RENOVATION

Garden renovation in London.
Good bones. New energy.

Some gardens don’t need to start again. They have good bones and good features — but the planting has gone over, the space feels tired, and what looked wonderful ten years ago needs a refresh.

A garden renovation works with the main features already there, updating the garden with new elements and, above all, getting much more from the planting.

HOW A RENOVATION WORKS

We walk the garden with you, deciding together what stays and what goes.

  1. The clear-out

    A large, focused gardening session. Everything we’ve agreed to lose comes out, the best of the existing garden is kept, and the ground is cultivated and prepared, ready for what comes next.

  2. The replanting

    We develop the new planting direction with you through mood boards, agree a final planting list, then set out and compose the planting in the garden itself — working with what’s kept so old and new knit together.

It’s not a full landscaping project — and that’s the point. The garden keeps its established character and gains new energy.

IS A RENOVATION RIGHT FOR YOU?

A renovation suits a garden that already has something worth keeping.

Established trees, decent hard landscaping, a layout that broadly works — but planting that has become overgrown, gappy or simply dull. Because we’re working with the garden’s existing structure, a renovation can achieve a remarkable transformation for a smaller investment than a full design and build.

If your garden needs more substantial structural change, our garden design & build service may be the better fit — and if it’s purely the planting, see planting design & soft landscaping. We’ll always recommend the right approach for your garden, not the biggest one.

Renovated planting amongst reclaimed terracotta and oak

See a renovation in practice

Our Stoke Newington project began as an almost inaccessible, overgrown Victorian garden — and became a family garden built almost entirely from what was already there.

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Has your garden gone over?

Tell us what’s still working, what’s tired and how you’d like the garden to feel. We’ll help you see what a renovation could bring back to life.

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