Haywood Landscapes: Our Journey to Excellence

Designing and Building Beautiful Gardens Since 1990

Founded by brothers Andy and Robert Wiggins in 1990, Haywood Landscapes has been crafting exquisite gardens for over 30 years across Kent and the surrounding areas.

Haywood Landscapes: Employee Owned Business

Haywood Landscapes is proud to be an Employee Owned Business. From our foundation, we have built up an unparalleled reputation for quality, service and stunning landscapes – but we didn’t do this alone…

Supported by a fantastic design and management team, plus three crews of committed and skilled garden landscapers, our success is a result of the dedication, skill and hard work of the entire workforce. In recognition of this and to fully harness the future potential of our team and the business, Andy and Rob set up and sold the business to an Employee Ownership Trust, empowering all employees with a stake in the company and share in its profits fairly. Both Andy and Rob continue in their day-to-day operational roles within the new structure.

This model aligns with government initiatives, promoting employee ownership and entrepreneurial attitudes, leading to increased company success, team satisfaction, profitability and sustainability.

Our Values, Your Project

At Haywood Landscapes, our core values drive the work we do, ensuring exceptional results that exceed your expectations – every single time.

When you choose Haywood Landscapes, you can expect:

Passion

Our team is driven by our passion for landscape design and construction. We believe that gardens are more than just outdoor spaces – they are representative of you – who you are, how you live and what matters to you in life. How you choose to use your garden fuels our creativity and inspires us to create gardens that are not only visually stunning but are also functional and sustainable.

Professionalism

With over 30 years of experience in the industry, we pride ourselves on our knowledge, expertise and reliability. From the initial consultation to the final touches of your project, you can trust that our team will handle every aspect with the utmost professionalism and attention to detail. We are committed to clear communication, transparent processes, and respectful collaboration, ensuring a seamless and stress-free experience for all our clients.

High Attention to Detail

The difference between a good garden and a truly exceptional one lies in the details. That's why we pay meticulous attention to every aspect of your project, from the layout and design to the selection of materials and plants. Even the smallest details can make the world of difference in the overall look and feel of your garden.

Proud Recognition and Prestigious Awards

We take pride in our work and are honoured when our dedication is recognised with awards. As founding members of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), we have garnered accolades at the Association's Annual Awards Ceremony and achieved recognition at prestigious events like the Hampton Court Flower Show.

Our professional services are also endorsed by:

The Horticultural Trades Association – members
Trust mark (a government endorsed quality mark) – members
Marshalls Garden products – Approved landscape contractors and driveway installers
Natural paving – Approved landscape professionals
Member of The Professional Garden Consultants Association - Andy Wiggins
Wildflower Turf – Accredited Partners

Sustainable Practices

Haywood Landscapes is committed to incorporating eco-friendly practices into all our projects. With environmental concerns in mind, this approach allows us to create beautiful gardens that are both visually stunning and kind to our planet.

Eco-Friendly Materials
Sustainable materials, such as reclaimed wood and natural stone are thoughtfully sourced to minimise our environmental footprint.
Water Conservation
We implement efficient drip irrigation systems and drought-tolerant planting schemes to reduce water usage without compromising the health and vitality of your garden.
Biodiversity
Promoting biodiversity is key to our landscaping approach. We incorporate native plants and design habitats that support local wildlife - creating gardens that are vibrant, diverse and in harmony with the surrounding ecosystem.
Recycling
All cleared vegetation is chipped and composted for re use as soil improver. Old concrete and paving slabs are crushed and recycled off site for use as foundation materials. The recycling is usually undertaken by our partners off site but on larger projects we sometimes recycle directly within the garden.

Health and Safety

Haywood Landscapes prioritises the well-being of our teams and clients by maintaining a safe working environment for all. Our personnel and health and safety systems undergo independent monitoring and are approved by Citation, a Queens Award Winning Service.

Some of our beautiful creations

A Modern Garden for Outdoor Living

As is often the case, when you move home, the garden you take on may not reflect your style or needs; it may be bigger or have elements that simply do not fit with your plans for enjoying your outdoor space. This was exactly the dilemma facing our clients near Faversham as they took on an awkward-shaped sloping garden...

A traditional country garden

Making the most of the natural beauty of the Kent countryside, a traditional country garden should reflect its outlying landscape character. Lending itself to a free-flowing, informal planting scheme, the more traditional rural landscape design will often feature wildflowers, natural water, some kitchen and cottage garden elements, and softer themes.

