Designing your dream garden

Every Garden Design journey is different. You may have recently moved house or renovated your home and your garden no longer works for you and your family. Perhaps you’ve decided it’s time to make some changes, but don’t know where to start.

You may have some ideas of what you DON’T want, rather than what you DO what. You may know what plants you like, but don’t know what they’re called, when they flower, how big they will grow or even if they are suited to your garden.

You have a blank canvas in a new build or an established garden
Your needs have changed due to lifestyle, family or health
Now is the time to re-think your garden as the climate is changing
Nature and well-being are increasingly important to you

Let’s talk about your garden

Why Professional Garden Design Matters

A new garden is a big investment. A professional design means you can see what you are getting before you commit to a budget or any work begins. You can be confident it will work for your garden and how you want to spend time in it.

Let’s talk about your garden

Understanding your needs

A professional garden designer will take the time to listen to you, understand your needs and aspirations and explain what is possible in your garden

See it before any work begins

Hand-drawn plans, illustrations and CAD scaled drawings will help you to visualise your new garden and explain the details you need to know before work begins.

Creativity and practicality

A good garden design must work in practice and not just be beautiful on paper, so choosing the right materials, plants and construction methods is vital.

Why Choose GreenArt

A few words from people who asked us to make their gardens easier to enjoy and look after.

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Wow what can I say, we took on Green Art to look after our garden last autumn and we are so happy with our decision. The team they have given us..Adam and Toby are absolutely fantastic. They are enthusiastic, knowledgeable, super professional and easy to get on with. We’ve got a great collaboration whereby we discuss priorities, problem solving, planting schemes and ideas and they always go above and beyond to deliver a first class service.

Katie - Wallingford

From my very first phone conversation with Jo I knew I had made an excellent choice in GreenArt Garden Design and Landscaping. Shortly after the initial contact with Jo I met with her husband George to discuss what would work for me in terms of design, use, costs and so forth. Within a few days I had a plan which was way beyond expectations and really fabulous providing adventures for grandchildren, something lovely to look at and also relatively easy to maintain

Dot - Oxford

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How GreenArt's Garden Design works

Right from the beginning we spend time getting to know you and your garden so that you are assured that beautiful ideas are transformed into reality and you will be delighted with the end result.

Getting to know you

It all starts with a chat – either on the phone or in our high-street Show Garden – to understand what you are looking for and if we are the right people to help you on your journey. Once you are happy we are, we book an initial visit with one of our Garden Designers.

Your initial visit

The next step is when we visit you at home to get a better understanding of what you are aiming for in your garden, what you want to change now and what you might like to see in the future. Our designers will walk around the garden with you and consider some of the practicalities too, like levels, access, aspect and soil type. We’ll also discuss your budget and give you an indication of likely costs.

Preliminary Design Ideas

From that first visit we’ll sketch out some preliminary design ideas to illustrate what could be achieved in terms of overall design. You’ll be amazed at how your current garden can be transformed. We’ll consider how we can incorporate your ‘wish list’ along with our own ideas, whilst keeping your budget in mind. When we return to present these ideas, this is the opportunity to consider alternative solutions, refine ideas and agree the scale and scope of the work to be done. We will also present a quotation for our Garden Design Fee, 50% of which is payable on commission with the balance due on completion.

Detailed design

Once you are happy with the preliminary design ideas, we move on to the detailed Garden Design. We return to conduct a site survey to accurately measure the dimensions and levels of your garden and assess any features and planting you may wish to incorporate in the new design. It’s an opportunity for you to discuss any other ideas you may have and to ask any questions about the practicalities of the construction. The details we gather at this meeting will determine the final specification and costs associated with your new garden. We then draw up scaled plans, detailed planting schemes and a fixed price quotation that we present to you for a final discussion and approval. On agreement of the quotation we discuss the timing of the project and take a deposit to secure the start date. The Design phase is complete - now it's time to build your garden.

Garden Design for Real Homes

A few examples of gardens we have redesigned for busy families and retired homeowners who wanted spaces that are easier to use every day.

A garden created to be kind to the countryside

A naturalistic wildlife pond with a tumbling Yorkstone waterfall surrounded by a bank of wildflowers creates the focal point for this design…

Design Build Plant

A quintessential English cottage garden and true work of art

The garden needed to be easy to look after whilst also providing the ‘wow’ factor and ‘instant gratification’ they dreamed of. Using…

Design Build Care

Designing for Wildlife and a Changing Climate

When we redesign a garden, we are not just thinking about where to put a patio. We look at how the space can support wildlife, cope better with heavier rain and hotter summers, and still feel calm and easy to live with for you.

Most of this happens quietly at the design stage. Where the water goes, where the shade falls, which plants suit your soil: get those right on paper and the garden looks after itself better for years, without ever looking wild or unkempt.

Planting that gives food and shelter to bees, butterflies and birds through the year
Using trees, shrubs and groundcover to shade soil and help it hold on to moisture
Planning paths, levels and drainage so water runs and soaks away in a controlled way
Choosing durable, lower-impact materials and making good use of what is already on site
Using simple tools, such as our Garden Biodiversity Index and Climate Resilience checks, to show the difference your new garden is making