How much does garden design cost in East Lothian?

Garden design in East Lothian typically starts at £195+VAT for a Design Consultation, £495–£950+VAT for a Concept Design and £1,500–£3,500+VAT for a Full Design + Build Pack. If you proceed with installation, your design fee is credited against the final build cost.

Do I need a garden designer in East Lothian?

If you're investing £15,000 or more in your East Lothian garden — or dealing with sloped sites, drainage issues, or planning a complete transformation — a designer pays for themselves several times over by avoiding costly rebuild errors. Maybury offers design and build under one roof from our Kirkliston base.

What is the best garden design style for East Lothian homes?

The best style depends on your property age and lifestyle. Period and stone-built East Lothian homes suit traditional or heritage planting schemes. Modern and new-build properties work well with contemporary porcelain, corten steel and architectural planting. We design to suit the property — not a fashion.

Do you travel from Edinburgh to Gullane, North Berwick and Dunbar for garden design?

Yes — we work across the whole East Lothian coast and inland regularly. Travel from our Kirkliston base is around 35–45 minutes to Gullane and North Berwick, 50 minutes to Dunbar. We build that into the design programme so site visits are efficient, and we typically schedule consultations and build days back-to-back to make the most of the trip.

Which planting works best in exposed coastal East Lothian gardens?

For Gullane, North Berwick, Aberlady and Longniddry we specify a layered windbreak structure: outer line of hardy hedging (sea buckthorn, escallonia, hawthorn), middle layer of structural shrubs (pittosporum, olearia, hebe, griselinia) and inner sheltered planting that can include more tender perennials and grasses. This is the only reliable way to grow a refined garden close to the Forth.

How do you design country gardens around Haddington and the Lammermuirs?

Inland East Lothian gardens — Haddington, Pencaitland, Garvald, Gifford — are wind-exposed but without the salt issue. We design with substantial structural hedging or estate fencing for shelter, frost-tolerant paving (porcelain or rated natural stone, never untested concrete), and planting palettes that handle sharper temperature swings. Larger plots often suit naturalistic prairie or meadow areas alongside the formal garden.

Can you design gardens for golf-course-frontage properties in Gullane and North Berwick?

Yes, and we do this regularly. Golf-frontage gardens have specific design requirements: stray-ball-tolerant boundary planting, sightline management to preserve the borrowed-landscape view, and screening that doesn't dominate. We design boundaries that read as part of the wider course landscape rather than fortification.

Do East Lothian properties often need planning consent for garden work?

Most rear-garden landscaping in East Lothian is permitted development, but conservation-area properties in North Berwick, Gullane village, Haddington and Dirleton may require consent for visible front-garden changes, boundary walls, or works affecting protected trees. We check the planning context for every address as part of the Concept Design phase.

East Lothian Garden Design Specialists

Garden Design East Lothian

Garden design across East Lothian — coastal exposure in Gullane and North Berwick, country gardens around Haddington and the Lammermuir foothills.

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Garden Design in East Lothian

Garden design in East Lothian combines coastal expertise (Gullane, North Berwick, Aberlady) with country garden design around Haddington, Pencaitland and the Lammermuir foothills. Maybury Landscaping designs and builds with salt-tolerant planting, exposure-aware materials and engineered drainage.

Garden Design in East Lothian

East Lothian gardens divide into two design challenges. Coastal gardens (Gullane, North Berwick, Aberlady, Longniddry) need salt and wind tolerance — we specify pittosporum, escallonia, sea buckthorn and corrosion-resistant hardware. Inland country gardens (Haddington, Pencaitland, Garvald) need exposure planning, often substantial windbreaks, and surface choices that survive frost-thaw cycles.