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Limestone steps running down to a herringbone brick terrace, with stone-faced raised beds, clipped box and the brick house beyond

For every summer after this one

Landscapers based in Okehampton, working across Devon. Garden design, patios, stonework, driveways, fencing and full garden builds, dug out and built by the people who quoted them.

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Most people spend more time looking at their garden than being in it.

Usually because there is nowhere comfortable to sit, the ground is uneven, or half of it turns to mud in October. That is a building problem before it is a planting one.

Latest work

A real garden. From the ground up.

At Exton, we are rebuilding a garden to the customer's design. Follow the groundwork, steps, limestone paving and new planting, with the work still to come shown alongside what is finished.

New planting along the limestone path leading back towards the house at Manet.

Manet

Terrace, limestone paving and planting

Exton · 2026 · In progress

Services

What we do

Every garden asks for something different.

The limestone surround and steps around the newly planted brick terrace at Manet

Garden Design & Landscaping

A plan first, then the whole build, so the finished garden holds together as one piece of work.

Limestone paving turning the corner of the brick house, with a clipped box in the planting bed and the steps in the foreground, at Manet

Patios & Paving

Laid on proper foundations with the falls right, so it drains and it stays flat.

A finished dry-stone faced retaining wall curving into mown lawn, with a paved terrace above it

Stonework & Walls

Retaining walls, raised beds and steps, built in stone that suits the house.

A limestone garden path running between the new planting and the clipped hedge at Manet

Driveways & Paths

Solid ground underneath and a surface that copes with a Devon winter.

A horizontally boarded timber fence with an open slatted top and capped posts, seen from behind its braced gate, with a limestone path running up to it

Fencing & Gates

Posts set properly and timber that lasts, not something that leans after one gale.

A planted border of grasses and agapanthus edged in timber, running in a straight line beside a gravel path and a clipped hedge

Bespoke Garden Features

Pergolas, raised beds, terracing and lawns, built to the same standard as everything underneath them.

Graham operating a mini digger, cutting the first trench into freshly excavated ground

You will be dealing with Graham

Lord of the Lawns is a small Devon firm, not a national outfit with a call centre. Graham comes out and prices the job, Graham is on site while it is being built, and Graham is who you ring if something is not right.

It also means we take on a sensible number of jobs at a time. If we are booked up we will tell you, rather than start your garden and disappear for three weeks.

The Process

How it works

No charge for the visit or the quote, and no obligation to go ahead.

01.

Tell us what you are thinking

A rough idea is plenty to start with. Photos of the space help a lot, and WhatsApp is usually the easiest way to send them.

02.

We come and look

There is no substitute for standing in a garden. We look at the levels, the access, the drainage and what the ground is actually like, because those are what decide whether a plan is realistic.

03.

A plan and an agreed price

Most jobs have a fixed-price quote. Where an hourly rate works better, we agree it before starting. Either way, extra work and its price are agreed with you in writing first.

04.

We build it

The same team from start to finish. We keep the site tidy at the end of every day, because you still have to live there while the work is going on.

05.

We walk it with you

Before we call a garden finished we go round it with you. Anything that is not right gets put right.

Where we work

We are based in Okehampton and work across mid and east Devon, out towards Exeter, Exmouth and the Exe valley. If you are not sure whether you are in range, just ask.