LAPHIC Landscape Gazebo Compound
Services · Landscape Architecture

Gardens that grow into their place.

Compounds, gazebos, water features and native gardens — designed for Uganda's climate and built to settle in over the years.

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The Practice

Landscape as architecture.

We treat every garden the way we treat a building — drawn carefully, built with patience, and planted for the way a place will look in ten years, not just on opening day.

From the boundary wall to the last flagstone, our landscape work brings the same craft to the open air as our interiors do to the rooms inside.

What We Do

Six landscape
disciplines, under one roof.

From compound paving to full garden masterplans — every service is delivered by the same principal-led studio, so the design intent never gets lost in translation.

Hardscape & Paving
01 · Hardscape

Paving & Terrazzo

Driveways, walkways and patios in terrazzo, natural stone and exposed aggregate — laid clean, drained right, finished to last.

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Compound Design
02 · Compound

Compound Design

Boundary walls, gates, driveways and parking laid out to give a property the right arrival sequence — secure, generous, and easy to live with.

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Exterior Landscape
03 · Exterior

Outdoor Living

Lounges, fire pits, and shaded courtyards that turn the area outside the front door into the part of the house you actually use most.

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Garden Design
04 · Gardens

Garden Design & Planting

Native and tropical planting schemes, lawns, hedging and feature trees — chosen for Uganda's climate and the way a garden matures.

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Outdoor Spaces
05 · Outdoor Rooms

Decks, Pergolas & Pools

Timber decks, pergolas, swimming pools and pool surrounds — designed as outdoor rooms with the same care as a living room indoors.

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Site Planning
06 · Site Planning

Masterplanning

For larger sites — orientation, drainage, levels, circulation and landscape masterplans drawn together with the building from day one.

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Outdoor Architecture

Built shade, built to last.

Gazebos, pergolas, summer kitchens and boundary pavilions — drawn into the landscape rather than placed on top of it. We work the structure into the levels, the planting, and the way light moves across the garden through the day.

  • Hardwood and steel structures detailed for the long view
  • Roofs designed for Uganda's sun and short, hard rains
  • Foundations that respect existing roots and drainage
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Planting Design

A garden that belongs here.

We plant for Uganda — not for a magazine. That means native shade trees, hardy ornamentals, and grasses that come back after a dry month. The garden you walk into on handover day is only the first chapter; year three is the one we design for.

  • Indigenous trees and pollinator-friendly planting
  • Drought-tolerant beds, low-maintenance lawns
  • Soil prep, mulching and aftercare guidance
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How We Work

Five steps from site visit
to settled garden.

Every landscape project moves through the same five stages — small or large, garden or compound, the rhythm doesn't change.

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Week 01

Site Visit

We walk the site at different times of day — sun, drainage, neighbours, mature trees.

1 — 2 days
02
Week 02

Concept Sketch

Sketch plans and mood-boards. We agree the spirit of the garden before any detail.

1 week
03
Week 03–04

Detailed Design

Drawings, plant schedules, materials and a realistic, itemised cost plan.

2 weeks
04
Month 02–04

Build & Plant

Our own crews lay hardscape and plant the garden — one accountable team.

6 — 12 weeks
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Year 01+

Aftercare

We come back. First year care matters most — and we stay involved.

Ongoing

Ready to design your garden? Let's walk the site together.

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