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Hero lines
- Gardens that work in February
- Drainage first, planting after
- Built for the way you use it
Design, hard landscaping and planting from one team — plus a year of aftercare, because a garden is not finished the day we leave.
We build between March and November and spend the winter pruning, lifting and planting bare-root stock while it is still dormant.
A 60 m² terrace, 150 mm of compacted sub-base and a fall of 1:80 away from the house. That is why yours will not puddle.
Team bios
Ingrid Solheim — Designer & founder
Ingrid trained in horticulture and spent six years on public planting schemes before starting the practice. She draws by hand and specifies by Latin name, which sounds precious until the wrong shrub turns up. Grows far too many dahlias at home.
Marcus Oyelaran — Construction foreman
Marcus runs the build crew and sets every level himself. He came out of civil groundworks, so falls, sub-bases and compaction are second nature — and he is the reason our terraces still drain a decade later. Plays five-a-side on Thursdays, badly.
Bea Kovács — Head of planting & maintenance
Bea plants everything and then looks after it, which keeps her honest about what she has specified. She knows inside a fortnight whether a border is going to work. Ask her about soil and bring a chair — she can go for an hour!
Quotes
“Three firms quoted for a patio. Only this team came back after heavy rain and said “the problem is your levels, not your slabs”. They regraded it, and the puddle has never returned.”
Annika Sørhaug, Rear garden, 180 m²
“€14,600 for a terrace, steps and planting: quoted in March, built across six weeks in May. Two visits since, unasked, to check that the hedging had taken properly.”
Piet Vandenberghe, Family garden
“We were told the lawn would look thin until the second spring, and it did — then it thickened exactly as promised. Being warned in advance made all the difference!”
Noor El-Amrani, New-build garden, 90 m²
FAQ answers
When is the best time to start?
For building, anything from March to November — frost stops mortar work below about 3 °C. For planting, autumn beats spring comfortably: the ground is still warm, the rain does your watering, and roots take hold before the first dry summer arrives.
How long does a garden build take?
A terrace with a planting scheme is usually three to five weeks on site. A full garden with drainage, levels, walls and lighting runs eight to twelve. You get a week-by-week programme, and we work on one garden at a time.
What happens if plants die?
We replace them free for the first twelve months, provided the garden has been watered as set out at handover — a new hedge needs roughly 20 litres per metre a week through its first summer. Around 4% of our planting needs replacing, which is normal.
Do you offer ongoing maintenance?
Yes, and we would rather you took it for at least the first year. Fortnightly visits from March to October and monthly through winter start at €95 a visit for a typical garden. It is the difference between a garden at two years and a wilderness.
Closing lines
Site visits are free and last about an hour. Bring your photographs, your saved images and your complaints about the current garden — the complaints are usually the most useful part of the conversation.
The design diary books three to four months ahead and the build diary rather longer, so a garden you want next June is a conversation for this autumn. Office hours are 8am–5pm, Monday–Friday.
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