Hand Made Gardens · 8 Mudge St, McLaren Vale SA 5171 · 0413 115 680 · Quotes Monday to Saturday
Landscaping Adelaide's southern suburbs since 1981
Hand Made Gardens is based right in McLaren Vale, at the southern end of this patch rather than servicing it from across town — Martyn Hand has been building Adelaide gardens since 1981, and quotes and builds every job personally with a small handpicked team. Real jobs over the years have taken us through Reynella, Willunga, Hallett Cove, Happy Valley, Aberfoyle Park and Port Noarlunga, plus the southern Hills-foothills suburbs like Coromandel Valley and Craigburn Farm, where blocks tend to be larger and more often sloped. Ground conditions vary a lot across this stretch — from the sandy coastal soils around Port Noarlunga to the heavier, reactive clay closer to the Hills foothills — which changes how a base needs to be prepared for paving and retaining work to actually last.
Services we do most across the southern suburbs
Paving
Paths, patios and small courtyards, base-prepared for local soil conditions.
Retaining Walls
Practical solutions for the sloped blocks common toward the Hills foothills.
Timber Decks
Built to last, sized to your space.
Irrigation
Reliable watering systems for gardens of any size.
Garden Lighting
Highlight your garden after dark.
Garden Features
Water features, garden beds and finishing touches.
Lawns
Instant lawn for your front or back garden.
Small Earthworks
Site prep and drainage for smaller projects.
Landscape Design
Planting plans tailored to your soil, climate and site.
A southern suburbs project
This winery garden makeover in Willunga South is a good example of the reactive clay soil found through parts of the southern suburbs — the paving base needed extra preparation (cement-treated rubble over geofabric) to stop the mortar joints cracking. See the full case study →
Southern suburbs landscaping questions
Which southern suburbs do you actually cover?
McLaren Vale, Reynella, Willunga, Hallett Cove, Happy Valley, Aberfoyle Park and Port Noarlunga are all regular territory — Hand Made Gardens is based right in McLaren Vale itself.
Do you handle sloping blocks in the southern suburbs and Hills foothills?
Yes — many blocks through Coromandel Valley, Craigburn Farm and the southern Hills foothills are on a slope, which is exactly what retaining walls and staged earthworks are for.
Do you provide free quotes across the southern suburbs?
Yes — a free, written, no-obligation quote, usually about 15 minutes on site to measure up.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes — Builders Licence BLD 51302, covering all landscape construction work, and fully insured.
Got a garden job in mind, somewhere across Adelaide's southern suburbs?
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