What grass and plants will you specify for a Ghana garden?

The hard-wearing standard lawn for Ghana is carpet grass (Axonopus compressus) — it suits the climate and takes use, needing roughly an inch of water a week and browning in the Harmattan without irrigation. For planting we choose shrubs and trees that actually thrive in our heat and rains, and we are honest if a look you have seen abroad will not work here. Any treatments specified use products registered with the EPA (under Act 490), applied responsibly.

Can you design my garden while I am abroad?

Yes — we run the survey with someone on site and conduct the consultation by video, then present the concept, planting plan and drawings remotely so you can see and approve the design without flying back. Once approved, we can build it and keep it on a photo-reported plan, so a diaspora-owned garden is designed, built and cared for without you being in the country.

Garden Design in Accra — Plan Before You Build

Before a garden is built, it should be designed — a site survey, a concept, a planting plan, and drawings with an itemised quote, so you see the garden and the cost before any digging starts. Landscapers Ghana designs gardens across Accra, since 1986. Book a design consultation.

Garden design is the stage before the build — a site survey, a concept, a planting plan, and working drawings with an itemised quote, so the garden and the cost are both on paper before any digging starts. Landscapers Ghana designs gardens that are built right across Accra, since 1986. Book a design consultation: +233 27 000 0844.

Why Design First

A Garden on Paper Before It Is on the Ground

A concept and working drawings let you see the garden — the layout, the lawn, the hardscape, the planting — and change it on paper, where changes are free, instead of on site, where they are not.

A Cost You See Before You Commit

The design comes with an itemised quote, so you see what the garden is and what it costs before any work starts — not a vague promise and a surprise bill at the end.

Plants & Lawns Chosen for Ghana

The planting plan specifies carpet grass and species chosen for Ghana’s heat and rains, with honest advice when a look from abroad will not work here.

Designed to Be Built in the Right Order

The drawings set the build sequence — groundwork and drainage first, then hardscape, irrigation, lawn and planting — so the garden lasts instead of failing in the first rains.

What Garden Design Delivers

Stage	What you get
Site survey	Soil, sun, drainage, levels, existing trees recorded
Concept design	Layout, zones, where each element sits
Planting plan	Lawn, shrubs and trees specified for Ghana
Working drawings	Layout, levels, hardscape, irrigation, planting
Itemised quote	The garden and the cost, on paper, before the build

Our Design Process

Consultation & site survey — space, soil, sun, drainage, levels, how you use it.
Concept design — the layout and zones, presented so you can adjust it.
Planting plan — carpet grass and planting chosen to thrive in Ghana.
Drawings & itemised quote — working drawings + an itemised quote before work.
Into the build — the approved design built in the right order.

What It Costs — Honestly

Garden design is quoted per project, because the right figure depends on the size of the space and the depth of the design — a single concept and planting plan is a different scope from full working drawings for a large garden. We give you the design scope and cost up front after the consultation, so there is no surprise. We do not publish a fixed design rate; quoting one blind, before seeing your garden, would be a guess. (For reference on the build that follows, new lawn / turfing is indicatively ~GH₵15 per square metre installed — a single-source indicative figure, not a market rate; the full garden is priced on the design.)

Done Right & Honestly

Carpet grass (Axonopus compressus) — Ghana’s hard-wearing lawn standard — plus planting chosen to thrive in the local climate; honest advice when an imported look will not work here
Any treatments specified use products registered with the EPA (under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, Act 490), applied responsibly
Established 1986 — a real design-build firm with a portfolio, shared on request

Garden Design Across Greater Accra & Beyond

We design gardens across East Legon, Airport Residential, Cantonments, Trasacco, Spintex, Tema, Adenta, Dzorwulu, Labone, and Ridge — plus Kumasi and Takoradi, and Lomé, Togo. Diaspora owners design with us remotely, with the survey run on site and the concept presented by video.

Areas We Serve

Landscapers Ghana designs gardens across Greater Accra — East Legon, Airport Residential, Cantonments, Trasacco, Spintex, Tema, Adenta, Dzorwulu, Labone, Ridge — plus Kumasi, Takoradi, and Lomé, Togo.

Landscaping in Ghana — design and build, the full picture
Garden Design & Installation — design taken through to a planted garden
Turfing & Lawn Installation — new carpet-grass lawns
Hardscape Construction — paving, walls, patios from the design
Landscaping Cost Guide — how a garden is priced, honestly

Frequently Asked Questions

What does garden design involve? A site survey, a concept that sets the layout, a planting plan, and working drawings with an itemised quote — the garden on paper, with its cost, before any digging starts.

How much does garden design cost in Ghana? It is quoted per project — a single concept is a different scope from full working drawings for a large garden. We give you the design scope and cost after the consultation; we do not publish a fixed design rate, as quoting blind would be a guess.

What grass and plants will you specify? Carpet grass (Axonopus compressus) for the lawn, and shrubs and trees chosen to thrive in Ghana’s heat and rains, with EPA-registered (Act 490) treatments applied responsibly.

Can you design my garden while I’m abroad? Yes — the survey is run on site, the consultation and concept by video, and the design approved remotely, then built and kept on a photo-reported plan.