A garden at a new build
Malvern · 620 m² · 2025
- 380 m² of seeded lawn, irrigation on five zones
- 62 m² of herbaceous border and 34 m of hornbeam hedge
A garden plan within a fortnight · we build it and look after it
A garden that doesn't run your weekends
We design and build gardens around Malvern, Ledbury and Upton upon Severn. Our own nursery, our own men, our own machines — and planting chosen to survive the fortnight in August when you're not there to water it.
1993growing here since
340+gardens finished
2 yearson the planting, if we maintain it
Our own nursery
You see the plants growing here, not in a catalogue photograph.
Dates that hold
When we start is agreed up front and put in writing.
An itemised quote
You can see what the plants cost, what the labour costs and what the machines cost.
We don't vanish afterwards
A twelve-month care plan, and maintenance whenever you want it.
Month by month
What's ready in the nursery, and what needs doing outside
Change the month. We'll show you what's ready here, what's worth doing in your own garden, what we can help with — and how long you'd currently wait for us at that time of year.
August
flat outReady in the nursery
Worth doing this month
What we can do
How long you'd wait
70 %
We're not guessing — it comes from how booked the team is: 1 week + 7 weeks × how full we are. If you haven't had a plan drawn up yet, add three or four weeks for the design, approving it and getting the plants ordered.
The nursery
Plants that are grown here, not just passing through
Perennials and shrubs overwinter outside here, so they don't die the first cold snap after they go in your garden. What we don't grow ourselves comes from two English nurseries we've dealt with for twenty years.
Here are twelve we recommend more than anything else. Each one shows the price, the pot size and what it needs — and the switch tells you whether it's the right month to plant it.
Prices include VAT and are for collection from the nursery at Malvern. If we plant them for you, add the labour from our price list. What's in stock changes through the year — these twelve are the ones we always have.
About us
Thirty years on the same patch, two generations in the same team
The nursery started in 1993 on a field outside Malvern, selling plants off a trailer. Planting came next, then whole gardens. The family that started it still runs it — the second generation does the drawings, the first still decides what gets grown.
We're small: two on design and three on the tools. We don't want to be the biggest in Worcestershire — we want to be the firm your neighbour recommends, and the one that still answers the phone three years after the garden went in.
340+gardens finished
3 acresof nursery ground
5 peoplethe whole team
“A garden isn't finished when we drive away. It's finished when, three years later, you can't tell anyone was ever working in it.” — how we've worked since 1993
Our work
Three gardens from last season
Each one shows the size, what was involved and roughly what it cost — including what the space looked like before we turned up.
A sloping cottage garden
Colwall · 1,100 m² · 2024
- Two retaining walls in local stone and 41 m of steps
- A dry border with no irrigation, gravel mulched
Frontage for a small firm
Ledbury · 300 m² · 2025
- 118 m² of planting, 96 m of drip irrigation
- Maintained eight times a year, grasses cut back twice in spring
How it works
From the first phone call to a finished garden, in five steps
No surprises on the bill and no “we never agreed that”. Every step has something to show for it and a price attached.
We come and look
We walk the garden, measure it, look at the soil and the fall of the land — and mostly listen to how you actually want to use it.
free within 25 milesA plan and a price
A layout, a planting plan with every plant listed, and an itemised quote. You can see what the plants cost and what the labour costs.
within 3 weeksDates agreed
We sign off the schedule with the dates on it. The 30% deposit pays for the plants we order, not for labour up front.
in writingOur work
Three of us on site, cleared up at the end of every day, and photos every Friday showing what's done and where the budget has got to.
1–7 weeksHandover and the first year
We walk the garden together, you get a twelve-month care plan and a year on the planting. Two years if we maintain it.
then it's just gardening
What you can expect
Three things we always do
The quote separates plants from labour. You can see exactly what the planting costs and what the work costs, so if the total is more than you wanted you can decide which half to trim rather than being told a single number.
You get photos every Friday. What's done, what's next, and where the budget has got to. Gardens look worse before they look better, and a week of mud with no explanation is how people lose their nerve.
You get a care plan, not just a garden. Twelve months of what to cut back and when, on one sheet of paper. It's the difference between a garden that looks good this summer and one that still looks good in three years.
Contact
Get in touch — the visit is free
Send us a few lines about the garden, and a photo if you have one. Within two working days we'll come back with a date to visit and a rough idea of what you're taking on.
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Nursery and yardBrackenhill Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 1AA
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Phone 01632 960742 — design and installation
01632 960743 — the nursery and yard -
Where we workMalvern, Ledbury, Upton upon Severn and anywhere within 25 miles. Further by arrangement.
Nursery opening hours
- Monday–Friday
- 8am–5pm
- Saturday
- 8am–noon
- Sunday
- closed
- April–June, Saturday
- 8am–4pm
In January and February we open 9am–3pm, because most of us are out doing tree work.