Edit
We identify what is valuable, what is merely familiar and what is actively getting in the way.
Garden renovation
Keep the maturity. Lose the muddle.
A lighter-touch service for established gardens that have good bones but have become overgrown, disconnected or difficult to use.
Discuss your garden
The service
We identify what deserves to stay, repair the spatial structure and introduce new planting or materials only where they make the garden work better.
Older gardens often contain valuable ingredients: established trees, walls, hedges, stonework and plants that would take years to replace. The problem is usually that later additions have blurred the original structure or the way the garden is used has changed. Renovation is about editing carefully rather than clearing the site and starting again.
Garden review and edit plan
Selective clearance and reshaping
Reworked terraces, paths or boundaries
Rejuvenated and new planting
A good fit when
This service is likely to suit you if…
The garden has maturity you do not want to lose
Paths, patios or planting have become disconnected over time
You want a significant improvement without a complete rebuild
Existing planting needs editing, dividing or rebalancing rather than replacement
What happens next
From first conversation to a resolved garden.
Reconnect
Routes, seating and boundaries are simplified so the garden reads clearly again.
Replant
Existing specimens are reshaped where appropriate and new planting is used to rebuild rhythm and seasonal interest.
The Alder & Stone approach
Quiet decisions. Strong result.
We avoid overfilling a garden with features. Proportion, circulation, a limited material palette and confident planting usually do more than a long wish list.
That restraint also gives the garden room to age. Stone weathers, timber softens, plants fill out and the space becomes less “new” and more like part of the property.