Desmond Ayela
Build foreman
Desmond has laid stone for twenty-six years and has run our build team since 2016. Retaining walls, falls and drainage are his subject, and he is the reason our terraces still sit flat five winters on.
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Experiences
“Get the levels right and everything after it is easy.”
- Garden design
- Hard landscaping
- Planting schemes
- Maintenance rounds
Hillside Terrace, Marlow
2024
Front Garden and Drive, Guildford
2022
Long Lawn and Pergola, Henley
2023
Walled Courtyard, Bath
2023
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Diary
What the team is building this season
A short note on what is on site, what is going in the ground and
what is coming out of it.
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Hillside Terrace handed over after eleven weeks on site.
Mar 2, 2026
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Bare-root hedging going in across three gardens this month.
Feb 18, 2026
What our clients say, a year on
¨Greenway surveyed the slope, told us two of our ideas would not drain, and drew something better. Eleven weeks on site, one week late because of frost, and they said so on the Monday rather than the Friday. Two summers on it still looks like the drawing.¨
Hannah Reid
Hillside Terrace, Marlow
