We would highly recommend.”

— Fiona, August 2021

Wānaka’s Most Trusted Gardener: What Clients Say

Over 1000 satisfied Wānaka & Central Otago gardening clients

Wonderful service from Doug the Gardener and crew. Everything completed immaculately. Highly recommend them

Outstanding service. The team was professional, very hard working and,as always friendly. Highly recommended

Incredible service and we were very impressed by Doug and his team. Doug knew exactly what was needed to give our section the care and attention that it required. We have no hesitation in recommending Doug The Gardener and wish him and his team the very best.

The guys that cut my hedge were very quick and professional. Excellent job and will definitely use them again in the future.

We couldn't be happier with the service, care and attention that we received from the very knowledgeable Rob who skilfully dealt to our fruit and ornamental trees.The communication from the DTG team was also flawless. I'd highly recommend them to others.

Our hedges look fabulous after your gardeners did the cutting. So perfectly straight. I got a phone call from a neighbour to say she had just passed the house and thought the hedges looked amazing!! Well done gardeners! Many thanks for your wonderful work.

Doug and his team were great, can highly recommend! Doug came by so I could show him what was needed and offered helpful suggestions about queries I had. The team was so quick and effective. Very happy with the result.

Doug and his team were absolutely fantastic, from working with us to keep inside our budget to the team on the ground who did an amazing job

Place is looking awesome as usual, which is much appreciated.

Thrilled to arrive home and see our new garden, very pleased and can’t wait for it to grow.

Hedges looking superb and grass on lawns are looking greener and healthier.

Very happy with work done. Good communication.

Reliable. Quick. Friendly. Professional.

Fabulous work. Great to know my property is in good hands and will be a fabulous garden in the future. Well done guys. Can't wait to plant more, eat my own vegetables etc. Thank you so much.

Thanks very much guy's for the excellent work that you do at our place. Great communication, before and after the job is done and it's fantastic that you send photos, of before and after, the job. Cheers!

Great tidy work. Easy to deal with & get work organised. Also happy to help with extra things as needed. Thoroughly recommended.

You and all the team have done an amazing job on my property. So thank you very much. All that spring growth both on the lawns and all the trees and shrubs in general. The garden is looking so much tidier now and I really appreciate all your hard work. Thanks again

I just wanted to say a very big thank you to you and your team for looking after my garden - it honestly exceeded my expectations and I am so very grateful. Thank you so much for helping out over the last 3 almost years - I truly appreciate it.

Absolutely awesome job you guys do. Thank you so much for the work and the photos . We don’t get up to Wanaka very often so it is great to know (and see) that our property is staying neat and tidy.

I had 2 young men from Doug the Gardener trim my hedges, and dig a new garden, fantastic young men, so polite, on time and made a wonderful job of my hedges. They cleaned up so well, I will definitely be contacting Doug again for gardening jobs.

“I am very happy with the work Doug and his team did at my place. They did a thorough job and left the garden very tidy. I will definitely use them again in the future.”

I couldn’t recommend Doug and his team highly enough. At short notice he came and tidied up my property to an extremely high standard. He is efficient and professional and gets the job done without issue.

“Doug and his team have done a terrific job on our garden, transforming it from drab to fab and knowing exactly what to tackle when and how. Plus, they are super nice people. We would highly recommend.”