Ark
Landscape Gardeners. Ark has been vetted and approved by TrustATrader. Covering all Essex and Hertfordshire areas.
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Register GuaranteeAbout Ark, Braintree
With more than 10 years’ experience in the trade the landscape gardeners at Ark provide outstanding landscaping services to commercial and domestic customers in Essex and Hertfordshire.
We are a reliable firm of gardeners and are proud of the great eye for detail and unrivalled knowledge and experience of our team. No two garden designs are the same which means that every project undertaken by Ark has its own unique twist making it eye catching, functional and easy to maintain.
Each landscape gardener will take the time to get to know their customer so that they can establish their needs and wants. They will apply their broad range of skills and knowledge to find the best materials, flora and techniques to ensure that the customer is 100% satisfied. No job is too big or too small – our garden designers apply the same high standards to commercial and domestic jobs of all sizes.
Our garden designers offer a range of garden design and maintenance services, including:
- Full Landscape Design Service
- Turfing
- Lawns
- Hard Landscaping
- Block Paving
- Garden Maintenance
- Fencing
- Decking
- Small Tree Work
- Pruning
- Garden Clearance
- Pond maintenance
If you are interested in any of our services and would like to find out more please do not hesitate to contact us. Our friendly team are waiting to help you to transform your outdoor spaces.
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Photo gallery
- Image 1 - 81- New block paving laid
- Image 2 - 81-New block paving laid
- Image 3 - 81- New block paving laid
- Image 4 - 81- New block paving laid.
- Image 5 - 80- Spanish style garden, complete transformation
- Image 6 - 80-New patio
- Image 7 - 80- Spanish style garden including bonded gravel, rendered walls, lights, new turf, decking and a shed base with new patio.
- Image 8 - 80- Spanish style garden including bonded gravel, rendered walls, lights, new turf, decking and a shed base with new patio.
- Image 9 - 80- Spanish style garden, complete transformation.
- Image 10 - 79- Slabbing around pond
- Image 11 - 78- Step created
- Image 12 - 77- New picket fence
- Image 13 - 76- Freshly laid bark and plants to customers request
- Image 14 - 75- New slabs and black ice chippings either side
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- Image 16 - 74- porcelain slabs, sleepers and new turf
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- Image 19 - 73- Turf, Decked steps and planters
- Image 20 - 72- New turf
- Image 21 - 71- Lattice fencing and posts
- Image 22 - 70- New turf laid on different levels of garden
- Image 23 - 69- New fencing and gate
- Image 24 - 68- New fencing
- Image 25 - 67- New fencing
- Image 26 - 66- New corner decked area
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- Image 28 - 65- Raised planter bed with sleepers, new patio with lights fitted
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- Image 37 - 63- New porcelain patio and path with new turf
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- Image 40 - 62- New tiles fitted around area of choice
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- Image 44 - 61- 240 square meters of porcelain area with grey edgers
- Image 45 - 60- New brick edging around pond
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- Image 49 - 59- New porcelain slabs to customer request
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- Image 51 - 58 Fencing
- Image 52 - 58- Corner decked area and new fencing for customer
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- Image 54 - 57 - New composite grey decking with darker grey edge
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- Image 56 - 56-back garden- levelled out garden- new turf, pergola, privacy trellis fence and porcelain slabs with some raised beds
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- Image 59 - 56- Block paving with raised beds
- Image 60 - 55- New large area of turf laid
- Image 61 - 54- Before and After turf and stepping stones
- Image 62 - 53- After picture of a garden makeover
- Image 63 - 52- After Back garden- block paving continued throughout. Sleepers and steps with turf laid. Finished with picket fencing and gates
- Image 64 - 52- After- Front driveway. Block paving
- Image 65 - 52- Before garden refurbishment - Front driveway and back garden
- Image 66 - 51- Before and after garden makeover with porcelain slabs
- Image 67 - 50- porcelain slabs
- Image 68 - 49- grass grids installed for parking. Base laid with grids and seed on top
- Image 69 - 48- installation of a new like for like picket fence
- Image 70 - 47- all shrubs cleared and block paving drive extended
- Image 71 - 46- Sleeper border around tree and ivy cleared
- Image 72 - 45- New composite Decking
- Image 73 - 44- Slopped garden, levelled out and changed to a contemporary design
- Image 74 - 43- Replaced raised patio with added brick path
- Image 75 - 42- Complete garden refurb
- Image 76 - 41- Before and after pond refurbishment
- Image 77 - 40- New pond construction
- Image 78 - 39- Pond maintenance- Before and after
- Image 79 - 38- New updated bridge at customers request
- Image 80 - 37- New fencing with trellis
- Image 81 - 36- returfed and levelled out with top soil
- Image 82 - 35– new fencing- top left before- remaining 3 after
- Image 83 - 34- before
- Image 84 - 34 -before
- Image 85 - 35-after grass returfed levelled out with top soil
- Image 86 - 35- after close up on planter beds with integrated lighting
- Image 87 - 35- after- full planter bed made from sleepers with a mixture of plants
- Image 88 - 33a Before
- Image 89 - 33b- After- High footings and bespoke green house base precisely built to accommodate new green house being built on top
- Image 90 - 33c- After
- Image 91 - 33d- After
- Image 92 - 32- Complete garden refurb- before and after
- Image 93 - 28- New raised patio area with brick wall and steps. Indian sandstone slabs.
