Garden Designer in Cheltenham
If you are looking for a garden designer in Cheltenham, you will not find one much closer to home. Cotswold Garden Designs is the studio of Steve Andrews, based in Sherborne (GL54) — a short drive from the town along the A40, deep in the landscape that gives Cheltenham gardens their character.
That proximity matters. It means site visits arranged around your diary rather than a travelling schedule, a designer who knows the local nurseries and stonemasons by name, and gardens conceived with an instinctive feel for how Cotswold light, stone and planting behave through the seasons.
Every project is designed personally by Steve — a Pre-Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers with more than a decade of horticultural and design experience — and carried from first conversation to finished garden.
Garden design services in Cheltenham
Whether you own a Regency townhouse in Montpellier with a walled courtyard behind it, a family home in Charlton Kings, or a period property in one of the villages beyond the town, the service is shaped around your plot and your life:
- Small and urban garden design — courtyards, terraces and compact town gardens designed to feel far larger than their footprint, and to look after themselves.
- Large garden design — country plots and generous village gardens, delivered in carefully managed phases.
- Planting plans — layered, seasonal planting matched to your soil, aspect and taste.
- Pre-design consultations — an hour of expert advice at your home, followed by a written report.
- Seasonal aftercare — personalised schedules and follow-up guidance to keep a new garden thriving.
You can browse all of these on the services overview.
Why choose a Cheltenham garden designer who knows the Cotswolds
Garden design in Cheltenham comes with its own vocabulary. Regency architecture asks for gardens with proportion and restraint. Conservation areas shape what can be built and where. Cotswold stone — in walls, paving and buildings — sets a palette that new landscape design should honour rather than fight.
Working from within the Cotswolds, the studio designs with these things as starting points, not obstacles. Materials are sourced from reputable local suppliers, plants come from trusted regional growers, and construction is carried out by skilled local trades under Steve's oversight — a quieter, more sustainable way of building a garden, and one that tends to age gracefully alongside the property it belongs to.
"The design included living walls, low flower beds, a herb garden, a built-in bench and a fountain… the result is a haven for people and wildlife."
— Charlotte, who worked with Steve over several months to redesign the small back yard beside her Cotswold cottage. Steve tendered the construction work and oversaw the build from start to finish.
Olwen, another local client, asked Steve to survey, design and plant a complete planting plan for her garden — and praised the artistic flair and depth of plant knowledge that went into it.
Questions Cheltenham clients often ask
Which parts of Cheltenham do you cover?
All of them — from the town centre, Montpellier, Pittville and The Suffolks out to Charlton Kings, Leckhampton, Prestbury and the surrounding villages. With the studio in Sherborne, most of the district is within half an hour.
Do you build the garden as well as design it?
Steve designs the garden, prepares the drawings and 3D visuals, tenders the work to trusted local contractors and oversees construction through to completion. Construction work carries a 12-month warranty.
How much does garden design cost?
Every garden — and every brief — is different, so pricing is prepared individually. After an initial conversation you will receive a tailored proposal with a clear quotation before anything is committed.
What is the first step?
A pre-design consultation: roughly an hour at your property to walk the space, discuss what you want from it and explore what is possible, followed by a written report you can act on in your own time.
Start a conversation about your garden
Tell us a little about your garden in Cheltenham — its size, its challenges, and what you would love it to become — via the contact form, and we will prepare a tailored proposal. No pressure, no obligation; just a considered starting point.
