We do landscape design for villas across Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Pools, terraces, shade, planting and the lighting that makes a garden usable after dark. We draw it in enough detail for a landscape contractor to price and build.
- 2021Designing in Dubai since
- 10Designers in the studio
- 7Gardens designed
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Area by area
Most Dubai gardens cost more than they should because the water and the shade were decided last. Planting that cooks in July gets replaced, and a terrace nobody can stand on in summer is money spent on a view. Those two things come first here.
The pool and its surround
Where the pool sits, how deep it goes, and where the pump and filters hide. You walk on the deck barefoot in July, so the material matters more than the outline does.
Shade and seating
Built shade is the most useful thing in a Dubai garden. We work out where the sun reaches through the day, then put the seating where people will actually sit.
Planting
Every plant named, with its size at planting and its size in five years. Only a short list of species holds up through a Dubai summer, and we specify from it.
Water and irrigation
Where every pipe runs and how much water each bed needs. Gardens here die from bad irrigation far more often than from bad planting.
Lighting
A Dubai garden is used after dark for half the year. We draw the lighting layout so you can see the planting and the steps without being dazzled.
Levels, steps and drainage
Where the ground rises and falls, and where the water goes when it rains. Getting this wrong floods a terrace, and it cannot be fixed once the paving is down.
Work
Across Jumeirah Islands, Dubai Hills, Yas Acres and the Hospitality Lodge. Emirates Hills, Jumeirah Park, Arabian Ranches, Palm Jumeirah, Al Barari, Damac Hills and District One are the other communities we cover.
Process
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Survey and brief
We measure the plot and take the levels. Then we agree how you want to use the garden through the year, which in Dubai is a different answer in January and in July.
Budget
A garden has no standard price, so we do not publish a price list.
The size of the plot
Area drives paving, planting and irrigation quantities more directly than anything else does. It is the first number we ask for.
Whether the ground has to move
Retaining walls, steps and regrading are building work, not gardening. They cost several times what a surface treatment costs.
Whether there is a pool
A pool brings structure, waterproofing, a plant room and services. It also sets the timeline, because almost nothing else can finish before it does.
How much built shade
Pergolas, canopies and shade structures are the most useful thing in a Dubai garden and among the most expensive. How much you want is a budget decision.
The size of the plants
Mature trees cost several times what young stock costs. The alternative is waiting two or three seasons, which is free.
Why us
What you get here that a company doing both the design and the building cannot offer you.
Inside and outside drawn together
The garden is designed by the same team as the interior, so the sightlines, the floor levels and the materials line up where they meet.
We do not profit from the build
A company that designs and builds is paid for the construction as well as the design. We are not. Nobody here has a reason to approve a price we would otherwise question.
Drawings a contractor can price without guessing
Unclear drawings are why garden budgets grow, because anything missing becomes an extra charge once work starts. Ours leave the contractor nothing to guess.
We design for a Dubai summer
Shade, water use and surface temperature are decided first here, not added at the end. A garden that cannot be used from May to September is a garden you paid to look at.
We are on site until it is finished
We do not hand over drawings and disappear. We answer the contractor's questions and inspect the plants on delivery. Then we compare what gets built against what was drawn.
FAQ
Landscaping questions, answered
We design and draw. A landscape contractor builds and plants from our drawings, and we stay on site through the work. If you want one company to design and build, we are not it. Better to know now.
The price depends on the size of the plot, whether the ground has to move, and whether there is a pool. Built shade and the size of the plants move it again. We do not publish a price list, because no two plots are alike. Tell us the community and the plot size, and we will come back with a realistic range.
Design runs about four weeks from the first survey to a complete drawing set. The building and planting after it depends on the scope and on whether there is a pool. A pool usually sets the timeline for everything else.
Yes, with the right species, the right irrigation and a maintenance routine. We specify all three. The gardens you see brown and bare in August were planted without them.
Usually yes for anything built, and almost always for a pool or a change to a boundary. We prepare the drawings your community developer and Dubai Municipality ask for. Planting alone rarely needs anything.
Yes, swimming pool design is part of the same drawing set. We set out the outline and the depths, then the deck and the plant room position. A pool specialist builds it from our drawings.
Yes, and most owners find it simpler. Interiors, architecture and landscape are one team here, so there is nothing to reconcile between separate firms later.
Yes, though a terrace is a different problem from a plot. Weight, waterproofing and drainage limit what can be planted, and the building usually has rules about what may be fixed down. We check those before we design.
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