Landscape design & build
We design and build outdoor spaces around how you want to live—from quiet mornings to a backyard full of friends.
What we do
Design/build means the people drawing your backyard are the people building it. You are not handed a design and left to find someone willing to construct it, and there is no gap where the drawing and the site disagree.
Landscape maintenance is offered separately as a secondary service, kept deliberately apart from design and build so a planning conversation never becomes a sales pitch for ongoing garden care.
See what each service includesThe floor of the whole backyard. We work out where people naturally sit, where they walk past, and how much room a table really needs before a single stone is set.
Cooking outside works when the cook is part of the conversation. We plan the run of counter, storage and shelter around how your household actually hosts.
Fire is what keeps a backyard in use after the light goes. Placement matters more than the fixture—wind, seating distance and sightlines come first.
The layer that makes hard materials feel like a garden. Planting gives privacy and softness; lighting decides how long the space stays welcoming.
Concept spaces
A small, quiet space designed to be used before the day starts.
This concept is deliberately small. It shows what happens when a plan is written around one specific habit—two people, two chairs, first hour of the day—rather than around filling the available square footage.
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Built around the question of where twelve people actually sit.
The concept shows how a gathering space is a seating problem before it is a fire problem. Fixed seating sets the capacity; the fire simply gives the circle a centre and a reason to stay put.
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A covered cooking space that keeps the cook in the room.
The concept illustrates a scope decision, not a shopping list. Shelter, one working counter run and a seated edge are what change how the space is used; extra appliances rarely are.
Read the conceptThe homeowner journey
We start by talking about how you want to use the space, what already annoys you about it, and what you would rather not spend money on. No site visit needed yet.
We walk the ground together—light, slope, drainage, access, sightlines. This is where a wish list becomes a realistic set of priorities.
You get a design and a written scope covering materials, sequence and what is explicitly not included. Nothing moves forward until you approve it.
One team builds the approved scope, with a single point of contact. At the end you get care notes for planting, lighting and surfaces.
Why it matters
A list of features has no order, no dependencies and no answer to what happens when the budget tightens. A plan does.
When what is included—and explicitly not included—is written down before work starts, there is nothing to argue about later.
Slope, drainage, shade or privacy usually decide what has to happen first. Ignoring that is how a finished patio gets taken back up.
Free, no contact details needed
Six questions about how you want to use the space. You get a written project brief, a preparation checklist and a ranked set of priorities—no prices, no estimates, no quote.
Questions
One team is responsible for both the drawing and the construction. You are not handed a design and left to find someone willing to build it, and there is no gap where the design blames the builder or the builder blames the design.
Landscape maintenance is a separate, secondary service and is kept deliberately apart from design and build. Being clear about the boundary means a design conversation never turns into an upsell about mowing.
Not from a form, and not from a website. Cost follows scope, and scope follows the conversation and site visit. The planner on this site asks for a budget band you choose yourself—that is a starting point for the discussion, not our estimate and not a quote.
Small does not mean unimportant. A single well-placed terrace can change how a house is used, and a modest scope done properly is a better outcome than an ambitious plan that stalls.
Nothing formal. Rough thoughts on how you want to use the space, any photos you have, and a sense of your own budget comfort are plenty. The planner on this site produces a brief that covers most of it.
No. Oak & Ember Outdoor Living is a fictional concept website built by Geek Heros to demonstrate clarity-first web design. No landscaping services, appointments or consultations are offered here.
Start with the planner and bring a clear brief to the conversation. Ten minutes now saves a great deal of guessing later.
Concept demo by Geek Heros — fictional business, not a real contractor and not actual client results.