Hand Made Gardens · 8 Mudge St, McLaren Vale SA 5171 · 0413 115 680 · Quotes Monday to Saturday
Landscaping Adelaide's eastern suburbs since 1981
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 Glen Osmond, Burnside, St Peters, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Park, Unley and St Georges. The eastern suburbs sit right against the Adelaide Hills foothills. Glen Osmond sits at the foot of Mount Osmond and the South Eastern Freeway, Burnside runs up toward Waterfall Gully, and a lot of the blocks through both are steeply sloped, while St Peters and Kensington are older, flatter blocks closer to the city. That's exactly the terrain retaining walls, steps and staged earthworks are built for, and it's a big part of what we do in this part of Adelaide.
Services we do most across the eastern suburbs
Retaining Walls
Practical solutions for the steep, foothills-adjacent blocks common through this area.
Small Earthworks
Site prep and drainage for sloped sites.
Timber Decks
Built to last, sized to your space.
Paving
Driveways, paths, patios and courtyards.
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.
Landscape Design
Planting plans tailored to your soil, climate and site.
An eastern suburbs project
This Glen Osmond job is a good example of the terrain common through the eastern suburbs: a steep, overgrown slope that needed proper retaining and staged earthworks before the deck itself could go in. See the full case study →
On flatter ground in St Peters, a sunken outdoor entertaining area with a rendered feature wall, sandstone-capped bench seating, a firepit and lawn. More on garden features →
Eastern suburbs landscaping questions
Which eastern suburbs do you actually cover?
Glen Osmond, Burnside, St Peters, Kensington Gardens, Kensington Park, Unley and St Georges are all regular territory.
A lot of eastern-suburbs blocks back onto the Hills foothills and are steeply sloped: can you work with that?
Yes. Retaining, steps and staged earthworks on a steep, overgrown slope are common work for us, including a full rebuild in Glen Osmond itself.
How far are the eastern suburbs from your base?
About 40 minutes from McLaren Vale to Unley and Glen Osmond, and 45 to 50 minutes to Burnside, Kensington and St Peters.
Do you provide free quotes across the eastern 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.
Where we work in the eastern suburbs
What clients say
Highly recommend Hand Made Gardens. From first meeting and quote, to completion, Martyn was enthusiastic and motivated about the design and landscaping of our front yard.
Ezza O, Google review
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Other areas we cover
Southern suburbs
Reynella, Hallett Cove, Happy Valley, Aberfoyle Park and Port Noarlunga.
Western suburbs
Seacliff, Somerton Park, Henley Beach, West Lakes and Semaphore.
McLaren Vale
Home base, plus McLaren Flat, Willunga and the wine region around it.
Got a garden job in mind, somewhere across Adelaide's eastern suburbs?
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