Absolutely delighted with the recent garden makeover completed today by Phil and team. His professional approach to the job was impressive from initial discussions, through the design process, the hard landscaping and finally the planting scheme. Phil was very knowledgeable and used his vast experience to suggest ideas to support my vision for the garden and was happy to incorporate my ideas, so the completed garden more than fulfilled my hopes and expectations. The care and attention to detail ensured that every aspect of the project was expertly carried out from preparation to construction. Phil and his team were thoughtful and caring when on site, leaving it tidy and clean after each days work. I highly recommend them for all aspects of creating wonderful gardens and am really looking forward to many years of enjoyment of my very special garden. I am hoping to be able to take part in Southam’s biannual Open Gardens event, when I will be proud to show my garden as it matures. Thank you, Phil and team.
- SUE BURNELL, MAY 2025
"When we met Phil we immediately felt in safe hands. He had lots of ideas for transforming our garden into low maintenance spaces. We wanted useful spaces to entertain and relax and wanted to soften the areas with lots of pots and planting. Phil provided the hard landscaping and more. He gave us a plan of plants to go into the garden taking into consideration the space the sun and the shade. He was very professional, worked in an organised manner, exceptionally tidy and completed the job within the time allocated with as little disruption for us. We are delighted and most definitely recommend Gardens with Holmes. Can’t wait for Phil and his team to come back when the planting is complete!"
- JILL AND PETE MIDDLETON, JANUARY 2025
“Phil and team worked tirelessly every day for approx 14 days and changed the way our garden looked. As you can imagine the quality of the garden in a new build development, Phil helped re-design the entire garden (paving, new slabs, trellis, new turf, white stones, edging, etc..).
The team started work each morning at 8am and worked continuously until 4 or 5pm to finish the job.
Absolutely top notch job and the finish is remarkable.
I would highly recommend them if you’re looking to do any work in your garden. They have got brilliant ideas and the presentation before they start is amazing.
Thank you very much team.”
- HARSHVEER SINGH, NOVEMBER 2020
“Thank you so much Phil for your hard work and expertise in creating exactly what I asked for and have needed for several years. I can't wait to be able to actually enjoy a summer in a perfect garden.”
- RICHARD WHITE, FEBRUARY 2019
“Phil is neat and tidy and does a great job. Nice guy to deal with and trustworthy too.”
- RICHARD LEE, JANUARY 2019
“Philip and team did a great job extending and relaying our patio with granite pavers, installing an ACO drain and building new steps up to the lawn. They were very professional the whole time, from giving a detailed explanatory quote, to finishing off and tidying up thoroughly at the end. They were also friendly and polite to talk to. We would certainly use them again for any other work.”
- PETER AND HELEN ANN LAST, SEPTEMBER 2018
“Having decided long and hard on what we wanted to do for the garden we ended up having three quotes from some of the best-rated landscape gardeners. Philip Holmes was one of them and upon first impressions I felt he understood what we were after and the budget we were confined to.
His ideas and enthusiasm for his profession was very welcome. Throughout the development of the garden he was always professional, responsive to concerns and readily available via text, email and phone calls. We saw rapid change as the garden developed and it was a 100% improvement on what was previously just concrete slabs. His knowledge of design, development, and construction is extremely high and the work was finished to a high standard. What small snags we did have upon completion were immediately dealt with and his response was always swift. To deal with and as a person Philip is very receptive, understanding, creative, enthusiastic and most of all respectful, something quite lacking in certain professions today. Overall I cannot fault his dedication to the job and ability to deal with customers to achieve the best results. I would highly recommend Philip Holmes to anyone looking to improve or completely overhaul their garden or patio area. Thoroughly pleased with the results!”
- RICHARD BOUGHTON, JUNE 2018
