North West landscaping: gardens built properly, from the sub-base up.
No two gardens are the same — and that's exactly why we love this work. Flagging and Indian stone, fencing, lawns, decking, full transformations: one family crew, every trade in-house, and a fixed written quote — usually the same day we survey.
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Every garden is a different puzzle. We build them all.
One week it's an overgrown plot in Preston that becomes a crisp flagged garden with a white stone border in two days. The next it's a full transformation in Tottington — two patios, a new lawn, fencing and a purpose-built sleeper allotment in six. That variety is exactly why we love landscaping, and it's why we never do it by template.
What never changes is how we build: the ground first. Excavation to a true level, a compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base, proper falls for drainage — then the surface you actually see. It's the part of the job cheap quotes skip, and the reason our gardens still look right years later.
Every trade is in-house — groundworks, paving, joinery, fencing — with Liam, Ryan or Paul on site. And every project is documented: real photos, real spec, real tonnage, real prices, published as case studies you can read before you hire us.
Same-day quotes Promise
We survey your garden free, talk through ideas on the spot, and aim to have a fixed, itemised written quote back to you the same day we visit. No ballparks, no waiting a fortnight.
Built on the sub-base Spec
Compacted MOT Type 1, screeded grano or sand, proper falls — we publish the tonnage we cart in and out of real jobs because the ground is the difference between two years and twenty.
One crew, start to finish Family-run
No subcontractors. The crew that digs the ground lays the stone, builds the fence and hands the garden back finished — backed by our aftercare commitment.
Eight ways to transform a garden. One standard.
Every photo below is from a real Wolsten job — no stock images, ever.
Flagging & Indian Stone Paving
Patios, paths and full flagged gardens — concrete flags or mortar-jointed Indian sandstone, always on a compacted sub-base with proper falls.
Full Garden Transformations
The whole garden re-imagined and rebuilt — patios, lawns, fencing, sleeper beds and planting areas, designed around how you'll actually use it.
Garden Fencing
New fence lines, replacement panels and posts — set straight, set solid, and finished to match the rest of the garden.
Lawns — Turf & Artificial
Real turf laid on prepared ground, or pet-friendly artificial grass on an engineered sub-base — whichever suits your garden and your life.
Sleepers, Raised Beds & Allotments
Purpose-built sleeper planters, raised beds and growing areas — like the allotment we built into the Tottington transformation.
Garden Clearance
Overgrown, abandoned or just defeated by it? We clear, grub out and cart away — and leave you a blank canvas or a finished garden.
Decking — Composite & Timber
Design-and-build decking on engineered sub-frames — composite from £230/m², timber from £180/m², with an instant online price calculator.
Artificial Grass Installation
Our most-documented service — 11 published installs across the North West, every one on a full MOT sub-base with per-m² fixed pricing.
Price your project in 30 seconds.
The only instant landscaping price calculators in the North West — built from the same rates we quote with. Decking: composite from £230/m², timber from £180/m². Artificial grass: sub-base only or full supply & fit, in three grades. Enter your dimensions, get a real guide price on the spot.
Decking calculator → Artificial grass calculator → Flagging calculator coming next. For everything else: free survey, fixed quote, usually same day.What real gardens actually cost.
We don't hide our prices behind a phone call. These are three real projects — what they cost, how long they took, and every stage photographed.
Garden Flagging — Preston
An overgrown, unused garden transformed with 80+ grey flags and a white decorative stone border — in two days flat.
Read the full case study →Indian Stone Patio — Altrincham
An old gravel seating area replaced with mortar-jointed Indian sandstone on a compacted MOT sub-base.
Read the full case study →Full Transformation — Tottington
Two patios, artificial grass, new fencing and a purpose-built sleeper allotment — from an abandoned, rubble-strewn plot.
Read the full case study →Survey to walkthrough — the Wolsten way.
Free survey
We walk your garden with you, listen to what you want from it, and talk through ideas and honest options on the spot — no obligation.
Same-day written quote
A fixed, itemised quote — materials, labour, waste away — usually back to you the same day we survey. The price we quote is the price you pay.
The ground first
Clearance, excavation to a true level, compacted MOT Type 1 sub-base and falls for drainage — the invisible work that makes everything last.
The build
Paving, fencing, lawns, timber work — one in-house crew start to finish, with the founders on site and your garden left tidy every night.
Walkthrough & aftercare
We walk the finished garden with you, photograph it for the case-study record, and back the work with our aftercare commitment.
The three of us in every garden.
Liam, Ryan and Paul — plus trusted regulars like Kieran and Steve when the job needs more hands.
Groundwork obsessives
Ryan leads the digs, the sub-bases and the levels. If you read our case studies you'll notice we talk about tonnage more than turf — because that's where gardens are won and lost.
Finish carpentry on tap
Paul — master joiner — handles the fencing, sleeper work, decking frames and the finishing details that make a garden feel built rather than assembled.
Quoted same day, fixed in writing
Liam surveys, quotes and stays your point of contact throughout. Free survey, fixed itemised quote usually the same day, no deposit — and an aftercare commitment when we're done.
Landscaping — straight answers.
How much does landscaping cost?
It genuinely varies — which is why we publish real numbers instead of vague ranges. Recent documented projects: a full flagged garden in Preston for £1,700 (2 days), an Indian stone patio in Altrincham for £3,100 (3 days), and a complete transformation in Tottington — two patios, lawn, fencing, sleeper allotment — for £6,900 (6 days). Your garden gets a free survey and a fixed itemised quote, usually the same day.
How long do landscaping projects take?
Most of our garden projects run 2-6 days on site: simple flagging around 2 days, patios around 3, and full multi-element transformations around 6. We agree the programme before we start and stick to it.
Do you take away the waste?
Always — it's in the quote. Clearance, excavation spoil, old fencing and rubble all leave in our skips or wagons. On the Tottington job alone we cleared an abandoned plot full of rubble before a single flag went down.
Indian stone or concrete flags — which should I choose?
Concrete flags give a clean, uniform, budget-friendly finish — the Preston garden is a great example. Indian sandstone costs more but brings natural variation and a premium feel, laid with mortar joints like our Altrincham patio. Both get the identical sub-base underneath; we'll show you samples of each at the survey.
Will my new patio or lawn drain properly?
Yes — drainage is designed in, not hoped for. Surfaces are laid to falls, sub-bases are free-draining compacted MOT Type 1, and where a garden holds water we deal with it at ground level before any surface goes down.
Do you take on small jobs?
Happily. A fence repair, a small path, a tired corner of the garden — small jobs done well are how most of our long-term customers found us. No job too small to quote.
Can you help with design and ideas?
That's our favourite part. Tell us how you want to use the garden — kids, dogs, entertaining, growing — and we'll sketch honest options at the survey, including what we'd do if it were ours and what we'd skip to protect your budget.
Landscaping across the North West.
Based in Westhoughton, Bolton. Most gardens are within a 45-minute drive — close enough to know the local ground conditions, and to pop back after handover if anything ever needs a second look.
What could your garden become?
Free survey, honest ideas on the spot, and a fixed written quote — usually the same day. Bring us the overgrown, the tired and the impossible: that's the fun part.
