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Green Gorilla Gardeners of Grampian is a domestic garden maintenance and restoration business based in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, UK, however they operate today over most of the Grampian area. It was officially started in early 2014 by Aarron Long and family and is still headed by him today.

Background History
From 2008 to 2012 Aarron trained at Hadlow College in Kent studying Horticulture and Garden design. While there he learn't Horticultural skills, business management and planting design principles as well as working in private gardens and The Millbrook Garden Centre in Crowborough, East Sussex. In 2012, Aarron originally started a business in the south east of the UK with a friend under the name 4AllSeasons Professional Gardeners of Kent and Sussex, which is still running to this day under the sole ownership of his friend Ms Cockerill. in 2014, The whole Long family relocated to Aberdeenshire with the intention to start Green Gorilla Gardeners. Aberdeen is the Oil capital of Europe and was named by the HSBC in 2012 as a leading business hub and one of eight 'super cities' spearheading the UK's. It has won the 'Britain in Bloom' competition a record breaking number of times, showing the horticulture is in demand. Those reasons are what drove Aarron to the granite city to start Green Gorilla Gardeners.

Business Image
The business' image is that of a 'Green Gorrilla'. Guerrilla Gardening is already a term in use that means to illegally take over a ugly urban area and utilise it beautify it with amenity horticulture. The term was chosen because of the respect he has for the Guerrilla Gardeners and to draw a parallel between the amazing hard hitting impact on the landscape that the Guerrillas have and the impact that he planned to make on the Aberdonian landscape 'Green' is a term that means environmentally friendly and safe/within the law. Green Gorilla's Gardeners are often seen around Grampian with their eye catching Green and Black 'Gorilla Van' with a edited homage to the 'Evolution of man' picture showing man Evolving into a gardener mowing a lawn. This Image can be seen on their website too.

Ethic and Services
The business has a 'Evolving' Ethic, meaning that they they believe in progressively working to the longterm goal. They believe that gardens are far better when they are progressed over time rather than speeded along. They are strong believers in 'Mulch'; where soil is not dug and instead a mulch layer is put on top of the soil and earthworms aerate the soil by moving up and down to get to the organic matter. The current services that they carry out include: Planting Design, Lawn care, Turf laying, Weeding, Pruning, Gravel Regeneration, Pressure Washing, Hedge Cutting, Hedge Planting, Mulching, Fence painting, Horticultural Advice and Green Waste Clearance.

Future Plans
Green Gorilla Gardeners are planning to move nearer to Aberdeen for 2017. They are also soon plan to expand into selling an niche handmade garden sculpture market.