Service 04 — Watford & 20 miles
Lawns & Planting
Premium turf — real and artificial — raised beds and planting that earns its place.
How we build it
A lawn is groundwork with grass on top. Real turf goes onto 100mm of screeded topsoil over decompacted ground; artificial lawn goes onto a compacted Type 1 and grano base with a shock pad and proper edge fixing — which is why ours still look right in year eight.
Around the lawn we build oak-sleeper and rendered raised beds, then plant in layered schemes — structure, seasonal interest, pollinators — matched to your soil and the hours of sun your garden actually gets.
Guide prices — 2026
fixed quote after survey
- Artificial lawn, supplied & installed
- from £80/m²
- Real turf, full preparation
- from £38/m²
- Oak sleeper raised beds
- from £160/lm
- Planting plan + supply + planting
- priced on design
Materials & spec
- Premium artificial turf
- 35–40mm dual-tone pile, permeable backing, brushed silica sand infill. 10-year UV warranty.
- Cultivated turf
- Seeded-and-grown lawn turf on prepared, levelled, fertilised topsoil.
- Oak sleeper beds
- New green oak or reclaimed sleepers, lined and drained.
- Planting schemes
- RHS-informed plans: evergreen structure, perennials, grasses and bulbs in layers.
Photography: curated comps standing in for Forged project imagery — see the shot list in the project docs.
Asked often
Lawns & Planting, answered.
Ours does — permeable backing over a free-draining sub-base sized to UK rainfall. No puddles, no smells, and pet-friendly infills where needed.
It's honest to say it divides opinion. Where clients want zero-maintenance green we fit the best permeable systems available; where wildlife matters more, we'll make the case for real turf and pollinator planting instead. You'll get a straight recommendation, not a sales line.
Autumn for structure and bare-root, spring for perennials. We plant year-round except frozen or waterlogged ground.
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