Garden Design & Landscaping in Somerset – Tailored, Sustainable & Beautiful
Welcome to Wild Butterfly Gardening — now serving Somerset from our base near Glastonbury. Whether you live in a cosy cottage in the Mendips, a family home near Wells, a village manor on the Levels, or a country estate near Taunton or Bath, we offer full-service garden design, landscaping and maintenance across the county.
At Wild Butterfly Gardening, we believe a garden should feel like an extension of your home — a space that reflects your lifestyle, blossoms with biodiversity, and evolves beautifully with the seasons.
Bespoke Garden Design
We start with a thorough consultation and site survey, then deliver fully realised garden designs including 3D visuals and detailed planting plans.
Garden Renovation & Full-Garden Transformations
Ideal for older gardens or larger plots: we’ll re-envisage layout, hardscape, planting, and flow to give you a fresh-purposeful outdoor space.
Planting Schemes & Garden Makeovers
From pollinator-friendly borders and edible kitchen gardens to lawn installation and planting for raised beds — we tailor planting schemes to your garden’s soil, microclimate and your preferences.
Project Management & Build Service
Using our trusted network of landscapers, contractors, and suppliers we can take a design all the way through to execution: paving, lighting, irrigation, garden furniture, and finishing touches.
Ongoing Garden Maintenance & Seasonal Care
Gardening doesn’t end when installation does. Choose from regular or seasonal maintenance, or one-off garden “MOTs” to keep your garden looking its best all year.
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Local Expertise & Soil Know-How
Somerset’s landscape is wonderfully varied — from clay-heavy Levels, to free-draining limestone of the Mendips, to salt-sprayed coastal plots near Burnham, to sheltered valley gardens. We know which plants flourish where — avoiding costly mistakes and ensuring strong, healthy growth.
Microclimate & Context-Aware Design
Whether your garden bakes in summer sun near Glastonbury Tor or stays shaded in a Mendip valley, we design with real-world conditions in mind. Orientation, drainage, wind exposure, frost risk — all shape our planting and layout decisions.
Sustainability & Biodiversity at the Core
We favour wildlife-friendly planting, permeable paving, drought-tolerant species where suited, and materials chosen for longevity and ecological sensitivity. The result: spaces that support nature — bees, birds, pollinators — and mature gracefully without heavy maintenance.
Trusted Network & Reliable Delivery
We’ve built long-standing relationships with local nurseries, stone and material suppliers, and landscaping teams. That means solid sourcing, efficient project delivery, and gardens that feel rooted in Somerset’s character and context.
Personalised Service & Thoughtful Design
Every garden begins with a simple question: How do you want to feel when you step outside? Some clients want a safe play space for children, others want kitchen gardens, quiet reading corners, vibrant entertaining zones — many want a mix. We design to meet your dreams, not to fit cookie-cutter templates.
A Stylish and Scalable Team
Based near Glastonbury, we regularly serve clients across:
- Central Somerset — Glastonbury, Street, the Levels, and surrounding villages.
- Mendips & Wells area — including Cheddar, Axbridge, Wookey, Chew Valley.
- East & Frome Area — Frome, Shepton Mallet, surrounding stone-home villages.
- Taunton & West Somerset — including Wellington, Quantocks, Blackdown Hills.
- Bath & North East Somerset — including Midsomer Norton, Radstock, and surrounding villages.
- Bridgwater, the Levels, and the coastal fringes — including coastal towns and rural hamlets.
(We also consider projects slightly beyond Somerset where travel is reasonable — just ask us.)
We established our Somerset base to better serve clients across the South West. While our London studio handles projects across the capital and South East, our presence near Glastonbury means we can offer the same high-quality design service to Somerset, with the local knowledge that makes a real difference.
Why Work With a Local Garden Designer?
Choosing a garden designer who knows Somerset makes a practical difference to the success of your garden. Local knowledge shapes every decision, from plant selection to material choices.
