Gardens
GARDEN CONSTRUCTION
Our garden construction teams work closely with both our in-house design team and many other renowned designers. We collaborate to finalise plans and set up projects, giving our clients a seamless and effective garden build.
Our team of professional contracts managers lead our landscape construction specialists to execute the highest level of craftsmanship. Our ethos is being kind, hard working and striving for excellence in all we do.
Our portfolio includes many forms of paving, dry-stone walling and retaining walls, water features, timberwork, drainage, swimming pools and tennis courts. If you can imagine it in your garden, we can create it!
Please note that we do not undertake repair or construction work for individual elements of a garden.
Our Services
Earthworks
Nicholsons garden design and construction teams provide a full range of earthwork services. Our operators are highly skilled and always put safety first.
Our capabilities include:
- Landforming
- Lake/pond construction
- Driveways
- Road construction
- Site sensitive cut and fill – we aim to keep as much soils/excavations on site to minimise damage to ecology and to keep carbon output low
Hard Landscaping
We have highly skilled teams of talented garden landscapers working with the best materials to deliver quality projects every time. Terraces, walls, pools and tennis courts; we cater for all of your hard landscaping needs.
Our capabilities include:
- Groundworks
- Utilities
- Walling
- Terraces
- Architectural features (e.g boat houses, garages, stables)
- Lighting
- Timberwork (e.g pergolas, fences)
Pools and Tennis Courts
Attending to the detail and style from a design point of view, our project managers will work with specialists to deliver excellent pools and tennis courts as part of your project.
Our capabilities include:
- Tennis courts / Multi-Use Games Arena (M.U.G.A)
- Swimming pools
- Formal ponds, rill and natural water beds
Border Planting
Our passionate horticulturists and excellent quality control of plant material ensures first-class implementation of our planting schemes. From soil preparation and planting to installing irrigation systems, we offer a full soft landscaping service.
Our capabilities include:
- Site assessment
- Soil evaluation
- Planting schemes
- Metal edging
- Vine wiring
- Quality plants
- Aftercare
Parkland Planting
The wider landscape is considered vital in our industry and for this reason, we plan out parkland planting to ensure a natural finish and a celebration of the natural landscape. Our team work with the utmost care to ensure that the specimen trees you have chosen are placed perfectly.
Our capabilities include:
- Natural planting schemes
- Wider landscape planning
- Arboretums
- Native schemes
- Large tree/plant handling
- Staking & mulching
- Anchoring
- Full aftercare programme
Outbuildings
Our design capabilities extend to a range of outbuildings, which are then implemented by our contract managers. Careful design and robust building gives timeless structures to support your property.
Our capabilities include:
- Barns
- Studios
- Carports
- Pool houses
“The Nicholsons team have worked with us over the past 18 months to deliver a series of impressive gardens with new paths and lighting network in a high-profile multi-acres heritage site. Sam Gibson, Jonny McCree and Richard Holt have impressed us by their positive and resourceful attitudes in putting forward options to deliver the project to the cost point, and above all, in their professionalism and flexibility in working collaboratively with various parties.“
“Your amazing “A” team of Steve, Ryan, and Amy have been here this week and they have made a wonderful job of transforming the end of my garden into a gazebo area, which now looks as if it were fully intended. We had a discussion as to what to put in it and so far we have simply put one well-grown trachelospermum in each quarter, on the grounds that they will soon get to the top and will remain evergreen in winter.
In the new bed, I put a white lilac and a ‘Border beauty’ buddleia that I got from you. There’s room for one or two other things, so that will be a good excuse for Kenna and me to come over to North Aston again soon!
I couldn’t have wished for nicer people to do my garden. They seem like friends, as indeed do all your employees. And Steve in particular knows so much about horticulture. He’s really excellent on plants and knowing what would work and what wouldn’t.“
Can we design or build your garden?
Nicholsons specialise in whole garden projects and would like to hear from you if you have a medium to large garden requiring design or construction. Start your process by filling out the form below, or give us a call on 01869 340342.
