Garden Design & Build in the Cotswolds

Most gardens don’t fail for lack of effort. They fail for lack of a plan.

A garden that feels unfinished, cluttered, or simply unloved is almost always a garden that was never properly designed. The patio doesn’t flow into the lawn. The planting beds are in the wrong place. The levels are awkward. The whole thing fights itself.

That’s what a proper garden design fixes. And that’s exactly what we do.

Vale Fencing & Landscaping offers full garden design and build services across the Cotswolds and Worcestershire. From your first conversation with us to the day we hand back a finished garden – we manage every stage, every decision, and every detail.

What We Can Create

Our garden design and build service covers the full range of outdoor living projects – from a single focussed improvement to a complete transformation.

1. Sleeper Beds & Raised Planters

Railway sleeper beds and raised planters define spaces, add structure, and create planting areas that are much easier to manage than ground-level borders. They work particularly well in contemporary and country gardens alike.

2. Lawns & Turfing

A well-laid lawn is the foundation of most good gardens. We prepare ground properly – addressing drainage and levels before any turf goes down – and we lay premium turf that establishes quickly and stays looking good.

3. Seating Areas & Entertainment Spaces

An outdoor seating area that actually works – the right size, in the right position relative to the house and the sun, with the right surface underfoot. Designed to be used, not just admired.

4. Lighting & Features

Garden lighting extends the hours you can enjoy your outdoor space and completely changes its atmosphere at dusk. Water features, focal points, specimen planting, and garden art all form part of our design vocabulary – used when they serve the space, not just as add-ons.

5. Full Garden Transformations

When a garden needs everything – new layout, new levels, new planting scheme, new patio, new fencing, new structures – we handle the entire project from start to finish. One contractor, one point of contact, one vision executed consistently.

Our Design Process

1. Free Consultation Every project starts with a conversation. We visit your property, walk the space with you, listen to what you’re imagining, and ask the right questions.
What do you use the garden for? Who uses it? How much maintenance do you want? Do you have an aesthetic in mind? What’s the budget?

There’s no obligation and no charge for this first meeting. It’s just an honest conversation.

2. Design Based on that conversation, we develop a design plan for your garden. Clear, detailed, and agreed before a single spade goes in the ground. You’ll know exactly what we’re building, in exactly what materials, to exactly what specification. No surprises.
3. Build Our experienced team arrives and delivers the work. We’re methodical, tidy, and we respect your property throughout. Most transformations are completed in two to six weeks depending on scope. We keep you informed at every stage.
4. Completion We don’t leave until it’s right. You walk the finished garden with us, and we don’t close the job until you’re completely satisfied with what we’ve delivered.

From Concept to Completion

From concept to completion, we’ll help bring your dream garden to life. That’s not a marketing line – it’s how we actually work.

We take responsibility for the whole project so you don’t have to manage multiple contractors, chase multiple quotes, or worry about whether everything will come together as planned. With Vale, it will.

Why Choose Vale

Garden design companies are not hard to find. What’s rare is a team that combines real design sensitivity with the construction capability to execute it properly. We’ve spent over 40 years building things that have to be right – structures where professional standards are not optional. We bring that discipline to every garden design and build we undertake.

You get a garden that doesn’t just look good on day one. You get a garden built to last.

FAQs – Garden Design & Build

1. How much does a full garden redesign cost?
A full garden design and build in the Cotswolds typically ranges from £5,000 for a focused transformation to £25,000 or more for a comprehensive project across a large plot. We provide a detailed, itemised quote after your free consultation so you can make an informed decision with no surprises.
2. What does garden design and build include?
It includes an initial consultation, a detailed design plan, all groundworks and construction, supply of materials, planting where agreed, and a final walk-through and completion check. It can include patios, raised beds, lawns, fencing, structures, lighting, and features – depending on your brief.
3. How long does a garden transformation take?
Most projects take two to six weeks, depending on the scale of the work. We’ll give you a clear programme before we begin and keep you updated throughout.
4. Do you provide 3D garden designs?
We produce clear design plans that show the layout and specification of your garden. Please ask us about 3D visualisation options when you get in touch – availability depends on project scope.
5. Can you work with my existing layout?
Yes. We don’t require a blank canvas. Many of our best projects work around existing trees, features, or boundaries that the client wants to retain. Tell us what’s staying and we’ll design around it.