Real Garden Transformations

Every garden has a story. Here are some of our favourite projects — the challenges we faced, the solutions we delivered, and the results our clients love.

Clifton Terrace cottage garden after full makeover by Green Thumb Gardens

Garden Design Garden Clearance Planting

Clifton Terrace — Cottage Garden Makeover

🔴 The Challenge

The clients had a 40ft south-facing town garden that had been neglected for years. Dense bramble, compacted soil, and broken paving made it completely unusable.

🔧 Our Solution

Full clearance, rotavating and soil improvement, new Yorkshire stone paving, a mixed cottage-garden planting scheme, and a timber raised bed for vegetables.

🟢 The Result

A vibrant, low-maintenance garden the whole family now uses. Completed in 5 days. The client subsequently signed up for our monthly maintenance plan.

5 days

Project duration

Monthly plan

Now an ongoing client

Redland semi-detached garden — lush lawn restored from moss and thatch

Lawn Care Scarification Overseeding

Redland Semi — Lawn Rescued from Moss & Thatch

🔴 The Challenge

A heavily mossy, thatched lawn that was 60% bare. The client had tried DIY treatments for two seasons without success, and was considering artificial turf.

🔧 Our Solution

Mechanical scarification, full hollow-tine aeration, moss-killer treatment, professional overseeding with a hardwearing mix, and a 3-month spring fertiliser programme.

🟢 The Result

A thick, green lawn within 8 weeks. The client is now on our fortnightly maintenance schedule and the lawn has stayed in excellent condition for two years.

8 weeks

From bare to lush

2 years

Maintained since

Nailsea new build garden design — patio, lawn and planting from scratch

Garden Design Landscaping Turfing

Nailsea New Build — Garden Design from Scratch

🔴 The Challenge

A brand-new 3-bed house with nothing but bare soil and a concrete path. Young family wanted a usable garden quickly, with room for kids and low-maintenance planting.

🔧 Our Solution

Zone-based garden design: decked seating area, children's play lawn in premium turf, shrub borders with evergreen structure, and an integrated Laurel hedge boundary.

🟢 The Result

Delivered in 8 days. The clients were thrilled — this is one of our most referenced case studies. They've since referred three neighbours to us.

8 days

Bare soil to finished garden

3 referrals

Generated from this project

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