Richmond Professional Landscaping | Garden Design and Landscaping, Patio & Paving
Landscaping Costs and Prices for Every Budget in Richmond
Our landscaping projects range from £500–£2,500 for garden design, £80–£150 per m² for patios, and £70–£150 per m² for driveways. Fencing typically costs £80–£150 per metre, while turfing ranges from £15–£30 per m². Full garden transformations generally cost £5,000–£20,000+.
Match Materials To Designs
We source materials to match your design: Indian sandstone, porcelain paving, natural turf, decorative aggregates, fencing, and plants. Whether it's a contemporary patio or tropical greenery, we'll help you choose materials that complement the rest of the garden.
Landscaping Designed Around Your Lifestyle
We plan your garden around its layout, sunlight, drainage, and intended use. Each design is tailored to its intended use, from outdoor entertaining areas and planted borders to family lawns and low-maintenance gardens.
Complete Landscaping Project Management
We coordinate your project from site preparation and groundworks to paving, planting, fencing, turfing, and irrigation. We also consider relevant planning requirements, including restrictions that may apply to properties in Richmond's conservation areas.
BALI-Accredited Landscaping Expert
We install patios, driveways, pathways, fencing, lawns, planting schemes, and irrigation systems in your outdoor areas. As landscaping professionals, we bring with us 29 years of experience and BALI accreditation.
Residential & Commercial Landscaping Services
We have completed over 930 garden renovations across residential and commercial properties in the London Borough of Richmond and Thames. Our bespoke landscape projects earned us our 97% customer satisfaction rating collected from verified customers.
"My front garden always looked dead and dowdy, even in the middle of spring. Richmond Professional Landscaping changed that in a matter of days. I barely recognise my own garden anymore."
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Verified Memberships & Qualifications
We hold BALI Accredited Contractor status, APL Accredited Member status, TrustMark registration and an RHS Level 3 horticultural qualification.
Recognised Work and Awards
Our garden design and build team has won 2 BALI National Landscape Awards. Ask our Richmond landscapers for dated photos of past projects.
Over 930 Projects Completed
Our team has successfully completed 930+ projects for clients in Richmond and surrounding areas. Check out some of our best work in the gallery below.
Written Workmanship & Aftercare Terms
Our Richmond garden builders put the agreed work, materials, price and payment stages in writing before the first spade goes in. The same terms state what our workmanship cover includes.
Professional Garden Design and Build Services in Richmond
Garden Design and Build
Every garden design and build project in Richmond begins with a site assessment and measured survey. Our garden designer then drafts a concept plan that shows paths, seating areas and planting beds, with a planting plan and material choices to guide the build. No need to hire another contractor. Richmond Professional Landscaping also manages the groundworks, lays the paving, prepares the beds and plants the garden. You deal with 1 team from first sketch to final shrub.
Garden Renovation & Transformation
Our Richmond landscapers renovate gardens that no longer suit their owners or need repairs. Before any garden transformation starts, we inspect your garden to see which features we can keep and which ones need replacement. And before we start any work, we make sure to level the site to avoid future drainage problems. New paving, replacement planting and fresh turf follow once the levels are right.
Garden Clearance
Garden clearance in Richmond usually comes ahead of new landscaping. Our landscaping crew strips overgrown beds, uproots weeds and dismantles unwanted garden features. Our team separates green waste from other debris and books removal or skip hire through Environment Agency registered waste carriers. One thing we do that competitors don't is time our clearance operations. We do this to protect bird nests during the main nesting season between March and August.
Hard Landscaping Services We Offer
Patios and Paving
Our paving team designs each patio around the space you have, how you use it and the level of your garden. We install a variety of materials including porcelain paving, Indian sandstone, limestone, slate, granite and concrete. If you want a unique material, our Richmond landscapers will happily help source it for you.
Garden Paths and Steps
A well-planned garden path gives you a clear route between doors, lawns and seating areas. For garden path installation in Richmond, our landscapers lay brick, gravel, natural stone and setts, then haunch the edging in concrete to keep the path tidy. We create steps that follow the Approved Document K riser height. Your safety is our priority.
Driveway Installation
Your driveway says a lot about you and your property. That's why we at Richmond Professional Landscaping designs each new driveway around vehicle access, parking space and the look of your home. Our driveway paving in Richmond includes block paving, permeable paving, resin-bound surfacing, gravel, natural stone and tarmac, with kerb edging where it suits the site. We'll also secure necessary permissions if your front driveway exceeds 5 square metres that sends rainwater to the road.
