Garden Specialist, in Mendrisio since 2017
Garden Specialist is a garden and pool firm based in Mendrisio: since 2017 it has built and looked after gardens, pools and irrigation systems in Ticino, with its own team and its own machines.
‘With Garden Specialist, a flower can grow even in the desert!’
The people
Nicola looks after clients, Giuseppe the work, Alessandro the team on site.
Nicola Ventimiglia
Co-founder, head of sales
30 years’ experience. The sales line, 076 393 11 45, is his.
Giuseppe Caruso
Co-founder, technical director
20 years’ experience, from design to site management, on jobs from a few hundred francs to millions. The technical line is his: 076 348 42 22.
Alessandro Spina
Foreman
He trained at an international school of gardening and has 10 years’ experience. On site, he leads the team.
Your garden’s Body Garden.
The machines
A tipper truck in our colours, two mini diggers, a dumper and a cherry picker.
We do the digging, hauling and pruning at height with our own machines.
Our work
Gardens, pools, paths and pruning: where we can, before and after shots of the same spot.
Before
During
AfterGardens · Villa: from bare ground to lawn, with the pool at the far end 
During
AfterPaving · Path: dug out with the dumper, then the paving blocks laid 
Before
AfterGardens · Olive tree: the ground prepared, then new lawn all round 
Before
AfterGardens · A villa’s garden: from bare ground to lawn, with the pool at the far end 
Pools · Pool in the new lawn, below the mountain 
Pools · The finished pool, with stepping stones across the lawn 
Pools · Pool flush with the lawn, with an olive tree 
Pools · Pool with a gravel surround 
Pools · In-ground pool edged in grey slabs 
Pools · Formwork and reinforcement for a concrete pool 
Pools · Shell of a concrete pool, before the lining 
Pools · Laying a pool liner 
Pools · Panel pool under construction 
Gardens · Stepping stones in the new lawn, among old houses 
Gardens · New lawn with the mountains behind 
Gardens · New lawn in front of the house 
Gardens · Lawn with a stone wall and clipped shrubs 
Gardens · Bank planted through weed-control fabric 
Pruning · Pruning from the cherry picker 
Pruning · Felling a tree 
Pruning · The trunk on the ground, after felling 
Paving · Porphyry paving under the pergola
Phone and opening hours
Call us Monday to Friday, 8–12 and 13–17.30, or send us photos on WhatsApp.
076 393 11 45Mon–Fri 8–12 and 13–17.30
- Technical line
- 076 348 42 22
- Where we work
- Every day we work in Mendrisio, Chiasso and Lugano; for building work, also in Bellinzona and Locarno.