Garden design
A full plan drawn for the way you use the garden, in every season.
From £650 for a full plan
One garden, autumn.
Gardens designed, built and looked after for every season, in and around Hemel Hempstead.
Services
Everything a garden needs, all year
Patios, paths and walls
Stone, brick and gravel laid to last, with drainage done properly.
Quoted after a visit
Planting
Borders planned to carry colour and shape from March to February.
Borders from £45 per m²
Lawns and turf
New turf, reshaped edges and lawns brought back from tired.
From £18 per m²
Seasonal care
The same small team back four times a year to keep it right.
Four visits a year from £420
Hedges and pruning
Clean lines on hedges and careful pruning for trees and shrubs.
From £120 a visit
Through the year
What we do in your garden, season by season
Spring
Lawn feed, mulching and the first planting.
Summer
Watering plans, deadheading, hedge trims.
Autumn
Bulb planting, leaf clearance, cutting back.
Winter
Pruning, structure and next year's plans.
Meet Mei Lin
The designer is the one who comes back
Mei Lin Hart is Quartet Gardens' designer and owner. She trained with the RHS and has designed, built and looked after gardens around Hemel Hempstead since 2013.
She draws every plan herself and stays with the garden after the build, so the person who planned your borders is the one who sees how they grow.
“Most of our work is in gardens we've looked after for years.”
Reviews
From gardens we look after
Mei Lin redesigned our back garden three years ago and it still surprises us. There is something good to look at every month.
They built the terrace and the new borders, then came back every season. Tidy, on time and always happy to explain what they were doing.
Ours is a small garden and they treated it like it mattered. The winter structure alone was worth it.
FAQs
Questions we're often asked
When is the best time to start a new garden?
Design can start at any time of year. Building and planting usually work best from autumn to spring, when plants settle in with less watering, so a plan drawn in summer is often ready to build in autumn.
Do you do the build as well as the design?
Yes. We design, build and plant, and many clients keep us on for seasonal care afterwards. You can also take the plan to another builder if you prefer.
How long does a design take?
It depends on the garden. After the first visit we will tell you how long your plan will take and when we could start the build.
Do you work in small gardens?
Often. Small gardens need the most careful planning, because every plant and path has to earn its place in every season.
What does a seasonal care visit include?
Each of the four visits covers the jobs that season needs: lawn feed and mulching in spring, deadheading and hedge trims in summer, bulbs and cutting back in autumn, and pruning and planning in winter.
A garden for every season
Book a design visit and Mei Lin will come and walk the garden with you.