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Julian Barclay is an award-winning garden design and landscaping company proudly based in beautiful Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire. Our dedicated landscaping team serves the regions of Aberdeenshire, Royal Deeside, and Donside—including Ballater, Aboyne, Tarland, Banchory, Alford, Braemar, and Aberdeen. Since early 2025, we have also expanded our services to Inverness and the Isle of Skye.

All of our garden landscaping and design projects are completed exclusively by our own highly experienced and qualified staff. We take pride in listening carefully to your requirements, offering suggestions and advice, and crafting intriguing and unique garden designs. Whether you have a large country estate or a smaller garden or courtyard, our trusted team will bring your ideas to life and turn them into your dream garden.

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We promise to…..

• Listen to what YOU want in your garden design. 
• Keep you informed of progress as the landscaping project unfolds and starts to take shape.
• Provide you with a detailed quotation and work specification. 
• Keep the site as clean and tidy as possible throughout the project.
• Keep disruption to you and your neighbours as minimal as possible during the construction process.
• Leave your property in an immaculate condition upon completion of the project.

We particularly enjoy working with awkward or hard to reach gardens – which always present a challenge!

Contact our friendly team today!

Related Case Studies

Willow Tree Crown Reduction, Banchory

When a large Willow Tree needed taming, we were on hand to take care of it, giving our Tree Surgeons a chance to display their climbing skills!

Front Garden Makeover – Banchory, Aberdeenshire

A complete front garden makeover in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. First we had to clear the site b...

Decked seating Area in Toraveen

This decking installation allowed us to breathe new life in to the rather unattractive existing garden by creating a large decking sitting area. 

New Patio Area for garden in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

A simple but very effective garden design to create a larger patio area to sit out comfortably, whilst screening the garden shed and greenhouse from sight.

Raised Decking Platform – Tarland, Aberdeenshire

Decking is very versatile and can transform awkward areas of a garden or sloping ground. Our ...

Retaining Wall built from Large Wooden Sleepers, Aboyne, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire

A new retaining wall constructed from our lovely Railway Sleepers to transform this garden bou...

Tree Removal

Our customer needed our Tree Removal service using our experienced and trained Tree Surgery te...

Beech Hedge Reduction, Royal Deeside

Beech Hedge reduction in Royal Deeside by our tree surgeons.

Laurel Hedge Cutting, Banchory

Our Tree Surgery team are busy in Aberdeenshire. This time it was Laurel Hedge Cutting in Banchory, Royal deeside

Tree Surgery in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire

Tall Pine tree reduction in Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. Our Tree Surgery team used our narrow access Cherry Picker and tree climbing techniques to safely perform this tree work.

Decking Project in Aberdeen

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Landscaping Project

Clearance, then rebuild. Our favourite stuff!

Clearing the way…

Clearing the way for a new Play Area.

Garden Access for a Disabled Client

This was one of our largest projects, a complete overhaul of a garden, incorporating a huge ra...

Front Door Steps and Path

A small project we undertook to construct some new Front Door Steps and a new Path.

Garden Path

A new Garden Path running the length of the garden was the remit for this project. See the dev...

Storm Damage

When Storm Damage felled this Tree, the team at Julian Barclay were soon on hand to clear up the mess!

Raised Flower Beds – Brickwork

An example of a project to construct Raised Flower Beds from Bricks.

Other services offered by Julian Barclay

Commercial Property

Commercial Property Services & Grounds Maintenance in Aberdeenshire

Crown Lifting

Crown Lifting creates more clearance between the ground and the lower limbs

Crown Thinning

Crown Thinning reduces the overall density of foliage and includes the removal of crossing, weak and dead branches.

Concrete Bases

Concrete Bases – they’re not interesting – but they are important!

Turf and Grass Seed

The choice between laying turf or sowing grass seed usually comes down to budget and the area ...

Gates

Timber gates R-us!

Hedge Cutting

Regular Hedge cutting and Hedge Maintenance are key to keeping your hedges growing thick and t...

Garden Construction

Expert garden construction and landscaping services in Aberdeenshire, Inverness, and the Isle of Skye. Transform your outdoor space with bespoke designs, hardscaping, pl...

Livestock Fencing

We are exceptionally experienced in wooden livestock fencing.