Laurence Maunder Garden Design & Consultancy

Taunton, Somerset

I have been working as a garden designer since the early 1990's and having worked as principal designer for 3 highly regarded landscape companies, I set up my own practice in 2003. Although based in Somerset, my work covers the whole of the Southwest, and throughout the UK designing for private individuals, developers, and organisations. My aim is always to create a garden that is right for each client by listening carefully to individual wishes and needs and interpreting these whilst respecting budget, the style of house, and it's surroundings. My experience in landscaping and construction means I always have practicality in mind and it is important to me that each client will feel very happy to recommend me. I have created gardens ranging from traditional to contemporary, and for country estates, barn conversions, town houses, and roof gardens etc. I have also designed for major RHS shows, winning 3 conscutive gold medals at Hampton Court Palace International Flower Show. My work has been featured on television and in several publications, and I am a registered member of the Society of Garden Designers (MSGD), whose key aims include the promotion of excellence in garden design and construction.

Services Provided

Bespoke Water Features, Decking Design, Garden Design, Garden Plans, Gazebo Design & Construction, Hardscaping, Patio Design, Project Management, Swimming Pool Design, Landscape design, Shed design, Trellis design, Pergola design

Areas Served

Taunton, Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Southwest, Exeter, Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, UK

Awards

Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers 3 RHS Gold Medals

13 Projects for Laurence Maunder Garden Design & Consultancy

Exeter, Devon

Formal pool design - Devon

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Taunton, Somerset

Garden design - Stone walling & steps - Somerset

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Poole

Garden design - Driveway stone walling - Dorset

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Yeovil, Somerset

Garden design - Small Formal Garden - Somerset

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Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead

Formal garden design - Windsor

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Plymouth

Landscape design - Help for Heroes - Parker VC Plymouth

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Exeter, Devon

Garden design - Formal Farmhouse Garden - Devon

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Wincanton, Somerset

Garden design - Farmhouse Garden Somerset

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Sherborne, England

Lutyens style formal sunken garden - Bristol

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Taunton, Somerset

Conservatory garden with curved walls and steps - Somerset

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Taunton, Somerset

Modern swimming pool - Cedar trellis with Synthetic decking - Somerset

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Taunton, Somerset

Garden design - Sunken Cottage Garden - Somerset

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13 Reviews for Laurence Maunder Garden Design & Consultancy

Nigel Pantling

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Project Date

Jun 2017

Project Price

£1,000 – £9,999

Laurence was great. Not a big project, but that didn't matter to him. He was professional, creative, understood the brief and was full of good ideas. I recommend him.

25 March, 2018

Tim May

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Client

Project Date

Mar 2018

Project Price

£10,000 – £49,999

Laurence did a great plan for our front garden. He took account of what we wanted to achieve and came up with ideas we would never have thought of on our own. He was great to work with and we would certainly recommend him.

21 March, 2018

Amanda Workman

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Project Date

Mar 2016

Project Price

£50,000 – £100,000

Such talent! Right on our doorstep. We couldn’t believe our luck when we found Laurence. Laurence gave us a plan for our neglected garden of 3 acres which had such unrealised potential. In the last 12 months we have had it all done and it’s fantastic. He didn’t even baulk when halfway through we said we had decided to have a pool incorporated into the design. He is professional with great plant knowledge, practical hard landscaping knowledge and a great eye for design. Laurence always did what he said he would do when expected and to our budget. He also helped on the ground during the implementation of his plan, consulting with the contractors and setting out the finer detail of the lawns. Laurence’s help was invaluable and the results are stunning.

20 March, 2018

Matt Millard

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Project Date

Nov 2017

Project Price

£1,000 – £9,999

Have used Laurences services on a number of occasions. He's great. Easy to get on with and produces fantastic designs. Will no doubt work with him again.

