Patios, artificial grass, composite decking, turf and whole-garden builds across Rotherham. Most of what goes wrong in a garden is decided before anything visible is laid, so that is the part we spend the time on.
Deck, lawn, sandstone circle and planted gravel beds set out as one job, with every edge line running square to the house.
Tell us roughly what you want and where you are. We ring back to fix a time, and the proper figure follows once someone has seen the ground.
Four boxes and you are done.
Gardens rarely need one of these on its own. A deck wants paving to step onto, a lawn wants an edge to run to, and a slope wants holding before any of it goes down.
Porcelain and sandstone, bedded solid with the falls set before the first slab goes down.
Built off compacted stone and screeded sand, cut in around trampolines, beds and paths.
Framed, ventilated and stepped down to paving, for gardens that drop away from the back door.
Graded, topsoiled and laid tight, so the joints knit instead of opening up in the first dry spell.
Holding a slope properly so you get two usable areas rather than one awkward one.
Gravel margins, planted beds and the soft edges that stop hard landscaping looking like a car park.
Run one surface end to end and it reads like a corridor. Broken into a terrace, a lawn and a top end that earns its keep, with stepping stones drawing you down it, the same plot feels twice the size and gets used three times as much.
Two situations come up again and again in Rotherham. New estates handed over with an inch or two of topsoil laid over subsoil that has been driven on for two years, which looks like a garden and drains like a yard. And older properties where the plot steps down away from the house, so the level everyone wants to sit on has to be built rather than found.
Neither is a problem. Both are work, and both are the first things to get skipped when a quote comes in suspiciously low.
A garden build is disruptive while it is going on. Not knowing what is happening or when anyone is turning up should not be part of it.
We walk the garden with you, take levels off the back door, look at where water sits and work out how materials get in. Access changes a price more than square meterage does.
Dig out and disposal, base build-up, materials and labour set out as separate lines, with alternatives priced where there is a real choice to make.
Muck out and away, sub-base compacted in layers, frames and edges set, then paving, deck, lawn and beds in the order that keeps the ground open for the shortest time.
Spoil gone, surfaces washed down, the street swept. You get a finished garden rather than a garden and a tidy-up to do.
“The team was professional, reliable, and worked incredibly hard to transform our garden. Their attention to detail was outstanding. The quality of the landscaping exceeded our expectations, and we’ve already had so many compliments from friends and neighbours. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone looking for skilled, friendly, and trustworthy gardeners or landscapers. Thank you for an amazing job!”
“Got my turf levelled by Charlie and his team had a right hand full to get a decent landscaper and these did the job well which is hard to find without been messed about by others”
“Third time I’ve used Forge, smashes it everytime. Worked hard all day even in the blistering heat, definitely recommend”
“Used these for a project I’m currently doing did my Astroturf very happy with the results”
“Really happy with the work completed, will definitely be using again.”
These reviews were left for GreenForge and are printed exactly as they were written, spelling included. Surnames are shortened to an initial.
Not on the list? Ring 01709 246009 and we will tell you there and then whether we can get to you.
Nobody can answer that from a phone call, and anyone who does is guessing. The size matters less than what is underneath, how far the ground has to come up or down, and whether we can get a barrow through or have to carry everything. We come out, measure, and give you a written figure with the groundwork and the finish shown as separate lines so you can see what you are paying for.
Usually harder than it looks. A lot of the newer estates around here were handed over with a thin skim of topsoil sat on subsoil that has had a dumper driven over it for two years. It looks like a garden and drains like a car park. That gets dug out and rebuilt rather than dressed over.
If you want a lawn that smells like a lawn and you do not mind a mower, real turf every time, and it is cheaper up front. If the lawn is shaded, walked across daily, used by a dog or too small to bother owning a mower for, artificial usually wins. We fit both and we will tell you which one your garden actually suits.
Yes, composite mostly. It suits gardens where the ground steps down away from the back door, because a deck can be built out level with the house instead of digging the whole level out. Plenty of the gardens we do end up part deck and part paving.
It costs more at the start and less afterwards. No annual oiling, no splinters, no boards going green and slick by November. Timber is cheaper and can look beautiful, but it is a maintenance job you have signed up to. The frame underneath matters more than the boards either way.
Hold it rather than hide it. Sleeper beds, stone or block retaining walls, and steps between the levels. Wickersley and Thorpe Hesley throw up plenty of these, and a stepped garden nearly always ends up more usable than the flat one people picture.
It can, closer to the Don and the Rother. Where ground is slow to take water we build in permeable layers, run channel drainage and set the falls to move water off rather than hold it. It is worth mentioning at the quote stage if your garden puddles.
Yes. Excavation, muck away and disposal are on the quote as their own line. You should not be left with a heap of spoil and a promise that someone will collect it.
A patio on its own is usually a few days. A whole garden with levels, paving, deck, lawn and beds is a longer run, and access is what decides it more than size. You get a realistic number of days before we start, not a number designed to win the job.
Rotherham and the surrounding area — Wickersley, Maltby, Dinnington, Swinton, Rawmarsh, Wath, Aston, Bramley, Brinsworth, Thurcroft, Kiveton, Anston and the rest. Ring if you are just outside and we will say yes or no straight away.
Send the form or pick the phone up. Someone comes out, walks the garden, checks the levels and how we get materials in, and you get a written price with the groundwork costed separately from the finish. The visit costs nothing and nobody rings you every fortnight afterwards.
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