Patios & Paving
From contemporary porcelain to traditional Indian Sandstone, we lay durable, level surfaces perfect for a summer BBQ.
Landscaping in Balerno
Landscaping, Done Properly
Patios, shelter and planting built for Balerno’s bigger hill-edge gardens. Fixed-price landscaping, phased when it suits, with a free walk-round first.
19Years Experience17Cuts Per Year100'sof Happy Customers
Landscaping in Balerno
What You Need To Know About Landscaping In Balerno
Balerno gardens have space to work with, and that changes what landscaping can be: proper patios that catch the evening sun, planting that stands up to the hill-edge wind, and lawns, paths and borders arranged around how a family actually uses a bigger plot.
Ground comes first on the Pentland edge. We sort drainage before anything decorative goes in, build hard landscaping with foundations that ignore the weather, and choose planting for exposure rather than for the catalogue photo. A garden built that way looks after itself between visits.
We take on everything from a tired-corner rescue to a full garden rework, and Balerno is easy reach on our southwest runs. It starts with a walk round and a conversation about how you want to live in the garden, then a plan and a fixed price.
What’s Included
Everything Your
Garden Needs
Hard and soft landscaping under one roof, from patios and fencing to drainage and turf, all built to the same standard on every job.
Fencing & Boundaries
Closeboard, slatted, or larch lap fencing installed to give you privacy, security, and a clean boundary line.
Decking
Timber or composite decking designed and built to create usable outdoor space and multi-level interest.
Driveways & Drainage
New driveways planned and installed with proper runoff management to protect your property from standing water.
Steps & Levels
Retaining walls, steps, and level changes built to make the most of your garden whatever the gradient.
Turfing & Seeding
Top of the range turf laid with rootzone for drainage and nutrition. Every new lawn gets its first cut included.
Landscaping advice
Davie’s Advice before you spend a penny
What Davie tells every customer, whether they book us or not. Free to ignore, but he’s usually right.
Drainage first.
Patios, decking and planting all fail on waterlogged ground.
Design for how you live.
Build around how you use the garden, not how it photographs.
Levels before looks.
Get falls and levels right before anything decorative goes in.
Access saves money.
Good machinery access takes serious labour cost off a bigger job.
Plant for the site.
Shade, soil and wind decide what thrives, not the catalogue.
Phasing is fine.
A good plan lets you build the garden in stages.
Got a question these don't cover? Ask Davie. He answers everything himself.
Why us
Why Folk Round Here Stick With DSM
Here’s what keeps our name getting passed around gardens we’ve built.
4.9rated across 46+ Google reviews
100'sof Happy Customers
Drainage and levels first
The boring work happens before the pretty work, because that is why it lasts.
Fixed price, not day rates
One agreed number for the job, phased if that suits the budget better.
Tidy sites
The garden is left workable every evening and properly clean at the end.
Fully insured
Public liability cover on every job, and we're happy to show you the certificate.
Built to be used
Designed around how you live in the garden, not just how it photographs.
Local to the Lothians
Minutes off the city bypass, working Edinburgh and Midlothian every week.
Reviews
What Balerno Folk Say About Us
Real reviews from Landscaping customers around Edinburgh and the Lothians.
DSM landscaped the area around our hot tub to a very good standard. They did what they said they would, when they said the would, for a reasonable cost. Absolutely no problems and would absolutely recommend them.
StuartGoogle reviewExcellent service. Highly recommend. Davy was very professional and I highly recommend
ClaireGoogle reviewAfter being let down by several landscaping companies, we were absolutely delighted to find DSM. Scott and Garry came out to quote one afternoon, and by 6pm that same day we had a confirmed price and start date. The quality of their work is exceptional and we couldn’t be happier with how our garden has turned out. The extra touches they added, including power washing our driveway once everything was finished, really show how much pride…
LoriGoogle review
Landscaping in Balerno: the local detail
What Matters Here for Landscaping in Balerno
The canvas
Balerno gardens have acreage by city standards, and that changes the design conversation: proper terraces, real lawns, planting with room to mature and space left over for the trampoline nobody admits to wanting.
Designing for the hill
The Pentland edge writes the first rules: shelter before showpieces, drainage before decoration, and planting proven at altitude rather than hopeful. A sheltered seating corner up here doubles the evenings a garden actually gets used.
The build
Foundations and falls come first, then surfaces, then the green layer. On bigger plots we phase happily: the terrace this season, the borders and lighting next, all from one plan so nothing gets built twice.
Starting
Free walk-round on our southwest runs. We design around how you want to live out here, then fix the price and build it tidily.
Landscaping in nearby towns
Just Down The Road From Balerno
The same service and the same standards in the towns around Balerno. For the full local picture, see everything we do in Balerno.
Next season starts now
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A free assessment, clear pricing agreed up front, and a local team you’ll get to know. Twenty minutes now saves a season of guesswork.
- Free on-site assessment
- Clear prices, agreed up front
- No contract, month to month