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Below you’ll find information to help you understand the different elements of garden design and the key things to be aware of before you start transforming your outside space. Find some initial ideas to talk through with a garden designer, including making the most of a small garden.

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What does garden design involve?

Garden design is about more than mowing a lawn and putting a couple of plants in the ground. A good design takes into account a few key elements:

  • How you want to use the space.
  • The amount of light the garden receives, and at what times of the day.
  • The quality of your soil.

For example, you won’t want to put a shed in the best spot for catching a bit of sun, or have a patio that’s entirely in the shade.

A garden designer will help you make the most of the available space, no matter how big or small. They’ll also establish how keen a gardener you are to make sure the finished garden is either easy to maintain, or gives you something to get your teeth into – if you’re the green-fingered type.  

Cost of garden design work

The cost of the work will depend on what you’re having done and the size of your garden, but prices tend to start at around £200. A good garden designer will discuss what you want to get out of your garden and ask you about your budget before coming up with ideas.

Low maintenance garden ideas

  • You can stop a garden from looking untidy by dividing it into small sections. Plants, hedges, low walls and raised beds give a sense of order. Paths made from wood chips, slabs or bark help prevent weeds.
  • Growing plants at different heights can give the illusion of there being more than there are, so you get the look of a fuller garden, with fewer plants to keep healthy. Shrubs, herbs and verbena are low maintenance plant options for adding colour.
  • Rockeries and water features don’t need much looking after. Avoid shallow water features to save needing to top them up when they dry out. If you’d like a pond, avoid getting fish as the pH balance of the water settles naturally without them, giving you fewer algae problems so less cleaning time.
  • To save cutting the lawn, artificial turf could be your best friend but if you want the real thing and don’t mind doing a little cutting every now and again, slow growing or drought resistant turf could be better options.

Ideas for small gardens

  • To create more space, choose similar flooring to the inside of your home when picking the outside tiling.
  • Divide a garden into different sections and add diagonal or winding paths. Extending the time it takes to get from one side of the garden to the other will make it feel bigger.
  • Laying pavers at an angle to the property instead of parallel will draw the eye across the garden and extend the space.
  • Attaching foliaged climbers to wires across areas of your garden will give it an extra dimension.
  • Think about growing upwards rather than outwards with a trellis attached to your fence, or a vertical wall made up of climbers, grasses and ferns. A green wall can also help you lower your energy bills through providing more insulation and reducing the amount of heat that’s lost through the wall of your home. When it comes to choosing other plants, pick types that grow upwards like sweet peas and black-eyed susans so they take up less room.

Planning permission for garden design jobs

Planning permission only comes into play when you’re building or installing decking, fences, walls and gates. You’ll need to apply for planning permission if:

  • The decking would be higher than 30cm above the ground.
  • The decking or other raised platforms would cover more than half of the total area of the garden.
  • A fence, gate or wall would be over 2 metres high, or over 1 metre high near a highway that’s used by vehicles (or a footpath next to the highway).
  • The fence, gate or wall would form a boundary with a listed building or land.

If you live in a listed building or you have a front garden that you want to pave over, you should check with your Local Planning Authority as different rules may apply.

Insurance for garden design work

While it’s not a legal requirement, it’s a good idea for all garden designers to have public liability insurance so they’re covered for personal injuries or accidental damage to a property.

Questions you should ask your garden designer

  • How long have they been working as a garden designer for?
  • Can they show you examples of work they’ve carried out?
  • Can they give you a scaled design of what the finished garden will look like?
  • Do they have public liability insurance and what does this cover?
  • Will they give a guarantee for the work and how long does this last? Are there separate guarantees for different plants?
  • Does the quote for the work include waste disposal? If not, check with your local council how you would go about getting it taken away.

Crystal Homes Improvements and Gardening Services, is one of the UK’s leading specialists in providing the best in interior and exterior design schemes for residential and investment properties. Over the last 15 years we have built our reputation on delivering high standards of excellence and unrivalled attention to customer care. Our team and design professionals can create the right design or work load to meet your needs and your budget.

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I have no hesitation in recommending Ovi to anybody. He is extremely professional and knowledgeable and has done an excellent job of laying our lawn. Ovi is honest and reliable and provided a fair quotation. He worked quickly and efficiently and was clean and tidy. Five Stars all round.

Over 20 years' experience High standards of workmanship Fully qualified team of builders and joiners Associated with the Apprenticeship scheme of the Construction Industry Training Board Competitive pricing Free, no obligation quotation

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Reviewed by Dot on 18/2/2025

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Reviewed by D on 11/4/2025

Excellent!! Really nice & polite did the job on time and more! I will use them next time! Highly recommended.

Good, conscientious company. High quality work. Orders completed on time, professional service and honesty to their customers.

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Reviewed by Richard on 15/5/2024

Work to retile the bathroom was scheduled promptly and delivered very well, on-time and in line with the quote. Wouldn't hesitate to use again. Tidied up and left things looking smart.

Experienced Builder with over 20 Years experience based at Preston, but also covers the areas of Blackpool, Lancaster, Morecambe, Kendal and The Lake District. We specialise in House Extensions and Garage / Loft Conversions. Full Kitchen & Bathroom design supply and fit service, including tiling and flooring. Full Garden design and landscaping, driveways and patios. No job is too big for us. Ourselves and all our tradesman are fully qualified and insured. If you would like an informal chat about your project, then feel free to contact us.

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Reviewed by Malcolm on 11/9/2021

This rating is for the refurbishment of downstairs cloakroom, ensuite and main bathrooms. This included replacing bathroom suites, new ceilings with light and ventilation fans, full tiling and laminate floors. Probably not the cheapest but the work was completed to a high standard and all tradesmen were pleasant and understood our requirements.

