In brief
You’ll have a garden you can use week to week, with firm levels, water moving where it should, and a finished edge to every surface so it doesn’t unravel after the first season.
Most people come to us when a garden needs to handle real use and wet winters without turning into mud. You’ll finish with a layout that drains, paths and levels that feel solid underfoot, and planting that fits the space. Next we’ll confirm the scope, then lock dates and materials.
We run garden redesign and build in clear stages: we measure first, you sign off a design you can picture, then we book materials and move into groundworks and build. Each stage ends with a check-in, so decisions happen before we dig, and any changes are priced and agreed before the work moves on.
A bit about us
We’re a Dundee landscaping and garden design team that plans and builds the same way we would on our own homes. We start with a survey and set-out, because levels and drainage decide whether a garden stays tidy or turns into puddles. Then we design, build the hard landscaping, and finish with planting and a handover you can follow.
People pick us when they want the job to keep moving. We separate decisions from digging, so you approve the design and materials before we break ground. On site, we keep one supervisor responsible for groundworks and one lead for paving, so the handover looks like one finished garden instead of a set of half-finished areas.
Meet the team
You’ll deal with the same few people from survey through to handover, so questions land with the person who can answer them on the spot.
Team
Fiona Ramsay, Garden designer. Fiona is your garden designer. She turns the survey into a plan you can sign off, with levels, surfaces, and planting that suits how you’ll use the space.
Callum McEwan, Site survey lead. Callum leads our site surveys and set-out. He measures levels and drainage points, then marks the layout on site so the build matches the plan.
Eilidh Robertson, Groundworks supervisor. Eilidh supervises groundworks day to day. She runs rip-out, prep, drainage and sub-bases, and keeps the site moving so later stages are not waiting on hidden ground issues.
Gareth Mitchell, Paving crew lead. Gareth leads the paving crew. He sets falls, lines and finished edges for patios, paths, steps and kerbs, then checks the surface is ready for handover.
Recent work
Here are three recent garden redesign and build jobs showing the range, from drainage-first fixes to full new layouts with paths, patios, and planting.
Portfolio
Family lawn and patio rebuild. A sloped back garden that held water at the patio door. We re-set levels, added drainage runs, rebuilt the patio and edging, and finished with turf and tougher planting at the wind line.
Frontage tidy and access paths. A small business frontage that needed a sharper boundary and safer footfall. We stripped loose surfacing, built a new sub-base, laid paths with proper falls, and re-formed beds for low-maintenance planting.
Drainage and step rework. A garden with old steps and puddling at the bottom turn. We removed failing edges, rebuilt steps to consistent risers, set kerbs to hold the line, and tied drainage into the new ground levels.
“They kept it moving and handed back a garden that finally drains.”
Homeowner, a back garden rebuild
Site survey and levels
A measured survey of the garden with levels and key features recorded, so drainage falls, steps, and finished heights are set from facts rather than guesswork.
GARDEN DESIGN LAYOUT PLAN
A clear plan showing the new layout, including patio and path positions, bed shapes, access routes, and how the garden is meant to be used once it’s built.
PLANTING PLAN
A planting plan that shows what goes where and why, with spacing that matches how the plants will grow, so beds fill out without turning into a maintenance headache.
Build specification
A written build specification covering surfaces, edging details, steps and kerbs, and drainage approach, so the work on site matches what you signed off.
MATERIALS LIST AND SCHEDULE
A list of the main materials we’ll order and when they land on site, so you can see what is being used and the build does not pause waiting on basics.
HANDOVER CHECKLIST
A practical handover checklist covering what was built, what to watch in the first few weeks, and what normal settling looks like after groundworks and new paving.
Pricing
These figures cover the full garden redesign and build described above. We’ll confirm the exact total after survey and design sign-off, once materials and quantities are set.
Priced items
Get started
If you want us to hold dates and order materials, the next step is to lock the scope and get you booked in.
1. Sign this estimate to confirm you want to proceed. 2. Pay 25% to book your start slot and materials order. 3. Approve the final set-out, then we begin groundworks on site.
Signature
Fee summary
What’s actually included in this figure, start to finish?
The figure covers the full garden redesign and build as described: survey and set-out, design sign-off, ordering, rip-out and prep, hard landscaping build, then planting and handover. If something changes the scope, we price it and agree it with you before we do it.
IF YOU HIT BAD GROUND OR OLD RUBBLE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PRICE?
We stop and show you what we’ve found, then give you options with a fixed price for each route. Bad ground usually changes the groundworks stage, so we keep the design and finish intact while we sort the base that carries it.
When can you start and how long will you be on site?
Once you sign and the booking payment is in, we’ll offer the next start slot and confirm it in writing. Time on site depends on access and the amount of hard landscaping, but we’ll give you a week-by-week outline before we begin.
WHO’S HERE DAY TO DAY, AND DO I NEED TO BE HOME?
You’ll have a named lead on site each day, with Fiona checking in at design sign-off and during key set-out points. You do not need to be home all day, but we do need access at agreed times and a way to reach you for decisions.
Payment
To book the work, we take 25% when you sign. The remaining 75% is due at handover. Each invoice is payable within 14 days of its date.
Changes. If you want to change the scope, we’ll price it and agree it with you in writing before we do it. If it affects timing, we’ll update the week-by-week outline at the same time.
Ground conditions. If we uncover bad ground, rubble, or buried obstructions, we stop and show you what we’ve found. We’ll give you fixed-price options for each route, and we only continue once you’ve chosen one.
Start date and time on site. Once the signed estimate and booking payment are in, we’ll offer the next start slot and confirm it in writing. We’ll also share a week-by-week outline before we begin, then keep you updated as we go.
Access and decisions
You do not need to be home all day, but we do need access at agreed times and a way to reach you for decisions. If we cannot reach you on a point that stops the job, we pause until we can.
On-site lead. You’ll have a named lead on site each day. Fiona checks in at design sign-off and at key set-out points, so the build follows the agreed layout before we commit to levels, edges, and finishes.
Ownership of the work. You own the finished garden design and build once the final invoice is paid. Until then, any plans, schedules, and specifications we’ve provided stay ours and are for this project only.
