Low maintenance garden design and decking in Amersham

Amersham

Three connected levels, a sunny decking terrace and carefully chosen planting gave this Amersham garden a clearer layout with less routine upkeep.

Steve Richardson and Rees De Liege design and professionally landscape gardens at S&R Landscapes, combining practical planning with careful workmanship. This project shows how a simple garden can become a more inviting place to relax and entertain.

More Time to Enjoy the Garden

The original garden consisted mainly of lawn, a small paved patio, a path and a raised planter. The homeowners wanted to reduce regular maintenance and create a comfortable seating and dining area that made the most of the sun.

The brief called for a manageable garden with a stronger sense of purpose, while retaining useful parts of the existing layout.

Three Levels with a Clear Layout

A fall of approximately 500 mm across the garden shaped the design. Three distinct areas worked with the slope: the existing patio, a central artificial lawn and a new decking terrace.

Stepped connections brought the areas together, giving each part of the garden a clear role. For Steve and Rees, careful setting out helps changes in level feel like a considered part of the garden.

The existing raised planter was retained and given a planting scheme to introduce greenery and seasonal interest. A contemporary grey finish on the planter and fence coordinated the boundaries with the new landscaping.

A Trex Terrace for the Evening Sun

The decking was positioned where the garden catches the last of the evening sun, creating a welcoming place to sit or dine outdoors.

Trex Transcend in Gravel Path was paired with an Island Mist border, giving the terrace a defined edge and a coordinated grey palette. The deck also formed part of the final change in level.

The materials reduced some routine tasks, including mowing the central lawn area and regularly refinishing timber decking. Cleaning the surfaces and caring for the planting remain part of keeping the garden looking its best.

Project Details

Location: Amersham.
Completed: 2021.
Decking: Trex Transcend in Gravel Path.
Decking border: Island Mist.
Materials supplier: Country Supplies.

Would you like a garden that is easier to look after? Steve Richardson and Rees De Liege can help you balance planting, outdoor living and practical maintenance when planning your garden in Amersham and the surrounding areas.

Discuss your garden with Steve and Rees.

Garden design: Karl Harrison.

Our approach

We believe a well-designed garden should be a pleasure to live in, thoughtfully built and made to last.

For us, good design starts with listening. We take time to understand how you want to use your garden, what matters to you and the character of your home.

We bring the same care to construction as we do to design. From the preparation beneath a patio to the finishing details around a border, each part contributes to the quality of the whole garden.

We favour materials suited to their purpose and planting that can thrive in its surroundings. We consider how your garden will mature and how much maintenance you want, creating a space you can enjoy for years to come.

Steve & Rees

Throughout the process he and his team have worked tirelessly to ensure we received the best design, consideration and implementation of our brief.

As a landscaper, he is a professional and did a brilliant job and completed when he said he would in a calm and measured way.

Steve and Rees worked hard in all weathers, to create a beautiful garden for us. I would highly recommend Karl and his team to create some magical for you, and to do it really well.

Rees came up with an imaginative design that has brought interest, variety and colour. The landscaping Steve, Rees and their team did was excellent and they were a pleasure to work with too.

Steve and his team were skilled and friendly, and the results were amazing. They were professional and always left things tidy. Would highly recommend.

Fast efficient service from a passionate professional who puts his competitors to shame. Excellent work at reasonable prices. You’d be mad not to use him.

What a professional garden landscape artist does is give you something that you would never do yourself. Highly recommended.

All the team were exceptionally professional, hardworking, polite and tidy. We are thrilled with the results and thoroughly recommend this business.

I could not have wished for better. I would recommend Rees, Steve and their team to you all. I could not fault them in any way and it was an absolute pleasure to work with them.

Very efficient team, hard workers and really nice people too! Great job with a really uniform finish on a complex-shaped deck. Neat workers, clearing up each evening, and finally leaving my garden and garage in perfect order.

From start to finish-excellent service and he has transformed my garden. I’m now in love with my garden and will be spending many happy hours out there.Before and After pictures - excellent transformation

Very professional, knowledgeable, and friendly. Great design and helpful discussions, making sure we got the best results. Would not hesitate to recommend.

Steve & Rees did an excellent job. From initial design considerations to preparation and installation. The team worked well and on time to transform our garden with Trex decking.

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We adapt to the needs of every client, fluent in a combination of traditional techniques ensuring the hard landscaping works in harmony with the soft planting, garden art and style in your garden.