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A villa’s garden, finished: the new striped lawn, the blue pool with the statue, the laurel hedge, the house and the mountains under the clouds

After · the same garden

The same garden during the work: bare earth around the pool, two of our team laying the edging, the statue and the hedge behind
During the work two of our team laying the edging

Gardener in Mendrisio: gardens and pools since 2017

From the site visit to the first swim, in just over a month.

Garden and pool from a single team, with our own diggers, from Mendrisio across Ticino.

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Mon–Fri 8–12 and 13–17.30

Garden and pool from a single team, with our own diggers, from Mendrisio across Ticino.

Ask for a quote

The price, up front.

The site visit is free anywhere in Ticino, and you know the price before we start.

Book a site visit
The site visit
Free.
Anywhere in Ticino.
The quote
Fixed price.
One price for the whole job, in writing.
Work by the hour
CHF 60 an hour.
The usual rate for a gardener.

The No-Worries Protocol

6 stages, just over a month.

From the site visit to the first swim: a pool in 6 stages, and we take care of the municipal permits.

One point of contact from start to finish: all you have to do is sign the contract.

  1. Nicola Ventimiglia, in a white polo shirt, and Giuseppe Caruso, in a black one, the two partners of Garden Specialist, on a lawn
    Giuseppe Caruso and Nicola Ventimiglia, the founding partners

    1. Initial consultation

    We come to you to look at the ground and talk it through. It costs nothing.

  2. A pool under construction: the steel panels on the concrete base, the laser level, the excavation
    A pool under construction: the concrete base, the first panels and the laser level

    2. Survey and quote

    One price for the whole pool, set out in the quote, and we file the application with the municipality.

  3. A garden seen from the drone during the dig: the churned-up earth beside the house, the mini digger and the materials
    A garden with a pool in Mendrisio: the building site, from our drone

    3. Site preparation

    Digging and earthmoving, with our own diggers and our own truck.

  4. Two Garden Specialist workers tie the reinforcement inside the yellow formwork of a pool, with the mountains behind
    A concrete pool: two of our team tying the reinforcement in the formwork

    4. Pool installation

    The shell in concrete or panels, made to measure. If you would like one, a mini-spa too.

  5. A finished in-ground pool, edged in grey slabs, with lawn all round
    A pool handed over, edged in grey slabs

    5. Testing and handover

    The pool is ready just over a month after the first site visit.

  6. A pale pool flush with the new lawn, with an olive tree, the hedge and tall trees under a blue sky
    The same garden in Mendrisio, finished: the pool in the new lawn

    6. Aftercare

    Afterwards, we look after the maintenance and servicing too.

A lakeside pool seen from above by our drone: the turquoise water, the diving board, the palm trees and the garden around itA lakeside pool seen from above by our drone: the turquoise water, the diving board, the palm trees and the garden around it

Swim… or your money back.

For 2 years, if something breaks because of a manufacturing defect or a mistake of ours, you are 100% covered: we come out, replace the part and you pay nothing.

Ask for a pool quote

Built in autumn, cared for in spring

Building work is booked 3–4 weeks ahead, and the season for building is autumn and winter.

The concrete shell of a freshly poured pool under a cloudy sky, with the town and the hills behind

In autumn and winter we build

  • Pools and mini-spas
  • New gardens
  • Paving, walls and paths
  • Irrigation systems
  • Slopes and soil bioengineering
The finished pool, with a path of exposed-aggregate stepping stones across the lawn

In spring and summer we care for

  • Lawns, hedges and flower beds
  • Pruning and felling, at height too
  • Irrigation and pools

For maintenance we usually come within a few days, and a gardener generally costs CHF 60 an hour.

All services

The grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

All our work
A villa’s garden before the work: bare earth raked up to the hedge, the ochre house on the left and the pool at the far endBefore
The same garden, photographed from the same spot after the work: the new striped lawn up to the hedge, and at the far end the blue pool with the statueAfter
Villa: from bare ground to lawn, with the pool at the far end
An olive tree in a ring of stones, the ground prepared with sand on a white sheetBefore
The olive tree with new lawn all roundAfter
Olive tree: the ground prepared, then new lawn all round
A path being built alongside a building: the sand, the gravel and the dumperBefore
A newly laid block-paved path alongside a new buildingAfter
Path: dug out with the dumper, then the paving blocks laid

The people and the machines

Nicola Ventimiglia and Giuseppe Caruso founded Garden Specialist in 2017; on site, Alessandro Spina leads the team.

Garden Specialist, your garden’s Body Garden.

About us
The four from Garden Specialist in the company’s polo shirts, arms folded on a lawn, looking at the camera

From left

  1. Alessandro SpinaForeman
  2. Giuseppe CarusoCo-founder, technical director
  3. Nicola VentimigliaCo-founder, head of sales
  4. Domenico Ventimiglia
The tipper truck in Garden Specialist’s green livery, with two mini diggers

We do the digging and hauling with our own machines: a tipper truck and two mini diggers.

Our clients, from Mendrisio to Lugano

Every day we work in Mendrisio, Chiasso and Lugano; for building work, also in Bellinzona and Locarno. A ring every 5 km from Mendrisio.© OpenStreetMap · Terrain Tiles (SRTM, EU-DEM)

‘On every job it has handed over, Garden Specialist has stood out for the quality of its work and for final costs that matched the quote.’

Studio Casali, MendrisioTranslated ·

  • ‘Garden Specialist’s strong points are the speed and the quality of their work.’

    A client, MagliasoTranslated ·

  • ‘An extremely transparent relationship, quotes included.’

    A client, LuganoTranslated ·

  • ‘We’re delighted, so much so that we’ve added more jobs.’

    A client, MendrisioTranslated ·

Your quote

In 4 questions: the job, the size, the timing and the town.

Send your request here, or on WhatsApp with a few photos of the garden. We reply the same day, Monday to Friday.

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Mon–Fri 8–12 and 13–17.30

1What do you need done?
2How big is the garden?
3When?
4Where is the garden, and who should we call back?
Photos of the garden
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Photos are optional, but they help us give you a first assessment.

For example: how to get into the garden, the materials you prefer.

The site visit is free, anywhere in Ticino.

Phone and opening hours

Call us Monday to Friday, 8–12 and 13–17.30, or send us photos on WhatsApp.

076 393 11 45

Mon–Fri 8–12 and 13–17.30

Call us
Technical line
076 348 42 22
Email
info@gardenspecialist.ch
Office
Via Vignalunga 14A, 6850 Mendrisio
Where we work
Every day we work in Mendrisio, Chiasso and Lugano; for building work, also in Bellinzona and Locarno.