From a 1/4 acre single plot, to a large rambling rural estate, the Oakleigh Manor Design team are experienced large Garden Landscape Designers, having completed projects throughout South East England within the three decades.
The highly talented and passionate team at Oakleigh Manor have been designing and building numerous large garden projects, encompassing large format Landscape Design, phases programs of works, delivered by Skilled Project teams of Landscape Groundwork & Hardscape, Drainage, Irrigation Systems, Landscape Lighting, Swimming Pools and much more, all backed up with a highly skilled Horticultural team providing ongoing to the level required by our clients.
In respect of size or area, our Large Garden Design Packages are great for Gardens that are larger than 1/4 of acre.
Any large Garden Design will include many Focal points within your new scheme design. All focal points are created by strengthening the most important features within the area, and directing the landscape and your eyes towards them.
Our design team will use focal point/s to enhance the sense of space, enhance the beautiful features of your garden, and distract you from negative surroundings that are out of your control.
Our Lighting systems often prioritise the need for illumination of your strong focal points, see our Garden Lighting Services for more information.
Most Large Gardens, be it a traditional or a contemporary design style, have linear rows of Landscape structure which create a channel of flow and vision within the landscaped space. A simple Yew Hedge-line, or a rows of evenly spaced specimen trees placed either side of a centre line create a frame of timeless structure for your new landscape scheme.
Our Design team will include these within your new Large Garden scheme design, whether it be to create hardscape pathways, driveways or soft landscape materials in the way of clever planting or lawn alignment.
There’s not many better ways to do than eating and entertaining within the garden, so within your Large Garden scheme, we will try to create you many places to dine out.
Our designers will design your outdoor dining room, balanced and softened with beautiful foliage and flower from a flourishing planting scheme.
Whether you require a secretive spot to hide away for a morning coffee, or a more accommodating space to feed your family, our design team will create the space that suits you and your home.
By the clever use of outdoor sofas and relaxation furniture positioned next to a feature fireplace, an outdoor lounge literally creates not only an extra room for your home, but in our view the best room of the house. Well designed planting around a stunning terrace encapsulates the area to create an intimate atmosphere and warm space to relax, dine & entertain friends within the garden.
You can even cover your Lounge area with a cleverly designed shelter, a glazed traditional Pergola or a contemporary awning can keep you outside even when the wet weather shows up, making this more than just an occasional summer evening space.
Well designed Lighting and magical effects provide yet another dimension for your Large Garden, whether you are within the garden space, or viewing the garden from the inside during the evenings or the winter months.Our Design team will design a bespoke Lighting system for your entire external space, to illuminate various areas or rooms within the garden, the main features, the planting scheme, or simply warm pools of downlight to bathe the hard surfaces with pleasant and practical light.With the clever use of our light fittings, and LED energy saving technology, our lighting systems not only create stunning effects, but combined with low running costs, you will want your lights on all the time its dark.
Working with nature with an existing Woodland, or creating a new Wooded area, our Design team can develop a Woodland area within your Large Garden or Estate.
A new Woodland area is indeed a long term project, encompassing decades of development, however the reward for our environment and yourself as you watch it establish makes a Woodland an absolute “must” for a Large Garden nor Estate Scheme.
Our Horticultural team combined with Arboriculturalists can provide long term management and maintenance for your Woodland going forward.
The presence of water in a Large Garden is almost essential, a Water Feature creates not only a idyllic feature for any garden, but the sound of water is often tranquil relaxing, adding another sensory ingredient to your new garden space. Over recent decades, Oakleigh Manor have created numerous natural features including Lakes, Large Ponds, Waterfalls & Streams, as well as many other contemporary or traditional water features.
Our Design team can design your new feature, together with a water Management system to ensure your feature provides optimum performance and minimal maintenance and hassle.
Our Landscape Designers will not only help you create a beautiful Large Garden, but our team will design and install an efficient and intelligent watering system for the new scheme.
Our systems are designed to deliver the correct amount of water, at the correct time, to each area/zone of your Large Garden, through Pop Up sprinklers, Micro sprinklers, Dripline Pipe and adjustable drippers.
Your system can easily be designed once your Master Landscape design is complete, we can also harvest the Rainwater from your house any new hardscape catchment areas, making your garden an even greener place.
Focal points
Any large Garden Design will include many Focal points within your new scheme design. All focal points are created by strengthening the most important features within the area, and directing the landscape and your eyes towards them.
Our design team will use focal point/s to enhance the sense of space, enhance the beautiful features of your garden, and distract you from negative surroundings that are out of your control.
Our Lighting systems often prioritise the need for illumination of your strong focal points, see our Garden Lighting Services for more information.
