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Finished garden with lawn, ornamental grasses and perennial borders
Services — 04 · Work. Play. Relax.

Softscapes

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Rooted in horticulture

Unlike other builders, we started in the soil.

Forma Build has its roots in horticulture. It is where owner Alan honed his skills, starting at ten years old in a family-run retail and wholesale business, growing and tending plants.

We offer softscape landscaping from design through to installation — and every install is guaranteed under warranty for a minimum of two years with suitable site conditions and irrigation supply.

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Mixed perennial planting with low-level lighting
01 Site prep & soil amendments
02 Full scale plantings
03 Seasonal plantings
04 Specimen tree planting
05 Hedging & shrubbery
06 Perennials
07 Climbers
08 Spring & summer bulbs

Design services & installation

With our trusted stone masons, carpenters, metal workers, arborists and horticulture team, we are with you every step of the way to ensure you get the outdoor space you want.

Garden maintenance

We care for gardens with eco-friendly soil, fertilizer and mulch amendments. Pruning, deadheading, weeding, bulb planting and more — treated as if the garden were our own.

The work
Design · Install · Maintain

Soil, planting and the beds that hold it all together.

Backyard oasis
Backyard oasis Planting, beds and lawn pulled into one scheme.
Garden design
Garden design Plans drawn before a single plant goes in the ground.
Soil amendment
Soil amendment We start below grade — the soil decides what survives.
Specimen planting
Specimen planting Dawyck purple beech and other specimens as anchor plants.
Bed planting
Bed planting Layered planting for season-long interest.
Border planting
Border planting Borders built to soften hard edges and structures.
Seasonal colour
Seasonal colour Rotating colour without redoing the whole bed.
Before & after

Maintenance turnaround — Greenwood.

An overgrown garden brought back under control — cut back, re-edged, soil amended and replanted, then kept on an annual maintenance schedule.

Greenwood garden after maintenance Greenwood garden before maintenance
Before
After
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The palette
Texture & seasonal colour

Planting chosen to carry the beds right through the season.

Golden Japanese forest grass massed beside dark heuchera
Japanese forest grass Hakonechloa massed against dark heuchera for contrast.
Multi-stem specimen tree in white spring blossom
Spring blossom A multi-stem specimen to carry the bed in early spring.
Japanese forest grass spilling over the edge of a flagstone path
Grasses along a path Soft edges spilling over the line of a flagstone walk.
Sedum Autumn Joy in flower beside stone steps
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' Late colour beside the steps, still standing when the rest has gone over.
Golden Japanese forest grass massed the length of a low stone wall, with hostas behind
Massed along a wall Grasses run the length of a low stone wall, hostas holding the shade behind.
Japanese blood grass planted against granite boulders
Blood grass and stone Fine red foliage set against rough granite.
White mophead hydrangeas massed in a mixed summer border
Hydrangea in the border White mopheads carrying a mixed border through late summer.
Low clipped hedge running along the front of a mixed perennial border
Clipped hedging A low hedge drawing a clean line under a loose mixed border.
Cut-leaf Japanese maple in full orange autumn colour beside boulders
Japanese maple Acer palmatum turning through autumn, set against stone.

Call us today.
Let's bring your vision to light.

Inquire about an outdoor build installation, or an enhancement through outdoor lighting.

Contact us 647-762-7579
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