How We Work with Your Garden’s Natural Character

Every garden comes with its own quirks and features - from steep slopes to mature trees or tucked-away corners. Instead of hiding these features, great garden design celebrates them. Our team works with the natural contours and existing character of your space to create a garden that feels authentic, practical and uniquely yours.

Key Takeaways

• Work with what you have: Natural slopes, dips and mature features can be transformed into standout elements.
• Enhance, don’t erase: Character features like ponds, hedges and established trees can add structure and beauty when incorporated thoughtfully into a new design.
• Design around your lifestyle: Whether you want a social space or a peaceful retreat, your lifestyle determines how these features are used.

Every garden has its own personality. Maybe it’s a sloping lawn, a special tree or a quirky corner with a hidden pond…

Great garden design includes working with these unique features, not against them. That’s where our garden designers come in, they know how to highlight the character of your garden while creating a space that’s both practical and beautiful.

Working with Your Garden’s Natural Contours

Every garden has its own shape and structure, from gentle (or steep) slopes to uneven patches of ground, but they can be quite charming. Rather than trying to flatten or reshape everything, we can work with your garden’s natural contours to preserve the most desirable elements of its character.

Our professional Kent-based garden designers will assess the terrain and plan ways to enhance it. Slopes can be turned into terraces, gentle rises can become feature planting areas and natural dips can be used for drainage or seating spots. By working with the land rather than against it, we maintain the garden’s charm while making it more practical and enjoyable.

This approach also helps reduce large-scale earthworks and keeps your garden more sustainable in the long run. Your garden’s landscape becomes part of the design, providing a space that’s functional, beautiful, and uniquely yours.

Bank Before Terracing 

Bank Terraced

Highlighting Character Features

Before we consider imposing new features, we give attention to the garden’s personality. Natural ponds, mature hedges, quirky corners or mature trees are all features that give your garden character – and can be valuable features. Our team know how to both incorporate and enhance them.

For example, a pond can be framed with a wooden deck for seating, creating a peaceful retreat or entertainment area. A hedge might become a privacy screen or a living boundary that adds structure. Even ‘awkward’ corners can be transformed into focal points with clever planting, paths or lighting.

By combining hard landscaping, planting schemes and thoughtful lighting, our garden design and build projects make sure that every feature feels integrated and intentional. The result is an outdoor space that celebrates its unique character while remaining practical and easy to enjoy.

Mature Tree Landscape Before

Mature Tree After

Working with Your Lifestyle

Your garden should reflect how you live. Maybe you love entertaining friends, or perhaps you want a quiet retreat for reading and relaxation. Your lifestyle will guide how character features are incorporated! 

Garden Design and Build in Kent and The Surrounding Areas

At Haywood Landscapes, we have been advising clients and building beautiful outdoor spaces across Kent and the surrounding areas for over 30 years.

If you’re ready to transform your garden, contact us here or call us on 01227 733447 to learn more about our landscaping services.