# Gardr: Expert Garden Design and Landscaping in East Anglia

Gardr is a specialist garden design and landscaping company based in Royston, serving Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Bedfordshire. Founded by Douglas Spencer, the business combines meticulous craftsmanship with a genuine commitment to understanding each client's vision for their outdoor space.

The company excels across the full spectrum of garden transformation, from initial design concepts through to complete landscaping execution. Their expertise spans garden design, fencing, arboriculture, paving, and the creation of bespoke ponds and water features. What sets Gardr apart is their obsessive attention to detail—the kind of precision typically reserved for kitchens and bathrooms, applied to outdoor spaces. Rather than adopting a "roughly right" approach common in the industry, they invest considerable time researching materials to secure both superior quality and genuine cost savings for clients, rather than inflating project margins.

Douglas's background reveals serious credentials: a bespoke carpentry apprenticeship at Pincay Woodworking followed by experience with Women with Waders, an award-winning aquatics specialist. He built his first pond at just 17, demonstrating early mastery of complex water features. The business philosophy—summarised as CORE (Customer satisfaction, Obsession with detail, Research, and Effort)—emphasises listening to clients, delivering millimetre-perfect execution, and working tirelessly to achieve results that genuinely reflect how clients want to live and relax outdoors.