Landscaping Costs in Newbury — What Jobs Really Cost in 2026
Garden design, patios, planting and full landscaping across West Berkshire. Free surveys, fixed written quotes, tidy workmanship.
Newbury Landscaping publishes its guide prices because ringing three firms just to discover a ballpark is a waste of everyone's week. Below are our honest 2026 numbers for the work Newbury and West Berkshire gardens ask for most — hard landscaping first, then the green side.
Two caveats, stated plainly: these are guide ranges, not quotes, and every real job is priced as a fixed written sum after a free design visit. What we write down is what you pay.
Hard landscaping — 2026 guide prices
| Job | Guide price | Detail on |
|---|---|---|
| Porcelain patio, 20m² | £3,700 – £5,200 | Patios page |
| Sandstone patio, 20m² | £2,800 – £4,000 | Patios page |
| Gravel driveway, single | £1,800 – £2,900 | Driveways page |
| Composite deck, 20m² | £4,200 – £6,000 | Decking page |
| Oak sleeper wall | £280 – £420 per metre | Retaining walls page |
| Closeboard fencing | £95 – £140 per metre | Fencing page |
Installed prices including excavation, sub-bases and waste removal — the parts cheap quotes quietly leave out.
Lawns, planting and lighting — 2026 guide prices
| Job | Guide price | Detail on |
|---|---|---|
| New turf lawn, 50m² | £950 – £1,500 | Lawns page |
| Artificial grass, 40m² | £2,900 – £4,400 | Artificial grass page |
| Border planting | £45 – £140 per m² | Planting page |
| Native hedge, 20m | £400 – £700 | Hedging page |
| Garden lighting scheme | £900 – £3,500 | Lighting page |
| Full renovation | £15,000 – £55,000 | Renovations page |
All planted and installed prices include ground preparation. Full breakdowns and what moves each number live on the linked service pages.
Reading these numbers like a landscaper
The spread inside each range isn't padding — it's the site. Access decides labour: a wide side gate versus carrying everything through the house can swing a patio price 20%. Levels decide structure: half of West Berkshire slopes, and every retained level adds walls, steps and drainage. Ground decides prep: our chalk drains beautifully but sits shallow and alkaline, which changes soil build-ups and planting. And spec decides materials — porcelain versus sandstone, oak versus softwood, Marshalls block versus loose gravel — which is a choice we itemise, never smuggle in.
When you compare quotes, compare the buried layers: sub-base depth, drainage behind walls, waste removal, whether ground prep is included at all. Two quotes £1,500 apart are usually describing two different jobs.
Full garden renovations
How the numbers combine into a whole-garden budget.
Garden design
The plan that stops a budget being spent twice.
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