Full mortar beds
Slabs bedded across their whole underside rather than on five blobs of mortar, so they do not rock, ring hollow or lift after a couple of frosts.
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About Anderscapes — Landscape Gardeners in Alwoodley
Around forty years of landscaping Leeds gardens, run hands-on by Andy and a small team who do the work themselves.
Who we are
A Leeds landscaper, not a national franchise
Anderscapes is a landscape gardening business working out of Leeds, covering Alwoodley, the wider LS17 area and most of north Leeds and West Yorkshire. It has been going for around four decades, which in this trade means most of what we build now is on streets where we have already worked.
It is deliberately a small operation. Andy quotes the work and is on site while it is being done, and the same team that sets out the levels lays the paving and rakes out the topsoil at the end. Nothing is subcontracted out to whoever happens to be free that week.
We take on residential and commercial work, and all jobs are considered — from a fortnightly grass cut to a garden stripped back to bare ground and rebuilt.
How we work
The things that actually make a garden last
Most landscaping failures are not visible on the day the job finishes. They are decided by what went in underneath.
Compacted sub-bases
Driveways and paths dug out to depth, sub-based with MOT stone and whacker-compacted in layers, with edge restraints haunched in concrete.
Levels set out first
Falls worked out before anything is dug so surface water runs away from the house and finished paving sits clear of the damp-course.
Fully insured
Anderscapes carries full insurance cover and we are happy to show you the certificate before any work starts — just ask when we come out.
Written quotes
Free, no-obligation, and with the materials named on them so you can see exactly what is being laid and compare like for like.
Waste taken away
Excavated spoil, broken slabs, old turf, hedge cuttings and packaging all leave with us. The garden is swept and washed down at the end.
Local knowledge
Why Alwoodley gardens need a landscaper who knows the ground
North Leeds gardens have a few things in common. Plots are generally larger and older than the city average, a great many of them slope, and the underlying ground can turn from workable soil to heavy clay within one garden.
That matters in practice. A sloping garden usually needs terracing and retaining walls rather than a single flat terrace. Clay holds water, so drainage and permeable build-ups stop a new patio sitting in a puddle every winter. And a lot of Alwoodley properties are stone-fronted, which means new paving has to be chosen to sit alongside existing stone rather than fight it.
We have been working on these streets long enough to price that in from the start, instead of discovering it on day two.
- Terracing, retaining walls and steps on sloping plots
- Drainage and permeable build-ups for heavy clay
- Paving matched to stone-fronted and period properties
- Access planning for gardens with narrow side returns
Free, no-obligation quotes
Want to talk it through with someone who will be on site?
Call Andy directly, or leave your details and we will ring you back to arrange a look at the garden.