Garden Walls and Brickwork
Our Richmond bricklayers build garden walls to define boundaries, edge raised beds and support changes in garden layout. For garden brickwork in Richmond, we choose facing, engineering or reclaimed bricks to suit the job, then match the mortar and pointing to the wall's purpose. To fight the English frost, we specifiy bricks rated F2 for durability for your exposed garden walls. We always look ahead to solve problems before they even come up.
More Hard Landscaping Services
Retaining Walls Construction
Retaining walls hold back soil and carve usable levels out of sloping ground. Our garden terracing in Richmond uses brick, natural stone, concrete blocks, sleepers or gabions, depending on the height, space and appearance you want. Our hard landscaping team assesses the ground, plans the foundations and lays a perforated drain with gravel backfill behind the wall. Since 2019, our team has constructed 1,209 linear metres of retaining walls for homes in Richmond.
Fencing Installation and Replacement
Our fencing crew installs and replaces fences that mark your boundary and give your garden shelter and privacy. Fence installation in Richmond covers closeboard and feather-edge fencing, overlap panels and picket fencing, with posts and heights chosen for the site. Planning Portal guidance caps most garden fences at 2m, or 1m beside a road, without planning permission. Our Richmond team recommends pressure treated timber for both traditional and modern homes.
Garden Gate Installation
Garden gate installation covers side access, paths and fenced boundaries. Choose from timber gates in hardwood or softwood, along with composite, steel and aluminium options, each sized and styled to the opening. Our Richmond landscapers set the posts, hang the gate and fit the latch so it swings freely and closes securely. Front gates open inwards, because section 153 of the Highways Act 1980 bars gates from swinging out over the pavement.
Garden Screening
Don't want nosy neighbours peeking into your personal sanctuary? Garden screening adds privacy around a patio, seating area or boundary. Our garden screening in Richmond includes slatted and Venetian-style panels, trellis and planting supports that let climbers grow across the screen. Trellis fixed on top of a fence counts towards the 2m height limit, so we measure the combined height first. For an extra layer of privacy, we also plan hedges and trees into the area.
Soft Landscaping Services for Richmond Properties
Planting Design and Installation
Our garden designers draw a planting plan that sets out each plant's position, mature size and growing needs. That scheme gives trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses and climbers room to grow. We also check every choice against its RHS hardiness rating, so nothing tender ends up in a frost pocket. Our RHS Level 3 horticulturist specialises in flowers like geraniums, hydrangeas, Japanese anemone, and roses.
Garden Borders and Beds
Our Richmond landscapers take borders and beds seriously. These garden features determines the line of your lawn, paths and seating areas. For herbaceous borders, we group perennials and grasses by height, spread and flowering season so each plant has space and remains easy to reach. If it was up to us, we'd only use plants holding the RHS Award of Garden Merit, which the society grants only after trials and assessment.
Tree Planting
Choose from ornamental, fruit, native or evergreen trees to match the space. Before we plant, we check the tree's expected height, mature canopy and root systems against nearby buildings, paving and boundaries. We don't want to plant a tree that would later become a structural hazard to your property. Young trees need steady watering for at least their first 2 years, and some need a stake in exposed positions. Don't fret, though. We'll talk you through the aftercare so your trees reach their full potential.
Shrub and Perennial Planting
When we plant a garden for you, it's a given that it will resurrect come spring.
Our team plants shrubs that give beds shape through the year as well as perennials, which add seasonal colour and texture. Evergreens such as Sarcococca and Pittosporum hold the structure in winter. Long-flowering perennials carry the colour.
Hedge Planting
Hedges give boundaries, paths and garden spaces a clear edge. Like with perennials, we want to give your garden a lively appearance throughout the year. Evergreen hedges such as yew and laurel keep their leaves through winter, while deciduous choices such as beech change with the seasons. Our Richmond hedge planters also recommend native hedging such as hawthorn and hornbeam for clients who love wildflife.
Privacy Planting
Plants can also serve as a layer of protection for your garden. Layered planting screens views into a garden without filling it with one type of plant. Trees screen higher sightlines, while evergreen shrubs and climbers cover lower gaps. We map where you need privacy and how much space the plants will take when mature. The goal here is to protect your privacy not crowd your garden with a ton of plants.
