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Beautiful, functional water environments engineered for longevity, ecology, and ease of management.
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When water works against you
Water is unforgiving. Design or build errors quickly become expensive problems.
Leaks from inadequate water retaining structures or liners
Silt build-up, algae blooms, and poor water quality
Undersized pumps/filtration and high running costs
Erosion, unstable edges, and unsafe access points
Ecological imbalances and invasive species risks
Permitting/consent delays and compliance issues
Disruption from fragmented suppliers and weak coordination
As experienced aquatic landscape contractors, we deliver end-to-end design and construction – balancing amenity, ecology, safety, and lifecycle cost.
Pond & lake construction
New builds and enlargements, formed for water quality, habitat value, and long-term stability – planned around programme, ecology, and access.
Pond & lake restoration
Desilting, liner renewal, bank stabilisation, and water quality recovery – bringing tired assets back to life with minimal disruption.
Watercourses & SuDS earthworks
Ditches, swales, rills, wetlands, and detention basins shaped to manage flows, improve biodiversity, and protect downstream assets.
Aquatic planting & habitat creation
Marginal, emergent, and submerged palettes designed for clarity, habitat, and year-round interest – installed for quick establishment.
Edges, access & safety
Boardwalks, platforms, barriers, and gentle shelves – safe, inclusive interaction with water and durable, attractive finishes.
Engineered water retaining structures
Clay cores, liners, concrete works, headwalls, weirs, and spillways – robust infrastructure for reliable containment and control.
Pumping, filtration & controls
Right-sized M&E, skimmers, UV/biological filtration, and automation – optimising clarity, energy use, and maintenance.
Natural swimming pools
Chemical-free bathing with planted regeneration zones, precise hydraulics, and elegant water feature construction details.
Maintenance & aftercare
Seasonal programmes, silt and reed management, water testing, plant balance, and proactive asset care.
With award-winning heritage and nationwide delivery, we’re trusted to create beautiful, biodiverse and functional water environments that are easy to manage.
Experts in aquatic landscaping & water retaining structures
Trusted by designers, architects, and main contractors to deliver complex water environments and dependable containment.
Fully accredited and site-compliant
ISO 9001/14001/45001, BALI, CHAS, SafeContractor, Constructionline, FORS, SMAS Worksafe, CSCS/CPCS – and security-cleared for sensitive sites.
Proven delivery across sectors
Public realm, education campuses, heritage estates, commercial and business parks, and defence sites nationwide.
Tailored solutions for complex sites
Methodologies aligned to ecology, seasonality, and programme – sequenced for safety, quality, and minimal disruption.
Effortless
Transform your water environments in 3 simple steps
Share your requirements and we’ll scope the works and provide a clear, tailored quotation.
Site visit & planning
We assess basin profiles, soils, inflows, M&E needs, and access – finalising methodology, phasing, and QA.
Delivery with precision
We construct water retaining structures, install M&E and planting, and commission systems – handing over a safe, resilient asset.
Discover our latest projects
With nationwide coverage, Gavin Jones delivers expert landscaping solutions for a wide range of clients – from commercial developers and estate managers to universities, government bodies, and heritage sites.
Explore our case studies to see how we’ve created resilient, high-impact landscapes across public, private, and complex multi-use environments.
See how we’ve helped clients like you transform their spaces with confidence, quality, and long-term value.
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum had an ambitious vision: to transform its existing gardens into a ‘living laboratory’ that would inspire public engagement, advance conservation science, and improve biodiversity.
Monk Bridge Regeneration Project
Reimagining an historic structure through regeneration landscaping. Creating a vibrant elevated park that connects the public whilst celebrating its Victorian heritage.
Teesside Shopping Park
Teesside Park, part of the British Land portfolio, wanted to improve the public realm around retail frontages through the use of attractive landscaping features to enhance the customer experience.
The Glebe
This development posed unique technical and aesthetic challenges. The site’s prestigious location in the heart of old Chelsea demanded the highest design standards to blend seamlessly with its historic surroundings.
Walpole Park
Ealing Council, had a clear yet ambitious vision, to restore the park’s Regency-era character and reconnect the landscape with Soane’s original design principles. Focusing to enhance accessibility and visitor experience for future generations.
Aquatic places succeed when engineering and ecology pull in the same direction. Poorly conceived profiles, undersized water retaining structures, or the wrong M&E can lead to murky water, eroding banks, and high maintenance burdens. The challenge is delivering clear, resilient water with safe access and genuine biodiversity value – without spiralling cost.
Gavin Jones aligns aquatic landscaping craft with robust construction. We shape basins and watercourses to control flows, calm silt, and support healthy plant communities; we specify liners and structures that hold up over time; and we right-size pumps and filtration so clarity is sustained efficiently. Every decision is made with lifecycle and usability in mind.
As trusted aquatic landscape contractors, we also handle the logistics others avoid – temporary works, cranage, live-site phasing, and coordination with permits and consents. Our teams manage interfaces with hard landscaping, paths, and planting so the whole environment functions as one.
The result is water you can rely on: clear, attractive, and ecologically balanced, with water retaining structures that are safe, compliant, and built to endure. Assets become easier to manage, budgets go further, and users enjoy water that’s a true destination – not a maintenance headache.