A Stylish Wilding of a New Home

Our brief was to create a garden for outdoor living that would also attract wildlife, to be contemporary in style yet informal.

A Contemporary Garden For Wildlife

Our client wanted a garden that would attract wildlife but not a textbook wildlife garden. She was keen to make a bold statement and wasn’t afraid of something a little out of the ordinary around her bungalow near the Kent coast

An Overlooked Garden Transformed

With a property on a large new-build development our clients were blessed with a relatively large garden, but it was set on a hillside and had an awful outlook towards tall fences, timber retaining walls and properties ‘up-slope’ looming over them.

A Striking Country Garden Design

This converted farm building was a cattle byre (or shed in plain terminology) and is set in a rural Kentish landscape

A Small Front Garden

Our client was planning improvements to her house with a new front door and other projects and felt the garden let the property down. It was scruffy and uninteresting and reflected poorly on her nice home.

An Informal Garden

One of the joys of being in a beautiful garden is that it helps us to relax and reconnect with nature. This is particularly so in a well-designed informal garden which our clients wish for their mature plot.

A Creative Drainage Solution

We were asked to specify and quote for the installation of a land drainage system for a large garden that routinely flooded in the winter. The soil was deep, heavy clay in a flat low-lying area with nowhere to drain to. We proposed a more creative solution:

A Large Garden To Compliment Contemporary Hanse Haus

Much like the Hanse Haus home it accompanies, this large formal garden is uncomplicated and professionally delivered with clean lines and a contemporary design.

A Family Garden

With no existing features or character to guide the design, new-build homes with ‘blank Canvas’ plots can sometimes be more challenging to design than a more mature garden. This particular example was sloping across its entire depth and featured poor heavy clay soil. It was also an irregular awkward shape, producing lots of additional challenges.

A Seaside Garden

Separated from the beach only by a quiet road and with a commanding view across the English Channel, this fine property in Deal was let down by the garden. With a massively overgrown rockery and dilapidated crazy paving their coastal garden design was very dated, in a poor state, and completely unmanageable for our clients who are an elderly couple. They wanted us to come up with some suitable seaside garden ideas that would transform their garden.

Haywood Landscapes: Our Journey to Excellence

Designing and Building Beautiful Gardens Since 1990

Haywood Landscapes: Employee Owned Business

Our Values, Your Project

Passion

Professionalism

High Attention to Detail

Proud Recognition and Prestigious Awards

Sustainable Practices

Health and Safety

Some of our beautiful creations

A Modern Garden for Outdoor Living

""After moving to our new home, we contacted Haywood Landscapes to breathe life into our lacklustre garden. From the outset, the team was responsive..."

A traditional country garden

"“We did not fully appreciate how a professional garden design could bring us such ever-changing beauty every day. Neighbours and passers-by often s..."

A Stylish Wilding of a New Home

"“In our brief to Andy, we requested a wildlife-friendly garden with a contemporary, shaded seating area and space for outdoor dining. It was a big ..."

A Contemporary Garden For Wildlife

"We were given a good service despite inclement weather. The design process itself was very enjoyable as we felt our ideas were really listened to....."

An Overlooked Garden Transformed

"A shed, greenhouse and compost area were concealed behind a trellis screen and arch with access from a sloping path to the rear. From the top of th..."

A Striking Country Garden Design

"Comments From Co-Founder of Haywood Landscapes, Andy Wiggins “As designers we can sometimes get possessive and precious about our creations. This w..."

A Small Front Garden

"To complete the transformation the client was fortunate to benefit from the removal of a rather ugly telegraph pole which sat right on the edge of ..."

An Informal Garden

"As you know we are delighted with our garden. We felt your professionalism was first class from start to finish, your gardeners were friendly and v..."

A Creative Drainage Solution

"This was definitely a case of working with nature rather than trying to fight it!"

A Large Garden To Compliment Contemporary Hanse Haus

"“We originally requested that Haywood Landscapes help us with the design and specification for landscaping the garden, in order that we could put t..."

A Family Garden

"Having bought a new home, we wanted a garden to match and chose Haywood Landscapes as we were impressed with Andrew's knowledge, ability to underst..."

A Seaside Garden

"Exactly what we had in mind. Our seaside garden design is Inspirational. Terrific, superb, Ideal for elderly people. The terrace is a really nice f..."

What our clients have to say about our garden design and builds