garden design and landscaping in Royal Wootton Bassett

Gardens across Royal Wootton Bassett

Royal Wootton Bassett is a busy North Wiltshire town with a historic high street and the line of the old Wilts and Berks Canal running by, a mix of period homes and a great deal of newer, owner-occupied and executive housing. We design and build gardens here across the range: full garden design and build, patios, planting, outdoor living and the structures that make a garden usable.

The ground around Royal Wootton Bassett

The town sits on the Oxford clay of the vale, and clay decides how a garden is built here. It holds water and moves as it wets and dries, so patios, drives and walls that ignore it crack, sink and pool within a couple of winters. We dig to firm ground, build deeper, properly compacted sub-bases, use geotextile separation where it earns its place, and set the drainage and falls to carry water away. For planting, we open up and improve the clay and choose a palette that thrives in it.

Gardens for newer homes and old

Much of the work here is making the most of the gardens that come with newer estate homes, which often have the space but little done with them, alongside sympathetic schemes for the older properties in the centre. We design to suit the house and how you want to use the garden.

Planning in Royal Wootton Bassett

Most of the town is not designated land, so much garden work sits within permitted development, with conservation and listed considerations on the historic high street. We tell you what applies to your property before we start, and point you to Wiltshire Council where a check is needed.

Talk to us about your Royal Wootton Bassett garden

We cover Royal Wootton Bassett and the surrounding villages, including Lyneham, Purton and Chippenham. Arrange a consultation to start.