Rashleigh & Son - Your Local Landscape Gardener in Cornwall

ML Rashleigh Landscaping is a small, family-run landscaping business based in Falmouth. We work on gardens across Falmouth, Penryn, Truro and the surrounding area, helping people make better use of their outdoor space.

Most of the work we do isn’t starting with a blank canvas. It’s gardens that have become a bit overgrown, a bit awkward, or just not very easy to use anymore. Sometimes it’s a steep garden that needs some levels putting in. Sometimes it’s a garden where nothing really works and no one knows where to start. And sometimes it’s just a case of clearing it, reshaping it and making it somewhere people actually want to sit and spend time.

We’re not a big company, and we don’t try to be. It’s just good, solid landscaping, done properly, so the garden still looks good and works properly years down the line.

Garden Landscaping Services in Falmouth & Cornwall

We carry out all sorts of landscaping work, but a lot of our jobs tend to involve similar things, sleeper/stone retaining walls, patios, steps, paths, garden clearance, fencing, decking, groundworks and reshaping gardens so they make more sense and are easier to look after.

Quite often, the biggest change comes from getting the structure of the garden right. Levels, edges, steps and retaining walls make a huge difference. Once those are in, everything else starts to fall into place, lawns sit better, planting areas make more sense, and the garden feels like it’s been thought about rather than just happening by accident.

Some jobs are big transformations, others are smaller jobs that just make life easier. A new patio outside the back door, some steps so you’re not walking up a muddy slope all winter, or clearing an overgrown area so it can be used again. It all makes a difference.

Local Landscape Gardenening You Can Rely On

Most of our work comes from word of mouth and recommendations, which is how we’ve always worked. We have a super friendly crew and we love yapping about your big ideas.

When we take on a job, we treat it like we would if it was our own garden. That means taking the time to get the groundwork right, making sure levels are correct, and building things so they last.

There’s no point rushing a job just to get it finished quickly if it means it starts moving or sinking a year later. Landscaping needs to be done properly from the ground up, especially with the amount of rain and weather we get here.

We’re usually working in and around Cornwall, so there’s a good chance you’ll see the team and their vans about at some point.

Garden Transformations & Landscaping Projects

A lot of the gardens we work on have one thing in common, they’re just not being used properly. That might be because the garden is on a slope, because it’s become overgrown, or because the layout just doesn’t work very well.

By the time a garden has been cleared, levels reshaped, sleeper retaining walls put in and some proper edges and steps added, it can feel like a completely different place without actually changing everything.

That’s usually the aim, not to rip everything out for the sake of it, but to make the space work better and be easier to use and maintain. Once the structure is right, the planting and finishing touches are the nice part and the garden really starts to come into its own.

Landscaping in Cornwall

Gardens here come with their own challenges. Uneven ground, wet winters, wind, heavy soil in some places and sandy soil in others. It’s why getting the groundwork right matters so much. If the base is solid and the levels are right, everything else becomes much easier to deal with.

Every garden is different though. Some people want somewhere to sit in the sun after work, some want low maintenance, some want space for the kids, and some just want the garden to be tidy and manageable again.

That’s why most jobs start with a walk around the garden and a chat about how the space is actually used, not just how it looks.

How Most Jobs Usually Start

Most of the time, the first visit is just a walk around the garden and a chat. People will usually say something like, “We don’t really know what we want, we just know it needs sorting.”

And that’s a good place to start.

We’ll look at how you come out of the house into the garden, where the sun is, where the wet areas are, which bits get used and which bits don’t. A lot of gardens have areas that no one ever really goes into because they’re awkward to get to, not particularly level, or just not very inviting.

Often the biggest improvements come from simple things, creating a level area, putting in some steps, adding a retaining wall so you’ve got proper usable space, or building a patio somewhere that actually catches the sun.

Once those main areas are in and the structure of the garden makes sense, everything else becomes much easier. Planting, lawns, borders and seating areas all fall into place once the main shape of the garden is right.

That’s why we always say a good garden starts with the groundwork and the structure. The planting is what makes it look nice, but the structure is what makes it work.

Free Quotes & Site Visits

If you’re thinking about doing something with your garden but you’re not really sure where to start, we’re always happy to come and have a look and talk things through over a cuppa.

Sometimes it’s a big job, sometimes it’s just a few changes that make a big difference. Either way, it usually starts with a plan.

ML Rashleigh Landscaping
Landscape Gardener Falmouth, Cornwall

Areas we cover: Falmouth, Penryn, Mylor, Flushing, Truro, Helston and surrounding Cornwall areas.