Budgeting Guide

Costing Example I


Outdoor patio with a brick oven and pizza oven, surrounded by lush green plants and purple flowers, under a wooden pergola with string lights, on a sunny day.

Large Family Garden - Patio Area - Installation Cost

Area Patio: 14.16 m² Area Border: 39.05 m²

Design Fee: £1800

Outline Proposal, Design Detail (Setting out Plans), Planting Design

Cost of Plants: £600

Landscaping Cost excl. Border Preparation & Planting: around £8 500 (Client did border preparation & some demolition themselves as well as the planting installation)

  • Pizza Oven & Work Surface

  • Pergola

  • Demolition & Paving of Patio (Porcelain)

  • Demolition & Rebuilding of Walls around Patio

Total Project Cost: £11 000

Costing Example II


Front Garden Remodel - Design and Installation Cost

A well-maintained garden with various potted plants along a dark garden bed, edged with black plastic border, and a gravel pathway on the left. There are green bushy hedges in the background.

Area Gravel: 24.67 m² Area Border: 25.20 m²

Design Fee: £1575

including Outline Proposal, Design Detail (Setting out Plans & Specification), Planting Design

Cost of Plants: £1000

Plant Sourcing & Installation: £300

Landscaping Cost excl. Planting: £9800 including new gravel for area & drive

  • Removal of some existing vegetation

  • Removal of gravel & excavation of borders

  • Installation of metal edging

  • Border Preparation

  • Installation of new gravel surface

Total Project Cost: £12 500

Budgeting Example i


Small Town Garden

A bird's eye view of a landscaped backyard featuring trees, plants, a wooden deck with outdoor furniture, a stone pathway, and a garden bed with leafy plants.

Location: South East

Size of Garden: 81 m²

Full Design Cost: £1440

including Outline Proposal, Planting Design

Estimated Landscaping Cost: £18 000

  • Demolition Patio & Installation of Decking

  • Demolition of Concrete along old path & re-paving

  • Digging out lawn circle, laying turf

  • All Planting & Plant Cost

  • Limited Access

Landscape garden plan including a patio with a dining area, a variety of plants and flowers, a lawn with a circular feature, garden beds, a pathway, a shed, a garage, and trees.

budgeting Example II


New Built

A landscaped backyard garden with various flowering plants, a grassy area, a tree, a lounge chair, and a wooden staircase leading to an upper level.

Location: Franconia, Germany

Size of Garden: 500 m²

Full Design Cost: £ 6500

providing Outline Proposal, Design Detail (Setting out plans & Construction detail) and Planting Design

Estimated Landscaping Cost: £60 000

  • Paving of Patio and Path behind House

  • Retaining Walls & Steps

  • Regrading & Adding Soil to Level

  • All Planting & Plant Cost

  • Installing Raised Vegetable Bed

  • Shed

  • Railing and Stairs for Balcony