The Garden Guys

Dubai villas and townhouses

From bare sand to your dream garden.

We design and build pools, pergolas and planting. Build yours here and get a free estimate in 2 minutes.

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Choose your style

Your estimate starts with the look. Drag the line to compare our two designs, then pick the one you want priced.

Bali Zen: The whole garden from the house: a raised stone spa spilling into a green stone pool, a teak deck with two sunbeds, a timber pergola over an outdoor kitchen and dining table, a raked gravel garden with lanterns and boulders, and open sandstone paving

Miami Modern: The whole garden from the house: a white slatted pergola over a travertine bar with four rattan stools, a long turquoise pool with three in-water loungers spread between two palm planters, the right one in the pool's corner, a built-in daybed and a lawn, with frangipani and palms along the walls

Bali Zen: The same view at dusk: the pool and spa glowing, lanterns lit, the deck edged with light and the pergola's woven pendant on

Miami Modern: The same view at dusk: the pool glowing, the palms and frangipani uplit, the pergola bar lit and the daybed edged with light

Bali Zen: From above: the spa and pool along the back with the Buddha, the deck and sunbeds, the pergola dining area, the gravel garden and the outdoor shower with its stone wall and teak floor

Miami Modern: From above: the pergola and bar top left, the long pool with its two palm planters and three loungers spread between them, the daybed, the lawn and the outdoor shower

Bali Zen: From the front left corner: the spa waterfall in the foreground, the pool, the deck with sunbeds, the pergola and the stone-walled outdoor shower beyond

Miami Modern: From the front left corner: the bar and stools under the pergola, the long pool and the palm planters with the loungers peeking out between them, beside the lawn

Bali Zen: From the front right corner: the teak sunbeds on the deck, the pool and the raised spa, the gravel garden and the bamboo and frangipani planting

Miami Modern: From the front right corner: a palm planter and the in-water loungers in the sun shelf, with the pergola bar across the pool

Bali Zen: Seated by the pool: a teak sunbed with a rolled towel, the green stone pool, the Buddha among the planting and the pergola kitchen

Miami Modern: Seated by the pool: the three in-water loungers spread out between two palm planters, the daybed and the frangipani along the back wall

Miami Modern

A sun-shelf pool with in-water loungers, a white slatted pergola bar and palms

Bali Zen

A green stone pool fed by a raised spa, a teak deck and a timber pergola

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Pick your style

The look sets the planting and finishes in your estimate.

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Your whole plot, house and garden. Drag to its size and your price grows with it.

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Your style fully fitted out: the pool, the pergola, the planting and a built-in barbecue.

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See it in your garden

Take one photo of your garden and we'll build Miami Modern into it, on your own house.

An empty villa garden: sand and a paved path

The same garden with Miami Modern built in: a turquoise pool, palms and white loungers

BeforeMiami Modern

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All it takes: one photo from a back corner of your garden.

After you book

How we work

Seven steps from your price on here to your finished garden.

1. Rough quote online
The estimate you get on here.
2. Site visit
Our team and designer check manholes, side areas, odd corners and access.
3. Your true quote
A proper price for your garden, after the visit.
4. Deposit on WhatsApp
5 to 10% by a link. Your contract follows by email with the start date we agreed.
5. Deposit before work
About 50% before we start.
6. Approvals and gate passes
Sorted through our designer.
7. The build
We build your garden.

Previous work

Before and after

After: The same garden finished: a plunge pool, a dark pergola, lawn and planters — AlkiraA plunge pool, a pergola and a lawn for a new townhouse.

Before: A bare townhouse garden: sand and a plain wall — AlkiraA plunge pool, a pergola and a lawn for a new townhouse.

After: The same garden in the Bali Zen style: raked gravel with stepping stones, a teak deck by the pool, bamboo, boulders and a dark pergola — SaheelBali Zen style: raked gravel, stepping stones, a teak deck, bamboo and a bonsai pine.

Before: A bare villa garden: dry sand and dead grass — SaheelBali Zen style: raked gravel, stepping stones, a teak deck, bamboo and a bonsai pine.

After: The same garden in the Modern style: pale paving, a turquoise pool, lawn, palms and a white pergola with loungers — MeadowsModern style: pale paving, a turquoise pool, palms and a white pergola.

Before: A tired villa garden: patchy lawn and cracked paving — MeadowsModern style: pale paving, a turquoise pool, palms and a white pergola.

Joe Butler in his work gear with a spade on his shoulder

Who we are

Joe Butler

Founder, The Garden Guys

I'm Joe. Since 2021 I've helped clients from more than 15 countries buy and renovate homes across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.

The Garden Guys does the outside: pick a style, see your price, and my team builds it.