Lawn and Turf Installation
Our turf layers prepare the ground before laying natural turf, removing weeds and levelling the soil to support an even lawn. Turf choice depends on its intended use, such as a fine lawn for light use or hard-wearing turf for a family garden. The RHS rates mid-autumn as the best time to turf, and we lay every roll within 24 hours of delivery.
Lawn seed costs less but takes longer, so ask us about it if time is on your side.
Artificial Grass Installation
If you don't want the upkeep of having a living lawn, we can install artificial grass instead. Richmond Professional Landscaping installs artificial grass on a firm, level base that supports drainage. The build-up includes a compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base, a laying course and a geotextile membrane, adjusted to the ground. A UV-stabilised pile holds its colour in sunlight. We find that 1 out of 5 clients prefer to have artificial grass in their garden.
Soil Preparation and Mulching
Our soft landscaping services also include soil preparation and mulching. During this, the crew assesses the soil before planting and adds screened topsoil graded to BS 3882 where ground levels or soil quality call for it. Compost and other organic matter improve soil structure so we add those in there, too. Mulching happens after planting. Doing this will help slow down weed growth and water loss.
Outdoor Living and Garden Features We Install
Richmond Professional Landscaping builds outdoor living spaces for dining, relaxing and garden entertaining.
Decking
Our Richmond deck builders install softwood, hardwood and composite decking. We start with a firm, free-draining base, with edges and steps finished safely. Decks raised more than 30cm above the ground need planning permission under Planning Portal guidance, so we measure heights first.
Pergolas
We consider pergolas as the crowning glory of a garden. Timber pergolas give seating areas shade and a clear shape, with open sides for climbers. To adhere with the permitted development limit for garden structures, we keep any pergola within 2m of a boundary under 2.5m tall, .
Outdoor Kitchens
Richmond Professional Landscaping designs outdoor kitchens around the way you cook, with space for a BBQ or pizza oven, sintered stone worktops and storage. A Gas Safe registered engineer and a Part P electrician handle the gas and electrical connections.
Fire Pits
What's a garden for if you can't gather your family and friends to hangout there? We believe fire pits are the perfect centerpiece for that. Our landscaping crew positions fire pits where people sit comfortably and move around safely, then surrounds them with paving or gravel and heat-resistant materials.
Water Features and Ponds
From a narrow rill to a small cascade, we build water features to fit the space and plan access for upkeep around every lined pond. Wildlife ponds get shallow, sloping edges, which the RHS recommends so animals climb in and out easily.
Garden Lighting
Our garden lighting design and installation team will make sure you can continue to enjoy your space even when it's dark out. Our Richmond garden builders install IP-rated, low-voltage LED fittings, and a Part P electrician makes any mains connection.
Garden Irrigation
Drip lines and soaker hoses deliver water close to roots, while pop-up sprinklers cover larger lawns. We zone plants by watering need, add rain sensors and fit the backflow protection that the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999 require.
Outbuildings
Gardens are valuable real estate that you can utilize to get more storage or living space. Richmond Professional Landscaping builds outbuildings like garden shed and storage buildings. Paths, power and planting then tie each outbuilding into the rest of your garden.
Commercial Landscaping Services
Commercial Grounds Maintenance
Our grounds maintenance crew schedules lawn care, hedge trimming and planting maintenance around how you use your site. We work with the BS 7370, the British Standard for grounds maintenance, in mind for every project we take on.
Havering Professional Landscaping offers year-round maintenance services for businesses no matter what season.
- Spring: Lawn recovery, pruning, and planting
- Summer: Mowing, trimming, and weeding
- Autumn: Seasonal planting, leaf clearance, and final cutting
- Winter: Hard surface cleaning and tree work
Office Landscaping
Our Richmond landscapers plant entrance beds, create courtyards and place seating where staff spend their breaks. Screening and low-upkeep planting finish the scheme to match your building.
Since offering this service in 2022, our team has worked with over 23 office buildings inside and outside the Richmond area. Among them is the Sovereign Gate corporate office on Kew Road.
Hospitality Landscaping
Restaurants, hotels and pubs get paths, seating and planting laid out for outdoor dining and guest access, with lighting and seasonal displays where the site calls for them. Tables on the pavement need a pavement licence from Richmond Council under the Business and Planning Act 2020, so we design terraces with that boundary in mind. We're proud to have helped Riverside Restaurant on Petersham Road upgrade their riverside terrace and English garden.
