Landscaping & Garden Design Solihull

If you're looking for garden landscapers near me in Solihull, contact us any time of the day or night through our contact form

If you're looking for garden designers near me in Solihull, contact us any time of the day or night through our contact form

Landscaping

Hard landscaping components provide an extremely low maintenance garden. Rustic style will include more products such as timber decking, sandstone or slate patios and paving and the use of timber sleepers for borders and raised beds.

At DNA Landscapes we can provide an extensive number of options when it comes to making some significant changes to your garden's landscape. Typically it will involve adding a new pathway or patio or even installing artificial grass as a full or partial replacement to your turf lawn. As some of these works involve groundwork machines it can also include the installation of a new driveway and include any associate walls, whether they be a retaining wall or simply a wall to mark a boundary line.

Hard landscaping will include work such as installing a new fence, adding or replacing existing decking. Whether you want several of these items installed or just one or two, we are equally happy to discuss them with you and ensure that your front or back garden project is completed to our exacting standards.

Let DNA Landscapes, mange the hard landscaping projects for your garden space!

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Patios and Paving

A well-designed patio transforms how you use your garden. We install multi-level patios, steps, and retaining walls that make your space both beautiful and functional.

We work with a wide range of premium materials, including:

• Porcelain and Indian stone
• Slate and granite
• Limestone and sandstone

Every patio is finished to the highest standard, with clean edges, stylish borders, and durable surfaces.

Whether we are installing a new patio - or a replacement this can often involve changing it's position, size and what paving slabs are used to create the look you're after. It's not unusual for some of out patio work to be done over two or even three levels where each can change in size and create and inviting route to another area of the garden using a pathway to get there. We can install any paving material such as concrete, marble, Indian stone, porcelain, slate, granite, limestone, sandstone. Due to the variation in porosity between different slab materials means that the right adhesives need to be used for the right material. Our patio work is finished to the highest standard all of which can also be edged of with a retaining wall, raised beds or a simple row of block paving to frame the patio.

Decorative Garden Walls

Whether your landscaping requires a retaining wall or simply a wall we can construct these to match your landscape design. Choosing the right bricks and also the right topping can make quite an impact on whether your wall simply provides a function or whether it can add to the landscaping.  A top layer of blue, or different coloured brick or apex coving will make a difference. Sometimes a wall can simply be used as part of the landscape design ether to provide segregation or simply break up an area. Gabion garden walls are a good option for this and green, living walls are also becoming on trend.

When it comes to a retaining wall again options such as the material used, the colour or colours of that material and height and shape make a big difference - a wall doesn't have to be straight, it can curve or wave around an area. For further information click on our retaining walls page.

Grass Turf Installation

Real grass turf installation is another service provided by us. Quite often when we install a new patio it will lead on to or have parts enclosed by a lawn which is an essential process for creating a beautiful and functional outdoor space. Whether it is for a residential lawn, a sports field, or a commercial landscape, fitting new grass turf provides numerous benefits. Firstly, it enhances the overall aesthetics of the area by providing a lush, green, and uniform appearance. Additionally, new turf provides a soft and safe surface for various activities, such as playing games or hosting outdoor events. It also helps in preventing soil erosion and controlling the temperature of the surrounding area. Moreover, turf installation provides a useable area much quicker then sowing grass seeds, so you can start making best use of your lawn much sooner.

Fencing

Regardless of the type of fence you're after we can install a fence to match your garden design. Whilst traditionally the most popular choice is wood, which still remains the cheapest option there are many types of wooden panels and the choice here can influence the effectiveness in creating the  background framing of your garden and we can definitely assist with that.

Growing in popularity is composite fencing and PVC fencing. These options require little to no maintenance so fit the bill for a contemporary modern gardens. They come in a variety of styles and colours. Metal fencing is also an option but from an aesthetic perspective the use of metal railing in front gardens, often added on top of a brick wall is where they provide the most benefit in terms of practicality and allowing yourselves and passers by to look into your garden so you can showcase your properties enhanced kerb appeal. For more detailed information on fencing options have a look at our garden fencing page.