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Reviewed by Jeet on 4/6/2025

Fully insured family run business, we cover all aspects . All work is carried out in a safe and affordable manner . Free surveys and quotes

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Reviewed by Nigel on 26/1/2025

Family running business based in Gravesend. Our priority is excelent service and satisfide customer. Top quality work is our trademark. Specialised in all type of build work with very expirienced team. Plenty of references form our previous satisfied clients. In need of top quality builders? call for more informations.

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Reviewed by John on 2/8/2023

An excellent service, completed on time. Would recommend

We are a family run business with lots of experience no job is too big or too small many thanks onestop team

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Reviewed by Richard Alan on 1/2/2025

Very pleased with the quality of the repair. Would recommend them to Neighbours.

10 years of experience in all tree and landscaping industry specialised in all types of fencing work free quotation and advice no job to big no job to small we can do it all

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Reviewed by STEVE on 19/12/2024

We cannot rate Bailey of Taylor'd Landscaping highly enough. Our large eucalyptus tree had fallen onto our neighbours' garden during Storm Darragh. Bailey turned up on the Sunday to remove what had gone into our neighbours' garden, and then back on Tuesday to finish removing the tree and another diseased tree. Thoroughly professional, fair price and we would recommend this company unreservedly. He also cemented in replacement coping stones for our neighbours' wall at no extra charge. Five star service.

oakleaf landscapes offers a wide range of services including .trees topped and felled. Hedge cutting. Fencing replaced or repaired all types of slab work. Patios paths etc gravel high pressure cleaning all work done to your satisfaction.

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Reviewed by munjinder on 8/10/2024

Good job done

Level Line Fencing and Landscapes A small family business. All Fencing work undertaken from the smallest to the biggest of jobs. Patios, Driveways, raised flower beds, turfing and high pressure jet washing all undertaken. Call us for a free no obligation quote or advice.

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Reviewed by Stephen on 30/10/2024

Excellent service, would recommend this service

We are a reliable and successful company and we provide the quality and the qualification of the work and product which we are doing for you .Our motto is, my customer my boss. We coming for a long journey experience working of 20 years working experience in Spain,Italy, United kingdom and Romania of landscaping industry and inside and outside house design of isolation,consolidation, any work of tiles or painting. We coming with the real quote of the work we try to be in competition with the construction quotations and to make our clients to make our publicity for work and quotations

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Reviewed by Elizabeth on 6/3/2025

So ,so pleased with what Alex & Sons have done with our garden , we can now sit in a beautiful garden , we highly recommend, they have truly worked magic and we a truly grateful. Well done

landscape gardening/property maintenance

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Reviewed by Emily on 17/6/2025

Kieren and his team were great! They turned up on time, were polite and friendly the whole time. They put our patio in, in four days, which was amazing. There was good communication throughout and if times or days needed changing that was communicated. They have done a really good job and the patio looks great and we are very pleased with it! Would recommend and use this team again.

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Reviewed by Julie on 5/6/2024

Excellent, efficient job and area was left incredibly clean and tidy at the end. Very good communication throughout the quoting and arranging process. Highly recommended.

I have 41years experience in carpentry/joinery . I cover all aspects of the building trade. I also have hands on experience in landscaping, patios. Driveways. We are a small company that offers a professional approach to all clients. Which offers a more hands on experience for the client, putting time out to chat and ensure the clients needs are discussed fully.

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Reviewed by Holly on 20/5/2025

You can see the reviews on a other website I am on, it’s called Nextdoor. We are reliable, trustworthy and have great customer service. We have a great eye to detail. We do most garden work, including weeding, trimming hedges, edging, maintaining soil beds, pressure washing patios and driveways, removing rubbish and - if you like your stripes - we also do grass!

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Reviewed by Joe on 7/6/2025

Did a first class job, were extremely professional and polite, would recommend these folk all day long. Thanks folk

We are very keen and professional at our workmanship, we will try our hardest to work with our clients, we will always go above for our customers, we give a 5 star service, we will try and work with our customers budget, when we receive job we will try and get some one to you by the end of the day, we have a team of specialists who will and get the job done ?? Regards,ROOFING & DRIVEWAY & GARDEN RESTORERS,, Gutter replacements, unpredictable weather, is something that shouldn’t be overlooked. Replacing guttering can save you huge unwanted costs as overflowing and leaking gutters during heavy rain can cause untold amounts of damage. We suggest getting any signs of gutter damage-checked, We also specialise in wall cladding (to help waterproof your roof, this is especially important, With renovations, we can work with you to colour match your existing roof with the extension or renovation of your home. Roof Restorers can renew your roof and are experts, WE COVER ALL OF THE Northwest area, at roof restoration. No job is too big or too small . Roof Restorers work with a wide range of roof renewal options: Gutter replacement Wall cladding New Roofs Renovations Residential and Commercial See some of Roof Restorers roof replacement projects. Renewing your roof can add so much value to your home. Contact Roof Restorers today, FREE NO OBLIGATION QUOTATIONS,, 24/7 CALL OUT,,, WE ALSO SPECIALISE IN LANDSCAPES AND PAVING SERVICES,, CALL N,W,S AT ROOF & DRIVEWAY & GARDEN RESTORERES @ N,W,S

Its quality time! With over 10 years experience, tens of finished jobs and tens of happy clients, I am a landscaper who can manage any job. Big or small, easy or complicated is never a problem for me. For any details don't hesitate to contact me.

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Reviewed by Ketan on 6/4/2024

Work that took place was amazing and recommend IA trader to anyone that needs work done.

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