Avenues & Vistas
Most Large Gardens, be it a traditional or a contemporary design style, have linear rows of Landscape structure which create a channel of flow and vision within the landscaped space. A simple Yew Hedge-line, or a rows of evenly spaced specimen trees placed either side of a centre line create a frame of timeless structure for your new landscape scheme.
Our Design team will include these within your new Large Garden scheme design, whether it be to create hardscape pathways, driveways or soft landscape materials in the way of clever planting or lawn alignment.
Alfresco Dining within Large Gardens
There’s not many better ways to do than eating and entertaining within the garden, so within your Large Garden scheme, we will try to create you many places to dine out.
Our designers will design your outdoor dining room, balanced and softened with beautiful foliage and flower from a flourishing planting scheme.
Whether you require a secretive spot to hide away for a morning coffee, or a more accommodating space to feed your family, our design team will create the space that suits you and your home.
Outdoor Lounges in Large Gardens
By the clever use of outdoor sofas and relaxation furniture positioned next to a feature fireplace, an outdoor lounge literally creates not only an extra room for your home, but in our view the best room of the house. Well designed planting around a stunning terrace encapsulates the area to create an intimate atmosphere and warm space to relax, dine & entertain friends within the garden.
You can even cover your Lounge area with a cleverly designed shelter, a glazed traditional Pergola or a contemporary awning can keep you outside even when the wet weather shows up, making this more than just an occasional summer evening space.
Lighting Design for Large Gardens
Well designed Lighting and magical effects provide yet another dimension for your Large Garden, whether you are within the garden space, or viewing the garden from the inside during the evenings or the winter months.Our Design team will design a bespoke Lighting system for your entire external space, to illuminate various areas or rooms within the garden, the main features, the planting scheme, or simply warm pools of downlight to bathe the hard surfaces with pleasant and practical light.With the clever use of our light fittings, and LED energy saving technology, our lighting systems not only create stunning effects, but combined with low running costs, you will want your lights on all the time its dark.
Woodland Areas
Working with nature with an existing Woodland, or creating a new Wooded area, our Design team can develop a Woodland area within your Large Garden or Estate.
A new Woodland area is indeed a long term project, encompassing decades of development, however the reward for our environment and yourself as you watch it establish makes a Woodland an absolute “must” for a Large Garden nor Estate Scheme.
Our Horticultural team combined with Arboriculturalists can provide long term management and maintenance for your Woodland going forward.
Lakes, Ponds & Waterfalls
The presence of water in a Large Garden is almost essential, a Water Feature creates not only a idyllic feature for any garden, but the sound of water is often tranquil relaxing, adding another sensory ingredient to your new garden space. Over recent decades, Oakleigh Manor have created numerous natural features including Lakes, Large Ponds, Waterfalls & Streams, as well as many other contemporary or traditional water features.
Our Design team can design your new feature, together with a water Management system to ensure your feature provides optimum performance and minimal maintenance and hassle.
Irrigation systems… Turn on the Rain
Our Landscape Designers will not only help you create a beautiful Large Garden, but our team will design and install an efficient and intelligent watering system for the new scheme.
Our systems are designed to deliver the correct amount of water, at the correct time, to each area/zone of your Large Garden, through Pop Up sprinklers, Micro sprinklers, Dripline Pipe and adjustable drippers.
Your system can easily be designed once your Master Landscape design is complete, we can also harvest the Rainwater from your house any new hardscape catchment areas, making your garden an even greener place.
If you would like your garden redesigned by our Design team, simply complete the enquiry form or call the team today. No fees are charged for an initial chat or for most initial site meetings. We will prepare you a written “Design Fee Proposal” prior to proceeding with any charges to you.
So firstly, we will need a little bit of your time to find out a little about your ideas, then we would look to arrange an Initial Site Meeting with one of our designers, at a time convenient to you, preferably at the site location or to view drawings of developing scheme projects. At the meeting, we will listen to your requirements, then suggest the some ideas and provide advise for your project. This will take approximately one hour of your time.
Once we understand your Design requirement, we will submit a Design Fee Proposal for you to consider with no obligation, this will state our Design Fees and the stages of design work we will carry out for you.
Our service is tailored to suit you, your home and your requirements so your Design Fee proposal will specify the correct type of survey required, whether you will need to invest into an optional Concept Design stage, and the appropriate stages of the process.
Each Design Package offers the most suitable survey type, a client brief, a conceptual stage if required, finally we will create a large format Master Design together with a Garden Installation Quotation & Specification to construct the new design. “Our Garden Design Process (The stages)” below which explains the different stages of a design process and the options that may be suitable for your new scheme. We also provide planning guidance for all projects that require local authority or other permissions.
