About
A garden designer and landscaper who designs and builds under one roof, across North Wiltshire, the South Cotswolds and the Cotswold Water Park. Serving Wiltshire and the Cotswolds since 2018.
In Tom's words
I am Tom Windle, and Gardenscape is mine. I design and build gardens across North Wiltshire, the South Cotswolds and the Cotswold Water Park, which means the person who draws your garden is the person responsible for building it. There is no handover, no gap between the drawing and the reality, and no design that looks good on paper but cannot be built well on the ground.
I started in the trade as a general builder, but I soon realised I was missing a creative outlet. So I began a degree with the Open University, a BA (Hons) in Garden Design and Construction, while I carried on learning the practical skills I needed on site. Landscaping brings together all of my favourite parts of construction and lets me design and create everything I do. As soon as I finished my qualification I started designing and installing gardens, turning the weird and wonderful ideas my customers bring me into reality. Becoming a landscaper was the best decision I ever made. It does not feel like work when you love what you do every day.
Imagining and designing a beautiful outdoor space is one thing. Building it, and making it real in a way that does not need a second mortgage, is the tricky part. That is exactly why I love taking a project from its first idea all the way through to completion. Designing and building it myself means I can use materials, space and budget creatively, and honestly, because I know what things cost to build and what will actually last once they are in the ground.
Natural swimming ponds are my specialism, and I am a Certified Aquascape Contractor. They are a chemical-free, eco-friendly alternative to a conventional swimming pool. They look like works of art sculpted into the landscape, often with a striking waterfall that looks good all year round, and they create a self-maintaining ecosystem that works with nature instead of against it. They usually cost less to run than a conventional pool, and there is no chlorine in sight. It is some of the most technical and most rewarding work I do.
Gardenscape was never really planned. It was the natural next step for my career and my happiness. I have always had a passion for construction and a need to create, and as a young man I wanted to spend every waking hour outdoors. Gardenscape was the way to bring all of that together: to enjoy my work, feel passionate about everything I do, and put my creativity to use. After several years of growing the business I took it from a sole trader to a limited company, picked up a number of award nominations, and in 2025 I was named Landscaper of the Year. Gardenscape is not just a business to me. It is part of who I am.
I was a finalist three years running before I was finally named Landscaper of the Year at the On The Tools Awards, and I never saw those near misses as failure. I used them as fuel, to push harder and do better work. I am proud of every garden I have built, and winning felt like the pat on the back I did not know I needed. We all struggle at times, with stress and with things going on in our lives, so knowing the hard work had been recognised, and not just by the people close to me but on a national stage, made it all worthwhile.
The job I am most proud of was not a paid one. In 2025 I was asked to help with a few small changes to the outdoor space at David Rees Holistic Learning, a special educational needs setting in Gloucester. They needed a safer, more usable space for their pupils. We were not content with that. We hugely expanded the scope, and thanks to extraordinary generosity from suppliers, fellow tradespeople and the public, we made the impossible possible. We built a five-metre waterfall and a sensory garden, a resin-bound vegetable growing area, a soft-surfaced play area, mud kitchens, pathways, climbing equipment, sandpits and a great deal more, completely free of charge, built by a group of volunteers who simply wanted to help children who deserved it. I organised it alongside Scott Bubb and Scott Jones, and we intend it to be the first of many. We have talked about formalising the work as the Muddy Boots Foundation.
In 2024 I came across The Dad Shift and their campaign for better paternity rights, and I got behind it straight away. I am not shy about my own struggles over the years. Being a dad, a husband and a business owner brings a lot of pressure and responsibility, so I have used my platform to support the campaign. Two weeks of paternity leave at less than minimum wage simply is not good enough, least of all for the self-employed and the tradesmen fathers who often get nothing at all. Through The Dad Shift I have represented tradespeople in Westminster and met the Secretary of State, appeared on ITV News interviewing another, contributed to articles in The Times, The Daily Mail and elsewhere, and helped lead the march through London alongside hundreds of other parents. It comes from the same instinct as the charity work. This trade is built by people, and the people in it are worth standing up for. If you are a parent or a tradesperson going through a hard time, you are not alone, and help is there. The Samaritans can be reached free, at any time, on 116 123.
A garden is an extension of your home. When you stand in a finished garden of mine, I want you to feel relaxed, unwound and at peace, free to enjoy the space we have made for you.
I want to break the mould of the typical tradesperson. We work hard, we work respectfully, and we are as transparent as we can be with every customer, offering a complete service from start to finish with absolute clarity at every step. We do not ask our customers to trust us. We show them that they can trust us, rely on us and believe in us.
We do not ask our customers to trust us. We show them that they can.
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Credentials
Material & tool partners
Milwaukee· Milwaukee ambassador
Milwaukee makes the professional power tools and site equipment we build with every day, and we are a Milwaukee ambassador. From groundworks to fine finishing, the tools we rely on have to perform and keep performing, job after job.
Azpects· Azpects ambassador
Azpects makes the jointing, sealing and cleaning materials we use to finish paving and natural stone, and we are an Azpects ambassador. The difference between a patio that lasts and one that fails is often in the finish, and that is where these products earn their place.
Marshalls· Marshalls-approved installer
Marshalls is one of the most established names in paving and hard landscaping, and we are a Marshalls-approved installer. That is independent recognition that our installation work is held to their standard.
Talasey· part of the Talasey Designer & Installer Network
Talasey supplies quality porcelain and natural stone paving, including the Vitripiazza porcelain and Natural Paving stone ranges, and we are part of their Designer & Installer Network. Their materials feature in much of our patio and paving work.
Resin Mill· Resin Mill approved installer
Resin Mill supplies the resin-bound and resin-bonded surfacing materials we use for driveways and paths, and we are a Resin Mill approved installer, trained through their academy. Resin surfacing done properly needs the right materials and the right installation, and the approval covers both.
What clients say
Tom did a fantastic job on my blown down back garden fence. Left everything very neat and tidy too. Thoroughly recommend, and one hundred percent would use for other (nicer) gardening and landscaping work in the future. Thanks once again Tom.
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