Formal Garden Design & Layout
A full garden plan built around symmetry, proportion and formal European structure — from concept through to a scaled layout for hedging, planting, paths and focal points.
Garden Design and Maintenance Services
From a complete formal garden redesign to hedge topiary, water features and lighting, every service we offer is built around the same formal European design principles — structure, proportion and precise, ongoing maintenance. Explore what's involved below, or get in touch to talk through what your garden needs.
Every Service, One Team
What We Offer
Each service below can be booked on its own — a hedge topiary refresh, a single water feature — or combined into a full formal garden redesign. All work is carried out by our own team and the specialist trades we coordinate directly, to one design and one timeline.
Boxwood & Hedge Topiary Pruning
Precise, regular pruning to keep hedging and topiary crisp — shaping and maintaining boxwood, yew and privet to the clean lines your design was built around.
Ornamental Fountain & Water Features
Classical fountains, still pools and water features designed as a focal point, installed by specialists we coordinate directly so the feature sits naturally within the layout.
Parterre & Knot Garden Planting
Traditional parterre and knot garden planting, using clipped hedging to form geometric patterns filled with seasonal colour, brought to scale for a residential garden.
Garden Structures & Statuary
Pergolas, arbors, statuary plinths and formal garden structures, positioned to complete the design's proportions and provide vertical structure.
Seasonal Garden Maintenance
Ongoing care through every season — hedge and topiary pruning, edging, seasonal planting changes — so your garden keeps the structure it was designed to have.
Lawn Care & Turf Management
Careful lawn care to keep formal lawn panels and pathways as sharp as the hedging around them, including edging, feeding and seasonal turf maintenance.
Garden Lighting Design
Garden lighting planned alongside the layout itself — uplighting for topiary and trees, path lighting for walkways, and feature lighting for fountains and statuary.
A Clear Process, Start to Finish
How We Approach Every Project
We start with a site visit and a design concept, agree the plan and a written quote with you, then sequence the build so hard landscaping, planting and any water features or lighting come together on the same timeline. You'll know what's happening and when, from the first consultation through to planting day.
landscaper installing stone edging on formal garden path
One Point of Contact
What's Included in Every Project
Whichever service you book, it comes with the same considered approach — a proper site visit, a written quote, and a single team responsible for the result. We coordinate any specialist trades directly, so you're never left chasing multiple contractors.
- On-site consultation before any work is quoted
- Written quote covering design, materials and labour
- One team managing planting, hard landscaping and trades
- Design that respects your property's existing character
- Aftercare guidance for newly planted hedging and topiary
- Seasonal maintenance available to protect your investment
gardener pruning boxwood ball topiary
Which Service Does Your Garden Need?
Not sure where to start? Tell us a little about your garden and what you'd like to change, and we'll recommend the right service — whether that's a full redesign or a single feature like a water fountain or hedge restoration.