DesignerGarden.Space is Tim's garden design and build practice, working exclusively across three South Manchester neighbourhoods. For six years, Tim has been transforming local gardens — patios that feel like Pikes in Ibiza, pergolas that complete a kitchen-diner, Scandi-influenced front gardens that change with the seasons.
The approach is simple: we take on one project at a time. The team turns up, every day. Quotes are detailed and arrive within seven days of the site visit. The design is yours to approve before a single paver is laid. And every garden is backed by a workmanship guarantee.
Detailed costed breakdown within seven days of the site visit — no surprises, no padding.
Designs drawn for your sign-off. Paving samples on-site. Planting selected together.
Workmanship is guaranteed — full peace of mind from foundations to finishing planting.
The highest standards of communication throughout — you'll always know where things stand.
Every garden is a unique response to its site, its owner and how it'll be lived in. These are the elements we draw on — combined, sequenced and detailed for you alone.
Cooking zones, hot tub corners, privacy and shade — bespoke pergolas built in materials chosen for your garden.
Foundations and drainage done properly. Creative patio compositions in stone, porcelain and reclaimed materials.
Well-placed, season-aware planting. Raised beds in steel, timber or stone — built to last.
Drama and impact in small intimate spaces — the trick that makes a courtyard feel like a garden.
Designed and installed by a qualified electrician. Garden lighting that earns its keep at every hour.
Basketball hoops, child-safe corners, vegetable plots — gardens that grow with your family.
Rustic landscaping, bee and butterfly-friendly planting — gardens that feel as good as they look.
High-spec tiling, precision landscaping, architectural restraint — for gardens that read as quietly modern.
Individually creative touches — the small unique moments that turn a finished garden into yours.
I would 100% recommend Designer Garden if you want the most chic garden on the street. When I look outside I feel as though I've been transported to Pikes in Ibiza and out of Costa del West Didsbury.
An appointment within one week of getting in touch. We walk the garden, talk through what you want, and listen carefully.
Initial quote sent within one week of the visit. No vague figures — costed properly the first time.
Detailed breakdown of every line, with continuing transparency right through the project. You always know exactly where the money goes.
A bespoke design for sign-off. Paving samples on the patio. Plant choices considered together. Nothing built until you approve.
Every garden carries a workmanship guarantee. Full peace of mind, long after the last plant is in the ground.
Tim spent more than two decades as a content producer and creative director — setting up photography studios for some of Britain's most recognisable home retailers and advertising agencies. Composing a shot. Sourcing the right materials. Making sure every detail in frame earned its place.
Six years ago, he followed a long-held dream and turned that same eye onto real gardens, in real homes. The result is a practice that treats every project like an editorial shoot: the materials are chosen with care, the planting is composed, the lighting is considered. And when it's finished, it photographs as well as it lives.
When he's not in a garden, Tim is learning Italian and training for a 250km gravel bike ride next June.
I would 100% recommend Designer Garden if you want the most chic garden on the street. I asked Tim to turn my small town house garden into a space where I could entertain friends and family and Tim transformed it into the ultimate party garden. Tim was super professional, used quality materials and helped work around my budget.
We asked for a garden with that extra wow factor — and Tim certainly delivered. After investing heavily in our kitchen diner, the garden's design needed to complement it perfectly, and Tim understood that from the start. He remained professional and communicative throughout, mindful of the budget. We now have an amazing garden that completes our home.
Tim designed and completely transformed our dull neglected front garden into an eye-catching contemporary Scandi influenced delight! Tim kept us informed at every stage, produced samples of all the paving and pebbles used and even took us to select plants. Punctual, hardworking and polite — we strongly recommend Tim for your own creation.
Tim has done a great job on my garden. He sorted out the tree removal, ground maintenance, patio, fencing, lighting, installing a bespoke pergola and plants! It now looks great, I'm really pleased with the final outcome.
I gave Tim a very open brief for my plain back garden and he really brought it to life. It involved digging, levelling, a new path, lighting and a LOT of plants! It looks great but more importantly is much more enjoyable to spend time in. Recommended.
Tim listened to our ideas and took them on board, giving us the 'art of the possible'. He also came up with other ideas that we hadn't thought of but still in keeping with our priorities. Tim and his team always turned up when he said they would and the end result has exceeded our expectations. Highly recommend.
We work on one project at a time, which is why our summer slots fill quickly. If you're in Didsbury, The Heatons or Chorlton and you've been thinking about your garden — now's the time.