Complete gardens, designed and built by one team
Our favourite projects start with a garden that is not working — sloped, tired, or simply never touched since the house was built — and end with somewhere you live in all summer. Design, groundworks, hard landscaping, lawns and planting, all under one roof and one guarantee.
What a garden transformation includes
Every garden is different, but most of our full transformations draw on the same kit of parts:
- Levels and retaining: sleeper walls, brick and stone walls, steps and terracing that make sloping gardens usable
- Patios and paths: porcelain, sandstone and limestone, with lighting designed in
- Lawns: properly prepared and turfed, or artificial grass where shade, dogs or time make real grass a losing battle
- Boundaries: fencing, gates and screening that give the garden its frame
- Planting and beds: structure planting, raised beds and borders that look after themselves
- Drainage: the invisible part that decides whether everything above it survives — vital on Rutland's clay
Because we build everything ourselves, the design is honest: we never draw something we cannot build, and the person who priced the job is the person responsible for finishing it.
Designed around how you live
Before we draw anything we ask how you want to use the garden: morning coffee or evening sun, kids' football or quiet borders, entertaining twelve or hiding from everyone. The layout follows the answers, not a catalogue.
How long does a full garden take?
Typically two to five weeks on site depending on size and complexity, after a design and quotation stage of a couple of weeks. Weather has a vote, but a clear programme comes with the quote.
Do you do garden design?
Yes — design is part of the service for full transformations. For most projects a scaled layout plan and material palette is enough; we are practical designers rather than concept artists, and everything we draw is buildable on your budget.
Can we phase the work?
Often, yes. Many clients do groundworks, retaining and patio in year one and planting, lawn or fencing in year two. We will structure the design and quote so phasing does not mean redoing anything.
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Got a garden that isn't earning its keep?
Walk us round it. Half an hour on site and we can usually sketch the bones of a plan there and then.