Garden & Landscaping FAQs

‘Yes’ we do. If you are a too far away for us to deliver our full design and build service, then we can provide a ‘design only’ solution.

Whilst we believe our full design and build offering creates the best gardens, we do, on occasion, provide design only services within our local area.

Contact us to discuss and find out more.

‘Yes’ we do but only if you have a design. We occasionally deliver landscaping works for other designers and for clients who approach us with a design already completed.

For small projects that do not require design work, such as a small patio or fencing project, we recommend searching for a well-experienced, qualified, and insured landscaping contractor. You can use industry associations such as APL and BALI to find one in your area.

We offer a full aftercare service to ensure that your garden develops and thrives. This mainly involves maintaining and caring for the various borders and planting but also includes keeping the hard landscaping in fine order.

The requirements of your garden will depend upon a number of factors and tis will influence how often we need to visit. Some clients require a weekly visit, others may simply need our assistance at a few key moments in the garden calendar.

Make Contact and we can outline how we can assist.

Our landscapers are highly skilled and deliver the vast majority of the works. However, there are certain areas which may require specialist skills.

We have a number of trusted suppliers that we work with to provide the likes of swimming pools, garden lighting and electrics, garden rooms, outdoor kitchens and resin surfaces.

When a third party is required, we will manage the schedule to ensure we dovetail with the contractor’s services.

The duration of a design project can vary greatly depending on factors such as size, complexity and ongoing workload.

If clients are able to be prompt with feedback and meetings, most design are complete within 4 weeks of instruction.

Our recommendation is to start the design process as early as possible to help plan, schedule, and budget the entire project.

Each garden is different and each design is unique. As such, there is no set price with factors such as size, complexity and brief, impacting the design work required and fees to be paid.

After the initial meeting in your garden to discuss the project, we will provide you with an outline of the design work proposed and a fixed quote for these works.

A design will typically include: Survey and Analysis, Concept Plan, Final Design, Planting Plan

Prices are usually around:

Small project:       £850.00 – £1200.00 + VAT
Medium project:  £1200.00 – £2150.00 + VAT
Large project:        £2150.00 upwards + VAT

There are lots of factors that determine the cost of a landscaping project.

That is why we provide an estimate once we are part way through the design process (completion of Concept Plan). It enables you to understand the cost and we can adapt the design accordingly.

No two garden are the same, the size and scope will vary. Factors such as the topography, access, materials used and techniques required all impact on the cost.

It is also important to note that not every area of a garden or landscape will need redesigning and landscaping. Large lawns, existing terraces, driveways etc may stay as they are.

However, as a general guide gardens typically cost between £100 (very large gardens) and £250 (smaller garden) per square meter plus VAT.

We always try to be clear with clients as to the likely costs, in order to avoid disappointment. We design the space with cost in mind and our quotes are detailed, so that you understand where your money is going and can present cost-effective compromises where required.

Please note that these figures are an average cost guide for all hard and soft landscaping to include labour, materials and plants but do not include large, expensive, or complex items such as pools and garden studios.

Below are some suggested costs for landscaping. As you will see, the price per square metre falls as the gardens get larger. There are economies of scale as larger projects often have big areas of cheaper materials such as lawn.

Please note that these figures are an average cost guide for all hard and soft landscaping to include labour, materials and plants but do not include large, expensive, or complex items such as pools and garden studios.

However, the cost does allow for the design and landscaping of the whole garden.

That’s great. You can go to the Contact page and complete the form, you can email us at enquiries@jands-scapes.co.uk or you can call us on 01296 688 080.

We can find out more about your project and hopefully book a meeting for us to visit your garden, to discuss your brief and our approach, in further detail.

Our design and build service covers most of Buckinghamshire and into the neighbouring Counties of Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

Journey time is the deciding factor, so ‘Contact’ us and we can discuss further.

Whilst we focus on providing a design and build service, we occasionally provide a ‘design only’ service which can be provided across a broader area, including overseas.

We cover all sizes of projects. If a design can add value to the process, then we will be keen to assist.

We design and build around 40 garden per year. Sometimes, we may be developing the area of an existing garden, transforming the blank canvas of a small new build garden or revitalizing a large country garden.

Whilst the availability varies, you can usually expect a 3 month lead time between the completion of the design, agreement of the quote and the start of the landscaping works.

This is likely to be the case with all established landscaping companies.

The sooner we start the process, the sooner we can get your garden built, so please make Contact to begin the journey.