Gardens here
Predominantly 1990s-2010s new-build housing — Whiteley village and the surrounding Solent Way / Yew Tree Drive estates. Mid-size rear gardens, typically left as developer-grade lawn at handover with limited hardscape. Strong design opportunity: clean slate, no heritage constraints, consistent housing typology.
Whiteley sits at the edge of the Hampshire Basin clay that runs through much of this part of Fareham borough, and on some of the newer plots the ground includes made-up fill from the original development works — both worth checking with a trial hole before a design's finalised rather than assumed from the postcode. More on it in soils across the Solent.
Working the area
Fifteen to twenty minutes from the studio along the M27. Regular work in the broader Whiteley / Park Gate / Fareham West area.
Material decisions
Full studio palette suits Whiteley. New-build gardens benefit from a single coherent hardscape language across the plot rather than incremental additions over time. Sleeper raised beds, a defined entertaining terrace, a structural path — three strong moves often resolve a Whiteley garden completely.
Landscape gardener for Whiteley new builds
Most Whiteley gardens we're asked about were handed over the same way: thin developer turf, a strip of concrete slabs by the back door, and whatever was left from the build buried underneath. We've seen it on new builds in Warsash and Fareham, and the fix is the same.
Start with what's under the turf. On the newer plots that can be made-up fill over clay, so a trial hole comes before the design is finalised. It decides the sub-base, the drainage, and where planting will actually take.
Then do it once. A new-build garden works best as one design built in one programme: a proper terrace in porcelain or sandstone, a structural path, sleeper raised beds that give a flat plot some height. Three strong moves, not five years of add-ons that never quite match.
Ryan designs it, prices it and builds it himself, so the person who drew the plan is the one laying it. Written price within ten days of the site visit.
For how that looks finished, see the new-build garden in Warsash and the two-tier porcelain patio in Fareham.
In practice
The studio archive doesn't yet feature a Whiteley project. Garden composition, Warsash 2025 is the closest reference build — also a new-build plot, also a clean slate, resolved through co-ordinated hardscape.
Discuss a Whiteley briefFrequently asked
Do you work in Whiteley?
Yes — fifteen to twenty minutes from the studio along the M27, with regular work across the wider Whiteley / Park Gate / Fareham West area.
What's the ground like in Whiteley?
Hampshire Basin clay at the edge of the estate, with made-up fill on some of the newer plots. Worth a trial hole before anything's designed — more in soils across the Solent.
Have you completed a project in Whiteley?
Not yet. Garden composition, Warsash 2025 is the closest reference build — also a new-build plot, also a clean slate, resolved through co-ordinated hardscape.