Patios & Paving
From contemporary porcelain to traditional Indian Sandstone, we lay durable, level surfaces perfect for a summer BBQ.
Landscaping in Blackhall
Landscaping, Done Properly
Replacing tired slabs and layouts across Blackhall’s bungalow plots: modern surfaces, proper sub-bases, fixed prices. Free walk-rounds.
19Years Experience17Cuts Per Year100'sof Happy Customers
Landscaping in Blackhall
What You Need To Know About Landscaping In Blackhall
Blackhall’s bungalow plots are brilliantly workable gardens: flat, rectangular and sunny, which makes them ideal candidates for the patio, lawn and border layouts that suit the houses. Most of our landscaping here replaces tired 1970s-era hard surfaces with something built to current standards.
Old slabs come up, sub-bases go in properly, and new paving is laid with falls that send water away from the house rather than towards it. Borders get reshaped to sensible widths, lawns re-edged, and the whole plot pulled together so it reads as one design rather than fifty years of additions.
Blackhall is on our regular west Edinburgh runs. Fixed-price jobs, tidy sites, and a walk-round first so the plan fits the garden and the budget before anything is dug.
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 Blackhall Folk Say About Us
Real reviews from Landscaping customers around Edinburgh and the Lothians.
After 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 reviewDSM 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 review
Landscaping in Blackhall: the local detail
What Matters Here for Landscaping in Blackhall
The blank rectangles
Blackhall's bungalow plots are flat, square and sunlit, which makes them the best value landscaping ground in Edinburgh: no retaining walls to fund before the nice parts begin.
Replacing the decades
A lot of gardens here still wear their 1970s hard surfaces. We lift the old slabs, build real sub-bases with falls that shed water away from the house, and lay modern paving that will outlast the fashion cycle.
Pulling it together
The trick with a long-owned garden is unifying fifty years of additions: one materials palette, sensible bed widths, crisp lawn edges, and storage that stops being an apology.
Starting
West Edinburgh runs weekly. Free walk-round, fixed price, tidy site every evening, and a garden that finally matches the house.
Landscaping in nearby towns
Just Down The Road From Blackhall
The same service and the same standards in the towns around Blackhall. For the full local picture, see everything we do in Blackhall.
Next season starts now
Let’s Get Your Lawn On The Plan
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