Drag the handle. Replace with your own pair — the block draws its own placeholder until you do.
What things actually cost
Courtyard, planting and paving — $7,000 – 12,000 Family garden: lawn, beds, patio, lighting — $18,000 – 30,000 Level change, steps or retaining wall — Adds $6,000 – 15,000 Design only, then build it yourself — $1,800 – 3,200 Maintenance after we've gone — From $95 a visit, monthly or seasonal
Ranges rather than a single figure, because the ground decides. Drainage, access and what is buried under the lawn move a quote more than any plant does.
When to start, and why it isn't spring
Design in winter — The quiet months. Drawings, quotes and planning done while nothing grows Build late winter to spring — Hard landscaping before the ground dries out and the diary fills Plant autumn or early spring — Roots establish before they are asked to hold anything up Ring us in May — Everyone does. You will be waiting until autumn and we will say so
A garden booked in January is usually finished before a garden enquired about in May has even been drawn.
How a project runs
1
Visit and measure
An hour on site, free. Levels, light, drainage and what you actually use the space for.
2
Design
A plan and a planting list you could hand to anyone. Yours to keep either way.
3
Quote
Itemised by stage, so you can drop the pergola without redoing the whole thing.
4
Build
One team, start to finish, and the same foreman on site every day.
5
Handover
A planting plan, a watering schedule, and what to do in the first hard winter.
More before and after
After
Before
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Swap these for your own. Photograph from the same spot each time — the pair is worth more than either picture.
Start a project
The budget band is the useful question. We can design almost anything; we can only build what you can afford.
