Average time: 2 mins
Expert garden renovation services in Kensington, W8. Trusted by homeowners across Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Kensington's private gardens are some of the best outdoor space in London. The communal squares around Holland Park, the walled rear gardens along Palace Gardens Terrace and Campden Hill. We design landscapes that hold their own against the architecture they sit behind.
The materials matter as much as the layout. Sawn Portland stone paving, hand forged iron railings, bronze planters made for the job, specimen plants brought in from specialist European nurseries. Every choice is made to suit the scale of the house.
A lot of Kensington gardens now sit over a basement, which is really a rooftop garden over a structural slab. That needs proper waterproofing, drainage, and lightweight growing media. Done right, you can put mature trees, deep planting, lawn, and paving up there and never know it is not sitting on solid ground.
We also work on basement courtyards and lightwells, treating them as a view out from the rooms below. Planting, uplighting, a bit of water. It turns a dead below ground space into something green you actually want to look at from the kitchen.
Kensington's gardens match the standing of the area. The private and communal squares are a big part of its character, and RBKC's planning rules protect trees, hedgerows, and the green setting around listed buildings.
A well made garden is expected here and it adds real value. Owners commission gardens with genuine horticultural and design ambition, and that is the level we work to.
“SOM built us a proper formal garden with a parterre, a reflecting pool, and mature pleached hornbeams. The Portland stone and the bronze detailing are lovely. It suits the house perfectly, which is exactly what we wanted.”
The Ashford Family
Holland Park, Kensington
Three simple steps to your new garden renovation in Kensington.
We come and see the garden, ask how you want to use it, and work up a design that suits the house and the way you live.
You get a clear itemised quote covering materials, landscaping and build costs, with a set timeline.
Our team handles the lot, from groundwork and drainage through to the planting and the finishing touches.
Yes. We build gardens on structural slabs with full waterproofing, drainage, and lightweight growing media. You can have trees, lawn, and paving up there and it will look and feel like a garden on natural ground.
We buy from specialist nurseries here and across Europe for mature, specimen grade trees and plants. We go and pick individual specimens in person, then arrange the transport and, where the plant is big enough, crane it into place.
Trees in RBKC conservation areas are protected, and work to trees or hedgerows can need notice or consent. Hard surfacing to front gardens has to use permeable materials. We handle all of that as part of the job.
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