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Really sorry to hear this... Generally the way with this business where older people can't do as much as they used to and get help in. I'm pretty friendly with a lot of people I garden for - go round for dinner at a couple of houses and generally get on extremely well with most of them. Haven't been unfortunate enough to lose a client/friend yet, but I can imagine it'll be a tough day when it does happen.
We always try to make our service very personalised and build up a good rapore with clients and its sad when they pass.
I had a similar thing with an elderly lady I'd been doing for a similar time............ often ended up with jobs that were nothing to do with gardening She very kindly left me £500 in her will which was a nice surprise + the son still keeps in touch with xmas cards. .
got a few elderly ones myself, some well into the nineties, and still living pretty independently, last year I laid turf on the grave of a lovely couple who I used to work for, you end up becoming part of the tapestry of their lives, and they yours
All makes the job that much more enjoyable I reckon when they become "friends" as well as "customers"
Sad to hear that. I've had 2 of my mowing round customers die this last winter and 2 more go into sheltered accomodation. They were among my favourites too. I went back to the one today to do a tidy up before the house goes on the market, really quite sad.
Yes it's very sad and always a shock we cement some special bonds with customers .
Lost Four customers over the years each one meaningful in their own way .
Saddest was a lady who's husband passed away on holiday ,He was a keen gardener and making plans before they went on holiday but never returned to carry them out .
For Eleven years she never went into the back garden and kept the curtains drawn as found it too upsetting .
I got a call off her to sort out the back garden with Eleven years growth , everything as her husband left it .
I could sort of pick up the thread and it took me months of hard work but it was a joy to see her open the curtains and walk onto the patio for the first time in Eleven years .
One day I arrived and she asked if I could take her to A&E instead of doing the garden as she was feeling unwell .
To cut a long story short she passed away Five weeks later not long after the garden had being restored , strange she felt it was time to get the work done before she passed away .
She was always really nice to work for .
Sad story. Good thing you got the garden sorted before she passed just in case her husband was waiting for her with a scolding.
A customer of mine I've had for 14yrs turned 80 this year. I can honestly say that I love that guy. Sadly his mrs passed 6yrs ago, I can still hear her voice in my head giving instructions. When he finally passes I can visualize her telling him off for wearing the wrong out fit.
Breaks my heart when my beloved customers pass.
Sorry to hear this, i too just lost a 97 year old gent who died of a broken heart, his wife 98 passed last year after 75 years together. I too worked 16 years for him. He was so active until his wife's passing then never was the same.
im advertising first time in 5 years as people have psssed or gone in care. It's sad. But boy are old people interesting. I enjoyed all our little chats and my lads are amazed what they've done, my 19 year old max I told him his lived 5 times your age so has got a lot of great stories to tell
I lost two ladies just before covid, one was 99 3/4! Bit of a shame she didn't clock up the tonne.
I have one lady who I visit weekly & also have a chat & cuppa T (on her time, which is good) She is now 87 & we thought she was a gonna last year, very ill with some form of blood cancer she has had 15 years. But she has bounce back & this week she was even out pulling up Sycamore seedlings with me, which was great to see & I told her so as well. Now when the time comes & her number is up that will be a real loss.
We actually spoke about this very thing as well this week, as she has just lost an old school friend.
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