Residential Landscaping in Gauteng
Your garden should feel like yours — not a catalogue page, not a replica of the neighbour's yard. A space that reflects how you live, what you love, and what you want to come home to every day.
What Residential Landscaping Includes
Every project is different, but our residential landscaping service typically covers any combination of the following:
- Garden design — a detailed, bespoke plan developed around your vision, your site, and your budget
- Soft landscaping — planting, lawn installation, garden beds, borders, and ground cover
- Hard landscaping — paving, edging, retaining walls, steps, and pathways
- Irrigation — automated systems designed to keep your garden flourishing year-round
- Water features — ponds, waterfalls, or water walls integrated into the overall design
- Bomas & entertainment areas — outdoor living and braai spaces designed as part of the broader garden
- Herb & veg gardens — productive kitchen garden areas incorporated into the design
We manage the entire project from concept to completion. You have one point of contact — the owner — throughout.
Designed Around How You Actually Live
A great residential garden starts with listening. Before we sketch a single line, we want to understand how you use your outdoor space, who uses it, and what your ideal garden looks and feels like.
We take all of this into account when developing your design — factoring in the Highveld climate, your property's aspect and soil type, the architectural character of your home, and the way sunlight moves through the space across the day and seasons.
Why Choose Living Green Landscapes for Your Home Garden?
Personal attention from start to finish
The owner is personally involved in every residential project. You'll never be handed off to a crew who doesn't know your brief or care about your vision.
Bespoke design — not templates
We don't have a standard package. Every design is created specifically for your property, with careful attention to colour, texture, light, and proportion.
Experience on the Highveld
Over 15 years of designing and installing gardens across Gauteng means we know what thrives here, what struggles, and what will still look exceptional five years from now.
Full project management
From design through to the final planting and clean-up, we handle everything. You watch your garden come to life — without the stress of coordinating suppliers or contractors.
Recent Residential Projects
A selection of our completed residential landscaping work across Gauteng.
Frequently Asked Questions
Residential landscaping typically includes garden design, soft landscaping (planting, lawn, garden beds), hard landscaping (paving, retaining walls, steps), irrigation, and optional features such as water features, bomas, or herb gardens. At Living Green Landscapes, each project is individually designed and installed to suit the specific property and client brief.
Project duration depends on the scope of the work. A smaller installation may take a few days to a week, whilst a large or complex project can take several weeks. We provide a realistic timeline as part of your design proposal.
Yes. Every residential project begins with a bespoke design phase. We develop a detailed plan based on your site, your preferences, and your budget before any installation work begins. Design and installation are managed together as a complete service.
No. We specialise in landscaping design and installation only. We do not provide ongoing garden maintenance services after project completion.
Costs vary significantly depending on the size of the project, the complexity of the design, materials specified, and features included. We provide a detailed, itemised proposal following the initial site consultation. There is no obligation to proceed after receiving a quote.
Both. We work with established gardens as often as we create new ones. Whether you want to add a single feature, rethink an entire layout, or refresh a tired garden, we assess the existing space and design around what's already there.
We serve residential clients throughout Gauteng — including Johannesburg (Roodepoort, Sandton, Fourways, Randburg, Krugersdorp, Northcliff, Florida, Midrand, and the West Rand) and Pretoria and surrounds (Centurion, Montana, Waterkloof, Brooklyn, Lynnwood, Faerie Glen, Moreleta Park, Garsfontein, and Hartebeespoort Dam).
Contact us to arrange an initial site consultation. We'll visit your property, listen to your vision, and develop a bespoke proposal. Call us on 073 550 6163 or email roxanne@livinggreenlandscapes.co.za.
Let's Design Your Garden
Tell us what you're imagining. We'll tell you how to make it happen.