R Ground Landscapes
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Garden design & build / Hinxworth, Hertfordshire

Start with the ground.

Design, build and maintain. Complete garden construction, from the first level to the last plant, across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

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Open Monday to Saturday, 07:00 to 17:00

A raised brick-slip planter with coping, set into a honey-coloured paved terrace with a clipped hedge and lawn behind
Terrace with raised planter
Wide entrance steps lit along every tread at night, with a glass balustrade
Who we are Over ten years in the ground

Every garden we build starts at ground level: the levels, the paving and the walls, then planting chosen for the conditions, and details done properly.

For over ten years we have built and maintained outdoor spaces to exacting standards. Our specialist garden construction team takes a project from hard landscaping right through to soft: a patio, a driveway, decking, a fence, a new lawn.

Homeowners, garden designers and construction specialists trust us with their most complex landscaping projects. We are a detail-focused team, and every garden we build is personal.

What we build See recent work

What we build

Hard landscaping to soft, from one team.

  • Layouts, planting and lighting planned together, around how you use the space. We also build from plans by garden designers.

    A hand-drawn garden plan

  • A patio is a focal point and a high-traffic area, so we balance style with strength. From porcelain to natural stone, laid to suit your garden.

    A wide honey-coloured paved terrace with a raised planter

  • A full bricklaying service, from small garden walls to full retaining structures.

    A garden wall in clay brick part-built, with bricks stacked on a pallet

  • Decking adds appeal and value to a home or business premises, in Millboard, composite, hardwood or softwood.

    A timber deck sub-frame being built beside a charcoal garden room

  • A neat, clean and good-looking gateway to your home, in block paving, resin bound or decorative stone.

    Graphite block paving leading to a new timber gate

  • A strong, well-made fence gives security, privacy and a boundary. It also frames the whole landscaping project.

    A dark-stained timber fence enclosing a lawn and paved terrace

  • A structure adds a whole new dimension to your outdoor living space.

    A square oak pergola over a sandstone terrace

  • Versatile and functional: a place for leisure or for work, and an extension of the home.

    A timber and charcoal garden room with sliding glass doors

  • Well-placed lights create atmosphere and highlight features, so you can enjoy the garden into the evening.

    A lit garden at dusk with a fire pit table

  • We take time to understand your garden, then choose plants that suit its conditions and keep thriving year after year.

    Young plants and grasses staged ready for planting

Recent work

Recent projects, photographed on site.

Aerial view of a paved terrace with a square raised planter, stepping stones and a round lawn
Stepping stones leading past a raised planter to the terrace, with a hedge beyond
Corner detail of a raised planter wall with a stone coping
An outdoor kitchen unit with a pizza oven on the finished terrace
Project
Terrace with raised planter
Includes
Paved terrace, planter with coping, stepping stones, outdoor kitchen
A timber and charcoal garden room facing a long run of pale porcelain paving edged with gravel planting
Aerial view of porcelain paving laid in bands between gravel beds and planting
Project
Garden room with porcelain and gravel
Includes
Large-format porcelain, gravel beds and planting, timber sleeper steps

Close up

  • A herringbone paver inlay with a border, set into large grey slabs

    Herringbone paver inlay set in large slabs

  • A terrace of star-patterned tiles in sunlight

    Star-patterned tile terrace

  • Brick steps rising through a planted garden to a paved landing

    Brick steps and paving, Welwyn

  • Close-up of two stone slabs with a chamfered edge

    Stone slabs, close up

After dark

Carefully positioned lighting creates atmosphere and picks out features, so a garden can be enjoyed into the evening as well as during the day.

A fire pit table at dusk in a garden with lit planting and a lit raised border
Fire pit and lit planting at dusk
A broad flight of steps lit along every tread, beside a glass balustrade
Entrance steps with integrated lighting
A timber pergola strung with lights over a seating area at night
Pergola and seating, lit

Design.
Build.
Maintain.

One garden, followed from the drawing board to the finished planting. We build from our own plans or from a garden designer’s.

  1. A hand-drawn garden plan showing curved paved areas, tree positions and borders

    Design

    We take time to understand the garden, then work out the layout, materials and planting together.

  2. Aerial view of the curved paving and brick edging under construction, with planting beds still bare

    Build

    Groundwork first, then paving, walling, decking, fencing and structures, built to exacting standards.

  3. The finished garden with curved gravel paths, brick edging and an olive tree in a brick-edged circle

    Maintain

    Plants chosen to suit the conditions, so they keep thriving year after year, with maintenance to keep the finished garden at its best.

Where we’ve built

Recent projects from the portfolio, close to our base in Hinxworth. Each one lists the main material we laid.

  • Porcelain paving and new lawn, Hinxworth Porcelain paving and new lawn Hinxworth
  • Jura limestone paving, Ashwell Jura limestone Ashwell
  • Vals Grigio porcelain paving, Walkern Vals Grigio porcelain Walkern
  • Silver grey porcelain paving with a new lawn, Hitchin Silver grey porcelain Hitchin
  • Arkistone Dark porcelain with a cedar-clad garden room, Hitchin Arkistone Dark porcelain Hitchin
  • Nero porcelain paving around a square of lawn, Hitchin Nero porcelain Hitchin
  • Modak rose sandstone patio, Lower Stondon Modak rose sandstone Lower Stondon
  • Seville clay paver and brickwork, Gosmore Seville clay paver and brickwork Gosmore
  • Florence White porcelain patio under a pergola, Biggleswade Florence White porcelain Biggleswade
  • Brazilian Gold porcelain with a raised bed, Letchworth Brazilian Gold porcelain Letchworth
  • Raj Green sandstone steps and paving, Welwyn Raj Green sandstone Welwyn
Approximate locations 11 projects, 9 places

Truly delighted with our new garden and patios. The workmanship was outstanding and done with real care and precision.

Vicki and Matt, Letchworth

The quality of the work undertaken exceeded our expectations and Richard and his team made sure the area was tidy before leaving the site.

Nigel and Sheila, Royston

Nothing was too much trouble, he has a positive “can do” approach and liaised closely with us about the progress of the work to make sure it was exactly what we wanted.

NC, Hitchin

Credentials and trade partners

  • Lantra
  • NPTC
  • City & Guilds
  • British Standards
  • London Stone
  • DuraPost by Fencemate

Insured up to £5m.

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Contractor
R Ground Landscapes
Based
Hinxworth, Hertfordshire
Covering
Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire
Working
Monday to Saturday, 07:00 to 17:00
Insured
Up to £5m