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Outdoor spaces, designed for living.

Design the garden of your dreams. An outdoor space designed for enjoying, for relaxing, for playing, for eating and drinking, for entertaining, for living.

It’s what we do through bespoke garden design in Harrogate, Leeds, York and surrounding areas in Yorkshire.

Flowers from RHS Tatton Macmillan Project delivered by Rob Hardy & Co

Your bespoke garden design

Designing your perfect garden begins with a conversation. Our garden designers listen to really understand what you want from your outdoor space. From there, we’ll create a concept plan and start designing.

A cropped photo of a selection of garden design plans on paper as part of the design process used by Rob Hardy & Co

Uniquely crafted for you

We work with a variety of clients across Harrogate, Leeds, Yorkshire and beyond. Contemporary or traditional, large scale or bijoux, each carefully considered design is unique to meet your personal taste and budget. Rob Hardy & Co. provide bespoke 2D and 3D garden design visuals

Photo of a garden design sketch being completed by Rob Hardy. The table is covered in papers from the plan, with the hand of Rob sketching over the top.

We have a wealth of award winning talent ready to work on your project. Rob is your lead garden designer and works alongside designers, garden architects, surveyors, project managers and horticulturalists, who are all specialists in their field.

Garden designers in Harrogate, Leeds, York and beyond

  • "Rob and the team are knowledgeable, experienced, creative and good listeners. They are well organised and use a simple pricing structure. All these things made the whole design process easy and enjoyable."

    Camilla Hawkes

  • “As the seasons change we seem to find different areas of the garden come into their own. It’s like discovering another element that Rob has planned but we hadn’t envisaged”

    Tim and Naomi Steere

  • “Rob and the team have been a breath of fresh air. They inspire confidence. After assessing the site Rob came back to us with plans and illustrations of their vision for our gardens. We are thrilled with the end result and cannot recommend Rob Hardy & Co highly enough.”

    John and Janet Grayshon

  • “We moved into a place with a neglected garden but with lots of potential. We needed someone who has loads of horticultural knowledge and the design expertise to help us. We found just the team we needed. They were professional, friendly and flexible. Rob took the time to get to know us and really understand our wishes and constraints. We are super happy with the outcome. Thank you!”

    Hanna and Gareth Murphy

  • “We instructed Rob Hardy & Co to design and oversee the construction of a sensory garden for a disabled client. They were a pleasure to work with throughout, highly professional and personable, and always on hand to answer any queries throughout the project. I will certainly use Rob Hardy & Co again, and can highly recommend!”

    Catherine Keeley, Potter Rees Dolan

  • “I’m really pleased with the work the team have done on my garden design. Thoughtful design, using the space well and incorporating things that are important to me as well as making innovative suggestions of their own.”

    Mrs Cook

  • “A fantastic experience from start to finish. Rob Hardy & Co came recommended to me and were a pleasure to deal with. Rob took a brief from us and we were so happy with the design that we didn’t change a thing. We’re very happy to recommend to other. Thanks guys!”

    Lou and Matt Wynne

  • "The design is absolutely perfect, Mike and I both love it and are very excited to make it happen."

    Holly and Mike Simpson

RHS Gold medal award-winning garden design.

What’s the process?

If you want to find out more about working with a garden designer, what to expect from the design process, how to choose a landscaper or tips for maintaining your garden, we’re here to help.

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Ready to embark on your design journey?

 

If you want to discuss a project or find out more about how we work and what we can do for you, get in touch.

 

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