Garden Landscaping in Edinburgh

We guarantee the workmanship across every structural element of the garden we build, the sub-bases, the levels, the paving, the steps, and the drainage that ties it all together. Any groundwork, retaining structures, or built features are constructed to the relevant Scottish Building Standards for loading and stability. When the project is finished we carry out a full walkthrough with you before handover, checking the falls, the joints, and the finished surfaces in person so nothing is signed off until you are satisfied it has been done properly.

They do. The paving, timber sleepers, and drainage components we install all come from reputable suppliers and carry the manufacturer's own warranties against defects in the product. We keep the supply records and hand the documentation over to you, so a genuine material fault is covered by the maker independently of our own guarantee on the way we have laid and built everything.

Landscaping can include patios, paths, decking, turf preparation, edging, steps, and boundary work, along with the softer side, shrub and perennial planting schemes, mixed borders and screening hedging, and the regrading or levelling that ties uneven ground together. The exact scope depends on what the garden needs and how the space is meant to be used.

A full garden redesign and makeover involving excavation, site levelling, wall building, and drainage usually takes between two to three weeks on site. Smaller jobs move much faster, typically less than a week, depending on the scope.

The total cost depends on the volume of soil to be excavated, access for machinery, and the structural materials chosen. Heavy earthmoving and stone retaining walls cost more than working on a flat site. We give a fixed written price after assessing the garden.

Standard residential garden alterations including changing levels, installing drainage, and building low garden walls under one metre fall under permitted development and do not require permission. Significant boundary changes or work on listed properties may need checking before work starts.

Where possible, carrying out the main structural work in a joined-up way often gives a cleaner result, because integrating the lawns, paths and patios into one layout means the levels, surfaces, and transitions can all be planned together. Staged work can sometimes leave awkward joins or mean revisiting finished areas.

We handle the complete removal of all waste material generated during construction. We use commercial tippers or skips to clear the debris away legally, keeping the driveway and public road clear throughout the job.

We build all hard landscape elements over permeable, compacted aggregate sub-bases and set a consistent fall on every paved surface. This ensures rainwater runs naturally off the stone into surrounding borders or dedicated drainage channels rather than gathering in pools.