Informed & Effective Landscaping in Godalming | DR Bradbury

A fine balance of art and science, landscaping involves using every tool you have available to both master the environment, and ensure it’s a healthy thriving part of your local ecosystem. There’s a lot that can go wrong and there’s a lot that can go right, and as landscaping veterans covering the Godalming area we’ve seen examples of both when attending to clients, taking in their gardens before working to right wrongs and generally improve the space. In this blog, we look at three things to consider when mulling the approach to landscaping you’ll take with your garden.

Taking the Right Approach to Landscaping

Utility - There are many gardens that win landscaping awards – think those that are painstakingly designed and crafted for events like Chelsea Flower Show – but when it comes to day to day “use” value, they aren’t exactly convenient. We recommend Godalming residents think about how they can ensure they get out into their garden, and not merely admire it from indoors. Patios are landscaping staples, a great place to put furniture for evening meals outdoors, summer barbeques, etc. Patches of open turf, when you have the available space, can be a great implementation when you have younger children or pets who may enjoy playing in it.

Privacy - There are few people who don’t value a safe, tranquil space completely their own. But sometimes, you have to carve it out – it’s not just sat waiting for you when you move into a new residence in the Godalming area. The right approach to landscaping allows you to do this. Integrate hedges and trees that shield your garden from prying eyes, and add a tall, robust fence to assist them. In some cases, you may need to wait for hedges to develop until it’s mission accomplished, but our team are here to help create a garden that feels like your own little slice of Godalming, where you can happily sun bathe, practice your yoga, or run around like a maniac without a care in the world.

Colour - Sometimes, a fairly austere modern landscaping scheme can be incredibly affective; think the sleek minimalism of concrete patios and paths, grey stone walls and planters, and an understated but thought-out use of greenery. Other times, and in all honestly these are some of the most fun landscaping projects we work on around Godalming, an absolute explosion of colour is called for. Colourful block paving patios communicate with painted fencing, and flowers climbing trellises, exhibiting every colour under the rainbow! Ok… that might be a bit much for most palettes, but you get what we mean: incorporating colour in your garden can bring in a vibrant feel and really make it your own, a unique landscaping accomplishment you won’t find anywhere else in Godalming or its surrounds.