Hortus Garden design service

A beautiful garden can enhance both your life and the value of your property, providing an outdoor room in which to relax, entertain and play.

A well-designed garden tailored to your requirements can provide all of these advantages and reduce maintenance, giving you time to enjoy your garden to the full.

A seating area in Combpyne

Employing a professional garden designer can save you time, unnecessary work and ultimately money by not making mistakes.

Hortus Nursery and Garden Design can advise you on the best way to develop your garden to meet your individual requirements and make the most of your garden’s potential.

Whether you would like to completely transform your garden or tackle a problem area, Hortus Nursery and Garden Design offers a flexible service designed to suit your requirements and help you get the best out of your garden.

If you would like to redesign your garden, Hortus offers a complete service from site survey and client consultation to the finished design. If you would like advice on improving your existing garden or dealing with particular problems, we offer a consultation service tailored to meet your specific needs.

Please feel free to telephone us to discuss your requirements and how Hortus can help you.

As well as designing the garden to incorporate the features you want, we can select the best choice of hard landscaping products and the right plants for your soil and situation.

A courtyard garden in Lyme Regis

A sloping garden in Lyme Regis

A country garden in Sidford

The full garden design service
Hortus Nursery and Garden Design offers a full design service comprising site visit and client consultation, outline design showing areas of hard and soft landscaping and indicating planting themes, sketches of the design, a list of suppliers and general advice on carrying out and maintaining the design. Detailed planting plants and maintenance schedules can also be provided at an additional cost. The price depends on the size of the garden and a schedule of charges is shown below.

Size of garden Garden	design only	Design & planting plan
Up to 100 sq metres	£199	£299
Up to 200 sq metres	£299	£399
Up to 400 sq metres	£399	£599
Up to 600 sq metres	£499	£749
Up to 800 sq metres	£599	£849
Up to 1000 sq metres	£699	£949
Over 1000 sq metres	prices on request

Consultation service
If you require general ideas on transforming your existing garden or advice on specific problems we offer a two-hour consultation in your garden and a brief written report at a cost of £75.

A more extended consultation service is available at a cost of £25 per hour.

Other services offered include:
Design of features like herb gardens and pools
Design of fruit and vegetable gardens
Planting and refurbishing of existing borders
Maintenance visits and advice
Supply of plants grown in the Hortus Nursery or from other specialist nurseries.