The South West London Gardener

Hard Landscaping Content Hub

You build the frame of your garden with hard landscaping: the patio, paths, walls, steps, fencing and raised beds. Spend time getting the levels and drainage right at this stage and you won’t be lifting slabs in three years’ time.

Our guides cover the hard landscaping questions London homeowners bring to us. You’ll find advice on making every metre count in a small garden and designing a front garden that works for bins, bikes and visitors. We also cover gaining privacy in an overlooked plot and using sleepers. If you’ve had building work done, read our guide to restoring the garden afterwards. Check our planning permission article before you commit to a large structure.

We carry out most of our building work with our own team and call in trusted specialists when a job needs them. We favour natural stone, timber and reclaimed brick, and we reuse or recycle the materials we dig out. One of our guides shows how we gave old bricks a second life as a greenhouse base.

When you’re ready to price up a project, see our hard landscaping, paving and patio and fencing services.

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