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Expert garden renovation services in Hampstead, NW3. Trusted by homeowners across London Borough of Camden.
The Edwardian villas in Hampstead sit on some of the best residential gardens in London. Mature plots, deep soil, established trees and a genuine sense of privacy you rarely get in town. We renovate these gardens with a mix of hard landscaping and careful planting that works with what's already growing rather than against it.
A lot of them have gone a bit wild over the years, or got carved up by sheds, outbuildings and odd walls into disconnected patches. We sort the layout out. The garden should flow from the back door all the way to the far boundary. Terraced lawns, gravel areas, specimen trees and loose perennial borders pull together into something with real horticultural merit.
Gardens near the Heath, along Fitzjohn's Avenue and around Parliament Hill often slope, which is both a nuisance and a gift. We use retaining walls, steps and changes of level to make separate garden rooms. A sunny terrace by the house. A kitchen garden on the middle level. A wildflower meadow down at the bottom.
We also build a fair few garden buildings on these jobs. Studios, home offices, potting sheds, summer houses, all designed to sit comfortably next to the Edwardian house and earn their keep.
Hampstead gardens do well out of the area's height, the tree cover and being so close to the Heath. Some plots run to a quarter acre or more, which for a London garden is exceptional. Camden Council protects trees inside the conservation area, so any felling or heavy pruning has to be notified first.
The garden counts for a lot in what a Hampstead house is worth. A properly renovated one that suits the house and gives you something to look at all year is about the best improvement an owner here can make.
“Our garden had turned into a total jungle. SOM rethought the whole thing and gave us three terraces, a formal lawn, a kitchen garden and a wildflower meadow at the end. It looks good in every season now. Honestly it's a bit of a work of art.”
Prof. David & Angela M.
Near Parliament Hill, Hampstead
Three simple steps to your new garden renovation in Hampstead.
We come and see the garden, ask how you want to use it, and work up a design that suits the house and the way you live.
You get a clear itemised quote covering materials, landscaping and build costs, with a set timeline.
Our team handles the lot, from groundwork and drainage through to the planting and the finishing touches.
Yes. We get an arboricultural survey done and design around the existing trees, protecting the root zones while we build. Trees in the conservation area are protected, so we handle any notifications to Camden Council for you.
Usually, yes. A garden building under 15 square metres with eaves below 2.5 metres normally falls under permitted development. Anything bigger, or a plot in the conservation area, may need planning permission, and we'll sort that.
That's up to you. We can go low maintenance with structural evergreens and gravel, or full on perennial borders that want attention through the seasons. We can also point you to a good maintenance firm.
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