Retail Landscaping
Got a shop in the Richmond town centre that needs some greenery? Richmond Professional Landscaping can installs planters and entrance planting sized to your frontage. We make sure leave signs and display areas in clear view. Branches, pots and beds stay back from the 2m clear footway width that the Department for Transport's Inclusive Mobility guidance recommends.
Block and Estate Landscaping
Our estate landscaping team maintains communal lawns, planting and boundaries for residential blocks and estates, on schedules agreed with managing agents or landlords. For larger works, we supply the written scope that agents need for Section 20 consultation under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
Measured Site Visits
You can call whenever you want but we still prefer to see your space in person. After your initial call, we can come to you for an assessment. You tell us how you want to use the garden, and the design starts from there.
Bespoke Design
Our garden designers turn those findings into a plan for planting, paving, turf and other agreed features. You review the layout and materials before we settle the scope and price.
Expert Construction
Richmond Professional Landscaping builds to the agreed plan in a set order. As your contractor, we also carry the site safety duties that the CDM Regulations 2015 place on domestic projects.
Practical Handover & Aftercare
Our team walks the finished garden with you and explains how to water new plants and care for new turf. You keep the written care details for everything that needs attention after we leave.
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Materials Chosen for Your Home, Garden and Everyday Use
Natural Stone and Porcelain Paving
Our paving team lays Indian sandstone, limestone, slate and granite from suppliers such as London Stone and Bradstone, alongside porcelain ranges like Marshalls Symphony. For drives, we pave with Marshalls Drivesett Tegula blocks or pour SureSet resin-bound gravel where water needs to pass through the surface.
Timber and Composite Decking
Timber decks come in oak, cedar, larch or pressure-treated softwood such as Q-Deck. Prefer boards that never need staining? Our Richmond deck builders fit Millboard and Trex composites on a ventilated frame.
Brickwork, Stonework and Garden Walls
Our Richmond bricklayers build with Ibstock and Wienerberger facing bricks, reclaimed London stocks and natural walling stone, matched to your paving and nearby buildings. For outdoor kitchen worktops, we prefer sintered stone from the suppliers Dekton or Neolith.
Fencing, Gates and Screening Materials
We install Jacksons Fencing timber panels and gates, slatted screens and trellis, set on concrete posts or DuraPost steel posts with gravel boards to keep timber off damp soil. Collingwood and in-lite low-voltage fittings light the paths and gates.
Planting, Turf and Artificial Grass
Our soft landscaping crew lays Rolawn Medallion turf on Rolawn topsoil, mulches beds with Melcourt bark and fits Namgrass where you want artificial grass. Hunter and Rain Bird drip systems keep new plants and lawns watered while they root.
Richmond Garden Transformations
Richmond Professional Landscaping has redesigned courtyards, family lawns and front gardens across the borough. Check out these 5 project case studies to see the value of our workmanship.
Kew Courtyard Garden Transformation
What the Client Wanted: "I want a calm, private courtyard where I can take my morning coffee and my family can host evening meals in."
Main Challenge: The 28m² space had a single side passage for access and old concrete that pooled water against the house.
Our Solution: Our Richmond landscapers broke out the concrete by hand, relaid the levels and paved the courtyard in pale porcelain with a slot drain. Slatted cedar screens, raised brick beds and climbers now wrap the seating area, and low-voltage uplights pick out the planting after dark.
Project Duration: 8 working days
Richmond Front Garden and Driveway Landscaping
What the Client Wanted: "My husband and I recently got a second car so we need a new driveway to fit our vehicles. Still, we want to find a way to keep a bit of our front garden."
Main Challenge: The property sits in a conservation area, so the surface had to drain within the plot and the original boundary wall had to stay.
Our Solution: Richmond Professional Landscaping paved the drive in permeable block paving with granite sett edging, which met the drainage rules without a planning application. Our bricklayers repointed the Victorian wall in lime mortar, and evergreen planting beds frame a new tiled path to the front door.
Project Duration: 2 weeks
Twickenham Family Garden Redesign
What the Client Wanted: "It's our dream to have a garden with a patio big enough for our 2 children to play."
Main Challenge: Heavy clay left the old lawn waterlogged every winter, and the garden sloped towards the house.
