One client, Two landscaped gardens in High Wycombe

High Wycombe

Two homes and two different gardens, connected by the homeowners’ love of Millboard decking and outdoor living.

Steve Richardson and Rees De Liege bring practical skill and careful attention to detail to their work at S&R Landscapes. These High Wycombe projects show how decking and planting can respond to different levels, privacy needs and the way a family enjoys its garden.

A Raised Terrace for the First Home

The first project, completed in 2014, involved a steep rear garden. A raised decking terrace provided outdoor space beside the house, with a staircase leading to a second platform for the hot tub.

The layout made use of the changes in level, connecting the home with places to relax and enjoy the garden.

A New Garden for a Returning Client

When the homeowners moved to a new-build property in 2017, they returned for another garden transformation. Having enjoyed the decking at their previous home, they chose Millboard in Smoked Oak again and wanted the hot tub to remain central to their outdoor space.

The new garden offered a blank canvas, but overlooking from neighbouring homes made privacy an important part of the brief.

Decking, Planting and Hot-Tub Privacy

A generous decking area formed the main outdoor living space. Its height was planned around the bifold doors, while angular steps connected the different levels across the sloping garden.

Openings within the deck accommodated the hot tub and planting, giving the layout more interest than a single uninterrupted platform.

Taller planting helped screen the garden, soften views of the shed and create a more secluded setting around the hot tub. The plants also brought colour and depth to the decking scheme.

For Steve and Rees, these relationships matter: how the terrace meets the house, where the steps lead and how planting makes the finished space feel welcoming.

Revisiting the Garden Three Years Later

The second garden was revisited in 2020, three years after completion. The later photographs show the established planting alongside the decking, offering a view of how the scheme developed beyond installation.

Project Details

Location: High Wycombe.
First garden completed: 2014.
Second garden completed: 2017.
Second garden revisited: 2020.
Second garden decking: Millboard in Smoked Oak.
Materials supplier: Country Supplies.

Planning decking or a garden transformation in High Wycombe? Steve Richardson and Rees De Liege design and professionally landscape gardens, bringing outdoor living, privacy and planting together around your home.

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.