George Stone Gardens · Garden Design
See your garden
before it exists.
The design process that lets you sign off your finished garden — in motion and in photoreal detail — before we break ground.
The risk we remove
Most people spend more on a garden than on a car — yet can only picture it from a flat plan they can’t read.
We remove the risk. You approve your garden in a moving flythrough and see it in photoreal renders before any ground is broken.
A garden you can see, approve and price before we break ground. Every design draws on over a decade of specialist landscape construction and hundreds of completed gardens. You sign off the layout in motion, see the key views in photoreal detail, and have complete visibility of the build — billed open-book, with full clarity at every stage.
Sign-off, then certainty
See it move. See it real.
First you approve your garden in a moving flythrough of the design model. Then we render the key views in photoreal detail — so the garden you imagine and the garden we build are the same garden.
The process
Four stages. No guesswork.
Survey point cloud Capture
Our own LiDAR and drone survey records your plot exactly as it is. Where a project needs survey-grade terrestrial control, we bring in a chartered surveyor with their Leica equipment.
Vectorworks Landmark model Design
Your garden is designed as a full Vectorworks Landmark model — levels, structures, surfaces and planting, built around how you actually live.
Flythrough for sign-off Sign-off flythrough
You approve the layout and design by watching a flythrough of the model — your garden in motion, before any ground is broken.
Photoreal hero render Hero renders
Once you've signed off, we produce photoreal renders of the key views — the images your finished garden will be measured against.
The design service
What the design phase gives you
Concept & design intent
The thinking behind the garden — how it relates to the house, the light, and the way you live.
Vectorworks model
Your full garden as a Vectorworks Landmark model: levels, structures, surfaces and planting.
Sign-off flythrough
A flythrough of the model so you approve the layout and design in motion, before the build.
Hero renders
Photoreal stills of the key views, produced once you've signed off.
Outline specification
The materials and planting palette your garden is designed around.
Construction information — setting-out, levels, drainage and full specifications — belongs to the build phase, not design. The design phase gives you a garden you can see, approve and price with confidence.
George Stone Gardens · Garden Design
See your garden
before it exists.
The design process that lets you sign off your finished garden — in motion and in photoreal detail — before we break ground. Every garden below was designed, modelled and rendered before a single spade went in.
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Selected projects
Work of a similar scale
A selection of completed projects — large-scale paving, water features, stone walls and considered planting. Tap any image for the full gallery.
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What our clients say
Gardens that speak for themselves
We've built hundreds of gardens across Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds. Here's what some of our clients have to say — including projects with similar scope and complexity to yours.
George-Stone helped us design a transformational landscape scheme for our rear garden which included an eye-catching water feature, large patio, trees and lighting. Andy and his hardy team battled through the winter months and delivered a high quality result on time. They are a good team to work with and I'm happy to recommend their services.
The team at George-Stone Gardens are very courteous, polite — and not at all intimidated by a large project. High standards (especially around our specialist stone work) were impressive. The team was professional, personable and hard working.
Kirsty and her team did a fantastic job on re-landscaping our back garden. The quality of the dry-stone walling in particular is amazing and admired by everyone visiting. The team were extremely polite and personable and very hardworking.
We are so pleased with our new garden design. Our garden is now so much more usable for entertaining and as it develops will provide us with year-round interest. The aftercare has been excellent — follow-up visits and plant care advice.
A fabulous result brought about by a fabulous team! From the planning to the realisation of the final effect, Kirsty and her team were communicative and always willing to help. A boring area of sloping grass transformed into a multi-tiered garden complete with patio and fully planted.
Selected commercial and media clients
Watch the build
RHS Tatton Park 2023
The Balanced Garden
Our RHS Gold Medal-winning show garden, designed by Amy Gunning and constructed by the George Stone Gardens team. Featured on BBC Gardeners’ World from 5:17.
RHS Tatton Gold · Landscaping Team · 2023
Your team
The people behind the garden
Our team’s credentials span show gardens, royal estates, and hundreds of private commissions across the Cotswolds.
Ian Stone
Director
Your main point of contact. Ian led the team to Gold at RHS Tatton Park with months of pre-planning — the same preparation and commitment to excellence behind every George Stone garden. The show garden was featured on BBC Gardeners' World, a reflection of the construction quality delivered on every project.
Kirsty Stone
Operations Director
Deep construction experience and local connections. Kirsty manages scheduling, supplier coordination, cost reporting, and programme delivery — and excels at selecting the right suppliers and materials tailored to each project's needs and budget.
Callum
RHS Gold Medal Principal Landscaper
Callum has worked in every role in George Stone's operations and has deep knowledge of what it takes to execute landscaping at the highest level. His RHS Gold Medal was awarded for achieving what the judges described as “a near faultless construction.”
Laura
Principal Garden Designer
Laura's training began at the Royal Gardens at Highgrove under some of the country's foremost horticulturalists. She honed her skills on private estates throughout the Cotswolds and with the National Trust, before studying under Robin Templar-Williams — a five-time RHS Gold Medallist. Her designs are well-considered, balanced, and ecologically mindful.
Gareth
RHS Gold Landscape Consultant
Over 30 years' experience and a permanent consultant and mentor to the George Stone teams. 7 RHS Gold Medals, 14 Best in Show, and over 30 RHS medals in total. A key figure in the Chartered Institute of Horticulture, BALI, and the Garden Media Guild.
Liz
Design & Landscapes Consultant
Over twenty years' experience in exterior and interior design and project implementation. Liz works closely with designers, construction teams, and clients to bring the designer's concept and the client's vision to fruition with exceptional finesse.
Credentials
- Established · hundreds of completed gardens
- 15 years
- Established · hundreds of completed gardens
- Landscaping Team · 2023
- RHS Tatton Gold
- Landscaping Team · 2023
- Featured · Tatton Park 2023
- BBC Gardeners' World
- Featured · Tatton Park 2023
Begin the garden.
The other half of your property is waiting to be designed.
01242 234 929 · adam@gsgardens.co.uk
14–15 Montpellier Arcade, Cheltenham, GL50 1SU