Our Solution: We regraded the plot, installed land drainage and laid hard-wearing Rolawn turf on fresh topsoil. An Indian sandstone patio sits by the back doors, a sleeper retaining wall creates a level play lawn, and shrub borders with spring bulbs run along new closeboard fencing.
Project Duration: 4 weeks
Teddington Outdoor Entertaining Garden
What the Client Wanted: "My wife has been hosting a lot of people lately and I want to upgrade our garden with a space to cook, eat, and stay warm around a fire.:
Main Challenge: The kitchen needed gas, water and power run 18m from the house, and the neighbours overlooked the planned dining area.
Our Solution: Our garden design and build team laid a porcelain terrace and built an outdoor kitchen with a sintered stone worktop, BBQ and pizza oven.
Project Duration: 5 weeks
East Sheen Low-Maintenance Garden Transformation
What the Client Wanted: "My husband and I both work long hours and don't have time to tend to a garden. We decided on a low-maintenance design to avoid the upkeep."
Main Challenge: A tired lawn, overgrown conifers and a rotten deck covered most of the plot, and the clients travel for long stretches.
Our Solution: We cleared the site, replaced the deck with Millboard composite boards and swapped the lawn for porcelain paving and gravel planting pockets. Evergreen shrubs, ornamental grasses and a bark mulch keep weeding to a minimum, and a timed drip irrigation system waters everything while the owners are away.
Project Duration: 3 weeks
Landscaping in Richmond and Nearby South-West London
Richmond Professional Landscaping designs, builds and maintains gardens across Richmond upon Thames and the neighbouring boroughs. Find your area below.
Richmond, Kew, Ham and Petersham
Our Richmond landscapers work across Richmond, Kew, St Margarets, Ham and Petersham. Many gardens here sit in conservation areas near Richmond Park and the Royal Botanic Gardens, so planning checks come first.
Twickenham, Teddington and the Hamptons
We lay turf, plant borders and build patios in Twickenham, Whitton, Teddington, Hampton, Hampton Hill and Hampton Wick. Riverside plots below Teddington Lock, the tidal limit of the Thames, get extra attention on drainage.
East Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes
Our garden design and build team covers East Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes, from compact terrace gardens to larger plots backing onto Richmond Park.
Kingston, Hounslow and Beyond
Richmond Professional Landscaping also serves Kingston upon Thames, Isleworth, Brentford, Hounslow, Ealing, Wimbledon and Putney. From a small garden refresh to a full redesign, tell us what you have in mind.
Tell Richmond Professional Landscaping what you have in mind, be it a new patio, a fresh lawn or a full garden transformation.
Frequently Asked Questions About Landscaping
How much does Richmond Professional Landscaping charge for landscaping in Richmond?
Most full garden projects cost between £80 and £250 per m², based on BookaBuilder UK's 2026 price guide. A 60m² Richmond garden therefore runs from roughly £4,800 to £15,000. We will confirm every item in a written quote after a site visit.
How much does a patio, driveway, deck or fence cost?
A paved patio costs around £65 to £80 per m², timber decking at £50 to £120 per m² and a block paving driveway at around £100 per m². Closeboard fencing on concrete posts costs £90 to £140 per linear metre installed. These figures are based on our experience and Checkatrade's 2026 guides. Call us for a more accurate project estimate.
What does Richmond Professional Landscaping include in a full garden transformation?
Our full garden transformations at Richmond Professional Landscaping includes layout plans, site clearing and ground preparation. Depending on your design, paving, decking, fencing, turf and planting will follow next. Your quote lists the agreed work and waste removal.
How long does Richmond Professional Landscaping take to finish a garden project?
A small patio or fence job takes our team 2 to 5 days to finish. A full garden transformation runs 3 to 6 weeks when it includes groundworks, several features and planting. You receive a dated project schedule after our site visit.
How disruptive will the landscaping work be?
Landscaping work shouldn't be overly disruptive to your everyday life. However, expect some noise from tools and machinery, plus short spells of limited access during deliveries. Our crew keeps noisy work within Richmond Council's permitted hours of 8am to 6pm on weekdays and 8am to 1pm on Saturdays.
Do I need planning permission for my driveway, wall, fence or outbuilding in Richmond?
Often, no. Walls and fences up to 2m, or 1m beside a road, fall under permitted development, as do outbuildings under 2.5m tall within 2m of a boundary. Front driveways over 5 square metres need permission unless the surface is permeable. Conservation areas and listed buildings carry tighter rules, so we check your address with the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames before work starts.
