The studio
A garden designer who builds what he draws
Séan Kearney trained as a landscape horticulturalist with Teagasc, spent four years with a commercial landscaping firm in south Dublin, then came home to Wicklow to build something better. Since 2011 he has built over 300 gardens across the county and the Dublin commuter belt.
Since 2011 The story
Rooted in Wicklow
Kearney Landscapes was founded in 2011, after Séan spent his early career learning the trade properly: a horticulture training with Teagasc, then four years building gardens for a commercial firm in south Dublin. He saw how often gardens were dug first and designed never, and how often that ended in cracked patios and dead planting.
So he came home to Blessington to do it differently: design every garden on paper first, build it with his own crew, and use the granite and native planting that actually belong in the Wicklow landscape. Over 300 gardens later, the approach has not changed.
Today Séan works with a small crew of three trained landscapers. Nothing is subbied out to teams you have never met. When you hire Kearney Landscapes, the person who drew your plan is the person who builds it.
Qualified and insured
Credentials you can rely on
Teagasc trained
Séan trained as a landscape horticulturalist with Teagasc, so the planting is chosen with real horticultural knowledge.
Fully insured
€6.5m public liability cover and a C2 tax clearance certificate. You are dealing with a proper, accountable business.
Landscape Ireland member
A member of Landscape Ireland, the industry body, and Safe Pass certified for site safety.
3-year plant guarantee
Every plant we put in the ground is backed for three years, well beyond the industry norm.
How we work
What you can expect
Design-first, always
Every project starts with a drawn 2D plan, so you see the finished garden before a single sod is turned.
Wicklow-native
Local granite and native planting that suit the Wicklow landscape and soil, not fashionable imports that fail.
No subbies, ever
All work is carried out by Séan and his own trained crew, never passed to an unvetted team.
Built to last
A 10-year guarantee on hard landscaping and a 3-year guarantee on planting. We build it right the first time.
Let's talk
Have a garden in mind?
Tell Séan about your space. We will come out, talk it through, and draw up a plan. No pressure, no jargon.