- Image 94 - 31- Cleared bank full of ivy , sleeper retaining wall with small ever greens
- Image 95 - 30- Slabbing with retaining sleeper wall and picket fence to secure for customers children - before and after
- Image 96 - 29- Garden refurb , decking fencing and slate slabs with some turfing
- Image 97 - 27- Indian sandstone cobbles
- Image 98 - 25- patio ready for hot tub
- Image 99 - 26- seating area with grey bricked edge and returfed
- Image 100 - 24- Fence with trellis
- Image 101 - 23- Topps tiles maintenance contract
- Image 102 - 22- Creating a soft barked play area
- Image 103 - 21- New fencing
- Image 104 - 20- Hedge cutting
- Image 105 - 19- Dug up garden ready for a complete refurb , with fencing , sleepers , turf and planting
- Image 106 - 18- fencing and supports along bridge.
- Image 107 - 17- New picket fencing coated in ronseal sky
- Image 108 - 16- New small decorative omega fence
- Image 109 - 15- New close board panel with concrete gravel boards and posts
- Image 110 - 14- Small pattern rail bridge replacing the old rotten one
- Image 111 - 13- Transforming a concrete low level pad into a levelled decking area
- Image 112 - 12a- before- composite decking, garden returfed and new fencing.
- Image 113 - 12b
- Image 114 - 12c -after
- Image 115 - 12 e- after
- Image 116 - 12 d- after
- Image 117 - 11a- fencing
- Image 118 - 11b
- Image 119 - 11c
- Image 120 - 10a- turfed and paved edging
- Image 121 - 10b
- Image 122 - 10c
- Image 123 - 9a- before- sunken block paving done by company before. Releveled and returfed.
- Image 124 - 21 b- after
- Image 125 - 21 c- after
- Image 126 - 21 d- after
- Image 127 - 8a - before- customer was left with this from a previous company
- Image 128 - 8b- before
- Image 129 - 8c- after
- Image 130 - 8d- after
- Image 131 - 7a- before relevel into two tiers, returf, decorative stone and raising drains.
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- Image 133 - 7c- after
- Image 134 - 6a- before
- Image 135 - 6b- after
- Image 136 - 6c- after
- Image 137 - 6d- after
- Image 138 - 6e- after
- Image 139 - 6f-after
- Image 140 - 5a Garden refurb
- Image 141 - 5b
- Image 142 - 5c- before and after
- Image 143 - 4a- before decking area
- Image 144 - 4b
- Image 145 - 4c
- Image 146 - 4d
- Image 147 - 4e - after
- Image 148 - 3a Indian sandstone paving -before
- Image 149 - 3b- before
- Image 150 - 3c- after
- Image 151 - 2a raised planter beds
- Image 152 - 3d after
- Image 153 - 2b
- Image 154 - 2c
- Image 155 - 1a complete garden returb
- Image 156 - 1b
- Image 157 - 1c
- Image 158 - 1d
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Reviews (103)
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Alan
on 1st September 2023
"We have Ark landscapes for maintenance every couple of weeks. Nothing is ever too much trouble and they always aim to please. Have recommended to a couple of people who are now also using Ark landscapes for maintenance and very grateful for the recommendation. Very pleased!!"
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Debbie
on 1st June 2023
"Ben, Mark and Chris were a pleasure to have working on the garden. I really felt throughout they wanted to do an excellent job and they did. The quality of work was great and they made good suggestions. We are really pleased with the results which have helped transform the garden. Polite, tidy and punctual. I would have no hesitation in using the company again."
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Toby
on 11th May 2023
Toby - Image 1 "Ben and his team were fantastic"
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0
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Average rating: 5.0 out of 5
Review by Peter
on 30th January 2023
"Professional and efficient,"
- Initial impression Initial impression: 5 out of 5.0
- Punctuality Punctuality: 5 out of 5.0
- Cleanliness Cleanliness: 5 out of 5.0
- Quality Quality: 5 out of 5.0
- Value Value: 5 out of 5.0
- Overall opinion Overall opinion: 5 out of 5.0