Garden Decking

Whilst we are sometime asked whether or not to choose over paving over decking we don't see this as a straight forward either or question. In fact for a number of landscape projects combining the two provides variety and additional interest and perspectives to a garden as well as providing defined spaces for certain activities.

Whilst timber decking still out sells composite decking the gap is closing and many full landscaping projects, especially contemporary modern designed ones will include an area of composite decking.

Decking can be a cheaper option if you are just looking to include one entertaining area and have a steep sloping garden as decking can be built on a raised frame whereas a patio would require ground excavation to create a flat foundation base.

Artificial Lawns

Artificial grass can sometime be a little controversial with many nature fans feeling that adding a synthetic material to your garden isn't very green. However, once laid an artificial lawn does not require watering, feeding or maintaining using harsh chemicals found in weed and moss killers so the argument is not so straight forward. What we have seen is that many artificial lawn owners spend more time introducing bee and insect enticing plants, shrubs and flowers in their borders as a result of not having to spend garden time trying to keep a lawn looking green and healthily throughout a long hot summer. Artificial grass definitely has a place in modern landscaping and can also be used in part along with purpose created wild grass and flower areas.

Landscape Designers Solihull

Soft landscaping is a catch all phrase which refers to all living aspects of a garden so would include grasses, fruit and veg, trees, plants and flowers. There is also some debate as to whether this also include the ongoing management on these things such as pruning, moving, fertilising and watering.

As Landscape designers we focus on helping you with the initial concepts of plants and trees and when agreed our soft landscaping service will include planting. Ongoing maintenance would be done by a garden services company who will cover most of the garden maintenance services mentioned and possibly some additional planting in the future too.

For a complete garden transitions as well hard landscaping we will also provide a soft landscaping service too, so that your garden is almost the finished article. We say 'almost' as we know that as a garden is a leaving entity as plants, shrubs and trees grow you may decide that you want to move some plants around as they mature and you want certain new plants you buy in certain locations.

We will help with our knowledge of trees and shrubs and we can lay new turf as part of our soft scaping service too.

Decisions regarding soft scaping will depend on a variety of factors. Aspects such as person preference on favourite plants and trees will always come into the equation and more often than not can be included. The art in in deciding where to place certain trees and plants.

As most gardeners will know certain trees, plants and flowers prefer certain conditions otherwise they will struggle to grow and bloom to the best of their ability. Factors such as the soil, its water drainage and the amount of sunlight a plant will be subjected to can make a dramatic difference.

Whilst trees are generally more hardy than plants and shrubs the proximity of trees to hard landscaping structures and other plants can impact aspects of your landscape in a few years time as a tree and its roots begin to grow. As well as pointing out some of these potential issues we will also inspect your ground quality and especially if your ground is clay base will discuss how our garden drainage solutions will be able to help with the quality and variety of plants, which you can grow in your garden. The other option is to use pots which can also add character and versatility to your garden. These are great for allowing you to make some changes in the future as some potted plants may still grow substantially and warrant repositioning, or simply allow you to find the spot where it grows best.

Soft Landscaping Themes

The different landscape options whilst influenced by hard landscaping should provide some guidance on where to go with soft landscaping when following a landscape design theme.

Both Mediterranean and Japanese gardens would typically include some water. Mediterranean with a reasonably sized pond, whilst Japanese style should feature a stream that could run into a very petite pond which would include water lilies. The use of Acers and flowering trees having an abundance of blossom along with grasses and bamboo will instantly say 'Japanese Garden'.

For cottage and natural themes the use of native English plants including fruit trees such as apple, elderberry and can feature along with coloured shrubs such as heather and lavender amongst a rockery. A section or boarder including Herbaceous plants will can also include some herbs will provide sensory spaces.

Contemporary modern also provide some non native large trees and plant bringing striking foliage to the garden. Plants in pots will maintain a feeling of neatness along with some self contained water feature unless you want to 'splash out' on a rain garden!

Why Choose DNA Landscapes in Solihull?