20 March, 2018

jeanniebaldock

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Project Date

Oct 2015

Project Price

£10,000 – £49,999

Laurence's professional designs made our waste land into an amazing country garden. He kept us informed all the way through and kept to time frames. It was a pleasure to work with him and his ideas were incredible and everyone who visits admires the design. It includes a lawned area, a pond, flower beds, natural bank planting, walling and driveway. We would not hesitate to recommend Laurence to others.

27 October, 2016

johnhughes1930

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Project Date

Feb 2016

Project Price

£10,000 – £49,999

Laurence is so good we have asked him to design three gardens at two houses for us. He listens to your needs and what you want from your garden, then produces a bespoke design that is totally focussed around your wishes, finding ways to magic delight from the space that you would never have dreamt of. I cannot recommend his services highly enough.

14 June, 2016Last modified:14 June, 2016

juliagov

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Project Date

Feb 2016

Project Price

£10,000 – £49,999

Laurence's professionalism, knowledge and friendly approach created immediate confidence in our minds that he would produce a great scheme to revitalise our large garden and general outside space. He stuck to agreed timelines for meetings, surveys, draft and final plan production which was much appreciated. His attention to detail and innovative ideas ensured a finished plan that is now springing to life as the project progresses. He was also able to suggest landscaping firms he has worked with. We have gone with Marco Laing from Splendid Landscapes who is similarly professional, friendly and very flexible to our needs. Be prepared to 'pay' for your plans - they are worth every penny! You will reap the benefits when the work gets under way without any glitches and in our case a 10 week project that 4 weeks in is running very smoothly. We have already reccomended Laurence to friends without hesitation.

20 March, 2016

fmjames

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Project Date

Mar 2015

Project Price

£1,000 – £9,999

Laurence helped us come up with a design that took into account our own ideas and solved the different heights we were working with to intragate the garden with the countryside.

29 February, 2016

lyndaandlloyd

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Project Date

Aug 2015

Project Price

£10,000 – £49,999

Professional and creates designs that work perfectly. The detailed survey is invaluable for the exceptional "hard landscaping" aspects which support the detailed planting advice. Could not recommend more highly.

26 February, 2016

HU-350586

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Project Date

Jun 2013

Project Price

£10,000 – £49,999

With a blank canvas, Laurence created a master plan for the garden and external works around our Grade II listed barn conversion. We didn't have the funds to implement it all at once but it has taken shape over the past couple of years and we are extremely pleased with the result. Laurence listened to our ideas and developed them along with his own into a well structured layout comprising patios and pathways with box hedging and lavender, a sunken decking area overlooking the pond with lawns and hedging further away from the house. We have received many complements from family and friends and have recently hired Laurence again to prepare the design for a further phase. We cannot recommend him highly enough. He is knowledgeable and creative, presents well both orally and on plan and is a pleasure to deal with.

26 February, 2016

sheilajp55

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Project Date

May 2014

Project Price

£1,000 – £9,999

Extremely happy with Laurence's design and overall courtesy. He is very pleasant and reliable with a willingness to listen to what we wanted to achieve and produced a very good plan to re-design our rear garden which included different options on cost. Would not hesitate in recommending him.

9 February, 2015

Comment from Laurence Maunder Garden Design & Consultancy:

Hi Sheila,
Many thanks for the Houzz review it's very appreciated. I hope the garden is progressing well.

Best regards,
Laurence

11 February, 2015

spratos

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Client

Project Date

Mar 2007

Project Price

£1,000 – £9,999

This is the second garden that Laurence has designed for us - it's being created at the moment. His designs are millimetre perfect and he listens well and created what we wanted but we didn't know how to achieve. Our first garden was a tiny cottage garden in which he managed to fit (beautifully ), a vegetable patch, bike shed, summer house, tiny lawn and sitting area and flower beds. It matured into a really stunning and quintessentially English cottage garden. His designs are many and varied so whatever you ask for, he will deliver. When we came to sell the house, we sold it in one day largely helped by the lovely garden. The price I quote was for the design of that garden as far as I can remember. The new garden he has designed for us is much bigger and is in Cornwall. Completion will be in about nine months.

20 January, 2015Last modified:20 January, 2015

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