Garden designer and landscape contractor introductions in Barnet.
Barnet has extensive green space and Green Belt land, and long rear gardens are common in many parts of the borough. Epelle & Co. introduces independent garden designers and landscape contractors with relevant experience of comparable suburban gardens.
We introduce; we do not design or build gardens. Anyone you appoint contracts directly with you.
Why garden projects are common in Barnet
Long rear gardens behind semi-detached and detached houses are typical of much of the borough. After an extension has opened the house to the garden, the space outside often needs to be rethought: new levels to meet the kitchen floor, a terrace, planting, lighting and perhaps a garden room at the far end.
Front gardens matter too, particularly where parking, bins and drainage compete with the character of the street.
Typical Barnet gardens
Long suburban plots
Room for zones: a terrace near the house, lawn or planting in the middle, a studio or play area beyond.
Terrace gardens
Narrower spaces where levels, storage and access through the house shape the design.
Larger gardens
Mature trees, boundaries and planting that call for a garden designer's eye.
Planning and tree considerations in Barnet
Garden rooms, raised terraces, front-garden paving and boundary changes can all raise planning questions, and conservation areas or other local controls apply in parts of the borough. Some trees are protected, and work affecting them may need consent.
Check the position for your property with Barnet Council before work begins. Your garden designer or an arboricultural consultant can also advise.
What to have ready
- Photographs and approximate dimensions of the garden
- How materials can reach the garden — side access or through the house
- Any extension plans and the finished floor level
- Trees you want to keep
- A budget range and the season you would like the work done
How the introduction works
We look at the size of the garden, whether a design exists and how it relates to any building work, then introduce a garden designer, a design-and-build landscaper or a landscape contractor as suits. Introductions are made with your agreement and you appoint directly.
Designing the garden alongside the house
Where an extension or refurbishment is underway, the garden is often the last thing decided and the first compromised: levels fixed by the builder, drainage run in the wrong place, or the lawn used as a materials store. Bringing a garden designer in while the building is still being drawn avoids most of these problems.
Even if the garden is built a season later, agreeing levels, drainage and an electrical supply for lighting at the same time as the building work saves cost and disruption.
Maintaining what you build
A Barnet garden scheme should suit how much time you want to spend on it. Ask your designer to explain the maintenance the planting will need, and whether the landscape contractor or a gardener will look after it in the first year while it establishes.
Official planning information
- 1. Review
We read your brief and ask what we need to understand it.
- 2. Qualify
We check budget, decision-maker and timing are in place.
- 3. Source
We identify a small number of potentially suitable firms.
- 4. Introduce
With both sides' agreement, we make a direct introduction.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you coordinate my garden with my Barnet extension builder?
- We can introduce both, and suggest they speak early. Coordination between them is agreed by you with each firm.
- Do I need permission for a garden room in Barnet?
- It depends on size, position and location. Check with Barnet Council or your designer.
- Can you introduce someone for a front garden only?
- Yes, where there is a defined scope worth designing or building properly.
- Are there trees in my Barnet garden that are protected?
- Barnet Council can confirm whether trees are protected. We cannot advise on this.
Next step
Enquiries are free and reviewed individually. Epelle & Co. makes introductions only. It does not design, build, project-manage or guarantee work; appointed parties contract directly with the client. See our Privacy Notice.