How much should I invest in my garden design?

Bespoke, careful and soulful garden design makes for beautiful outdoor spaces you long to return to. But how much will the garden design of your dreams cost? What should you invest? And how can you make your budget work hard for you?

How much does garden design cost?

Garden design fees start at £5250 and we take on projects from approx £50,000 build budget.

We always begin with a valuable initial design consultation meeting, which costs £165, after which you will get your fee estimate to build the garden of your dreams.

The final design fee and build fee will depend on all the elements you wish to have. It will be higher the more complex the design is, and the more elements like buildings, outdoor kitchens or construction elements are involved. For example, a garden room generally costs from £30,000.

I work for you, to get the most out of your budget. I will guide you to where to spend and where to save.

How much should I invest?

I suggest clients may wish to invest from 10% of your property value upwards on your garden development. That means if you home is worth £1 million, you may wish to invest from £100,000 on the build budget.

The decision on how much to invest is completely personal and related to your wishlist.

What should my build budget be?

Example build costs of recent builds include:

a small but ambitious 48m2 garden £30,000

a London terrace garden with stepped level changes -250-500m2 £60,000-120,000

an acreage with a garden room, waste soil pipe, golf simulator, outdoor kitchen - 3,500m2-1 acre £500,000-£750,000

OK so how much is planting then?

I advise that you should allow min £280m2 for plants and planting and approx £600-£1200 for specimen trees.