One person, answerable for the whole garden.

Matthew Gore Ltd is a Hertfordshire garden design and landscaping firm, founded and run by Matthew Gore. Matt has spent twenty years learning what makes a garden work — and, just as importantly, what makes one last. His conviction is a simple one: what sets a garden apart is rarely a single feature, but whether one person carries the whole thing, so every part belongs to the same considered scheme.

That is why he works the way he does. Matt develops his own designs, and he also builds for other garden designers — translating someone else's drawing into a real, buildable garden. Doing both the designing and the building is what lets him see, early, what will actually work on the ground. And where a client has already had plans drawn up, he'll often suggest refinements: as one wrote, the ideas Matt added “improved the overall look and design.”

The work spans the whole garden — garden walls, steps, raised planters and built-in seats; driveways in block, gravel and resin; patios, paths and decking; fencing; soft landscaping of lawns and planting; and pool surrounds and renovation. One owner-led team carries a project from the first site visit through the build to the final planted border, so nothing gets lost between trades and you always know who you're dealing with.

You don't have to take our word for any of it. Read the 37 five-star Google reviews behind us and you'll notice something unusual: every single one names Matt personally. “Matt suggested,” “Matt and his team,” “professionally managed and directed.” That is what a genuine, owner-led business built on repeat referrals looks like — the same words, about the same person, again and again: professional, meticulous, attention to detail, and always tidy at the end of the day.

We're genuinely rooted in the area, based on Luton Road in Harpenden and working across Hertfordshire and the surrounding counties. Being local — and having worked these gardens for two decades — is, in the end, how a firm like this earns and keeps its reputation.