Butler Landscapes review
Ranked 5 of 10 in Landscape gardeners in Telford
Best for: Shropshire landscaping with verified paperwork
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Trading as Butler Landscapes Limited · Market Drayton · Service area: Telford, Shropshire, Cheshire
Butler Landscapes in short
Butler Landscapes is a long-trading firm working from a farm base outside Telford, with decades on the company record and a waste carrier registration tied to the same address as its listing. The firm serves Telford and the wider Shropshire area from its farm base, with neighbouring counties in its patch [3]. Trade membership is listed on the firm's own website. That pairing of company history with matching register entries is among the strongest paper trails in this round.
Our verdict is that Butler Landscapes suits anyone who values company paperwork checked against the registers over a slick website, provided you are comfortable briefing the whole job by phone. Checkable history at this length is rare in the lower half, which is why the firm sits fifth despite having no working site.
Customer reviews are strong too, with a near-five-star Google rating across a modest set of reviews [3]. The set is smaller than the leaders' but consistent, and the listing is the only place customers speak on the record. The rating therefore supports rather than carries the assessment.
What counts against it is the dead website: it now serves unrelated content, so services, prices and insurance cannot be checked online at all. In our judgement that makes this the hardest firm in the round to assess from your sofa, though none of it reflects adversely on the work itself.
Our verdict
Our judgement: the company record and waste registration are among the strongest in this round, but the defunct website makes this harder to assess than its peers.
Score summary
Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.
- Composite score
- 63.8 / 100
Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%
75 out of 100
BALI membership is listed on the business's own website [1]. Environment Agency waste carrier register registration is on the issuing register.
First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%
40 out of 100
No pricing, quote statement or VAT position published anywhere checkable [3].
Website and service information C7 · weight 5%
30 out of 100
No functioning website; only the Google listing carries name, area and phone [3].
Evidence
| Fact | Value | Source | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years trading | 23 | Source companies-house | |
| Waste carrier registration | CBDU429664 upper tier, Butler Landscapes Limited of Green Bank Farm, Tern Hill | Source register |
Industry qualifications
Sourced from the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders, on the date shown.
Strengths
Butler Landscapes Limited is active on Companies House since 2003 [1]. The waste register ties the same legal name to Green Bank Farm, the exact address on the Google listing [2].
The firm holds upper-tier waste carrier registration CBDU429664 [2]. The Google listing shows 4.9 from 15 reviews, seen 3 September 2026 [3].
Limitations
The firm's own website now serves unrelated content, so you cannot brief or check them online — use the phone number on the Google listing [3].
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Questions about Butler Landscapes
Is Butler Landscapes any good?
On the evidence, yes where paperwork matters: it ranks fifth of the ten Telford landscape gardeners, pairs decades on the company record with its waste registration on the register, and holds a near-five-star Google rating. The dead website makes it harder to brief than its peers, so read the full review. Call the number on the listing.
Is Butler Landscapes registered with a trade scheme?
BALI membership is listed on the firm's own website, and its waste carrier registration is on the issuing register under the same legal name and address as its listing [1][2]. Ask for the membership details when you call, since the website cannot be checked. Get any claim in writing. Get the membership dates confirmed on the same call.
What does Butler Landscapes charge?
No pricing, quote statement or VAT terms are published anywhere checkable [3]. That means your call does the talking: describe the job by phone and ask for an itemised written quote. Confirm what the price covers before you agree anything. Ask for waste removal and VAT shown as their own lines.
Where does Butler Landscapes work?
The firm serves Telford and the wider Shropshire area from its farm base, with neighbouring counties in its patch [3]. Send your postcode when you call to confirm you are covered. Ask for a finished local project to view. Mention access and the nearest project you could visit. Note the farm base when judging travel time.
How do I get a quote from Butler Landscapes?
There is no working website, so everything runs by phone on the number the Google listing shows [3]. Describe the job fully on the call, with your postcode, access and the nearest project you could visit. Ask for the discussion followed up by an itemised written quote before anything is agreed.
What do customers say about Butler Landscapes?
The held evidence is a near-five-star Google rating across a modest set of reviews, which is solid without matching the volume of the firms above [3]. The listing is the only place customers speak, so read each review in full there. The company record and the waste registration carry the rest of the assessment.
How does Butler Landscapes compare with the others in the round?
It ranks fifth of the ten, the best-placed firm below the care and build leaders. Our verdict is that Butler Landscapes trades online ease for register strength: nothing above it pairs this length of company history with matching waste entries. Where briefing by phone suits you, it out-papers its neighbours; where it does not, the firms above brief faster.
Others assessed for this trade
- MPM Groundcare Ltd70.5 / 100Ranked 1. Best for steady grounds care with free surveys and checkable paperwork.
- Anthony's Garden Services69.6 / 100Ranked 2. Best for regular garden maintenance with free quotes.
- Q Landscapes69.1 / 100Ranked 3. Best for tree work plus turfing and fencing.
- Arcox Landscaping Ltd68.7 / 100Ranked 4. Best for larger landscaping and grounds projects.
Sources
- Companies House — Butler Landscapes Limited Retrieved 3 September 2026.
- Environment Agency waste carriers register Retrieved 3 September 2026.
- Google Maps listing Retrieved 3 September 2026.
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