01 Landscaping

Gardens that suit this coast.

Full garden design and installation, worked with the natural shape of the land rather than against it.

Indigenous, water-wise plantingSite-specific designFull install, start to finish

Every garden starts with a walk around the site, not a planting list.

Every landscaping project starts with a real walkthrough of the site. We look at the land, the light, the wind and what you want from the space, then plan around what genuinely grows well here.

Ashley trained in nature conservation, and the planting follows from it: indigenous fynbos and other coastal species suited to this stretch of the Cape, in gardens designed to work with the local environment, with water-wise thinking built in.

The jobs pictured on this page include stone step paths, a rock-edged pond, terraced beds, paving, new lawn and tree planting. The same crew stays from the first visit to the final planting, and can look after the garden afterwards.

Stone step pathway through a flowering garden

What is included

Everything the job takes.

Young trees and indigenous planting along a garden fence line

Indigenous, water-wise planting

Crew planting a terraced retaining wall garden bed

Site-specific design

Crew planting a terraced roadside coastal bed with mountains behind

Full install, start to finish

Planting a feature tree beside a home entrance

Same team throughout

Established garden bed with a grass path and mountain backdrop

Free quote after a walkthrough

From the field

Landscaping in the real world.

A gardener spreading soil across bare ground beside a house, preparing it for new lawn

Crew planting a rock-edged bed beside a house

A rocky coastal bed planted with proteas and indigenous plants

A new paver path laid across a lawn beside a brick house

Marigolds and young plants set out in a gravel courtyard garden

A gardener planting a bed beside a timber house with stone steps

Planting a freshly dug island bed on a lawn

Stone path and fynbos

Rock-bordered bed

Before and after

Drag the line.

Before and after of a stone seating area After: Before and after of a stone seating area

Before: Before and after of a stone seating area

BeforeAfter

From bare stone seating area to a finished fire pit space

Before and after of a stone raised garden bed After: Before and after of a stone raised garden bed

Before: Before and after of a stone raised garden bed

BeforeAfter

A stone raised bed, before and after planting

Questions

Straight answers.

Do you handle design and ongoing maintenance?

Yes, we handle full turnkey projects. We design, install, and then maintain the garden going forward.

Do you provide free quotes?

Yes, every quote is free. Pricing itself is project based: it depends on the scope and size of the job, not a flat rate.

How long does a project take?

It depends on the job and the time of year. Most jobs can be done within a week or two. August to December is the busy season, because everyone wants things finished before the Christmas shutdown. Bigger jobs sometimes have to wait, and at the busiest times the waiting list has been three to four months, because the team does the work itself and does not outsource.

Do you use your own team?

Yes, no subcontractors. Most of the team has been with Ashley for seven to ten years, built up together from the start. Everyone is cross-trained, so the same crew that handles landscaping can run a full garden service too.

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