Soil and drainage
Somerset's geology creates dramatically different growing conditions within short distances. We know which plants will struggle in waterlogged clay and which will thrive in thin soil over limestone. This knowledge prevents expensive mistakes and ensures your planting scheme establishes well.
Microclimate understanding
A south-facing slope near Glastonbury Tor will bake in summer, while a north-facing garden in a Mendip valley may hold frost well into spring. We design for your specific conditions, not generic assumptions.
Local suppliers and contractors
We've built relationships with Somerset nurseries, stone suppliers, and landscaping teams. This means better material sourcing, more reliable project delivery, and gardens that feel connected to their surroundings.
Ongoing support
Being based locally means we can offer maintenance guidance and check in on how your garden is developing. Gardens evolve, and having your designer nearby makes it easier to adapt as your space matures.
Every garden we design starts with the same question: how do you want to feel when you step outside?
Some clients want a space for children to play safely while still looking beautiful. Others want a productive kitchen garden or a quiet corner to escape to after work. Many want all of these things, and our job is to find the design that delivers them without compromise.
We're led by Sarah Ferguson, who trained with the Royal Horticultural Society after a career in fashion. That background shows in our work—we think carefully about colour, texture, proportion, and how a garden changes through the seasons. But we're equally focused on ecology. Every garden we design aims to support wildlife, from pollinator-friendly planting to habitat creation.
Sustainability runs through everything we do. We favour permeable surfaces over excessive hard landscaping, specify drought-tolerant plants where appropriate, and design gardens that won't need constant intervention to look their best. A well-designed garden should become easier to maintain as it matures, not harder.
Garden Design Packages
Consultation
A half-day session where we visit your garden, discuss your ideas, and provide expert advice on how to approach problem areas, improve what you have, or plan for a larger project.
Ideal if you want professional guidance but prefer to manage the work yourself.
Border Renovation
Focused on planting, this package transforms tired borders into biodiverse, year-round schemes.
We handle the design, plant sourcing, and planting, leaving you with beds that will establish and improve over years.
Full Garden Design
Our comprehensive design service covering everything from layout and hard landscaping to detailed planting plans.
You receive full documentation to brief contractors yourself, or we can manage the build.
Design and Build
The complete service from first meeting to finished garden.
We handle everything, working with our trusted contractors to deliver your garden to an agreed specification and budget.
Frequently Asked Questions
Choosing a garden designer who knows Somerset makes a practical difference to the success of your garden. Local knowledge shapes every decision, from plant selection to material choices.
How much does garden design cost in Somerset?
Our consultation service starts at £400 for a half-day session. Border renovation projects begin at £1,100, while full garden design packages start from £3,000. For complete design and build projects, budgets typically start around £17,500 for smaller gardens, with larger or more complex projects requiring proportionally more investment. We're always happy to discuss your budget openly and suggest approaches that deliver the best value.
Do you cover my area?
We work across Somerset from our base near Glastonbury, including Wells, Frome, Taunton, Bath, Bridgwater, and surrounding villages. We also take projects in neighbouring counties where travel is practical. If you're unsure whether we cover your location, just ask—we'll give you a straight answer.
Can you work with my existing garden features?
Absolutely. Not every garden needs a complete redesign. We're experienced at working with established trees, existing structures, and features you want to keep. Often the best approach is to enhance what's already working while addressing the areas that aren't.
How long does a garden project take?
Timescales vary depending on the scope of work. A consultation can happen within a few weeks of enquiry. Design projects typically take 6-12 weeks from briefing to final plans. Build phases depend on the scale of work and contractor availability, but we'll give you realistic timelines during the design process.
Do you only design sustainable gardens?
Sustainability is central to our approach, but that doesn't mean every garden has to be a wildflower meadow. We design contemporary spaces, formal gardens, family gardens, and everything in between. What unites our work is thoughtful plant selection, responsible material choices, and designs that support rather than fight against natural processes.