Garden Offices for Business
Garden offices designed for business use offer an incredible opportunity to create a workspace tailored entirely to your needs. Unlike renting premises, a purpose-built garden office allows you to design the space exactly as you want, ensuring it supports your workflow while maintaining the convenience of working from home. At the same time, it provides the valuable separation of stepping out of the house to work in a dedicated professional environment.
If you plan to run a business from a garden office, it’s essential to check your planning requirements early in the process. Many of the companies featured in this section are experienced in handling planning applications and will manage the process for you as part of their service. Alternatively, there are garden office planning specialists you can work with directly to navigate this stage (linked here for your convenience).
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Kitchens in Garden Offices
Kitchens can play a vital role in garden offices designed for business use. For example, a professional cake maker created a fully equipped commercial kitchen with ample space for meeting clients, while a florist incorporated a kitchen for flower preparation and a meeting area for consultations. These customisable kitchen spaces enhance the functionality of garden offices, making them suitable for a wide range of business needs.
Separation Between Business and Home Life
One of the greatest advantages of a garden office for business use is the separation it provides between home and work life. A purpose-built garden office offers the convenience of working from home while allowing you to step out of the house into a professional environment tailored to your workflow. From hair salons with backwash basins and cloakrooms to beauty studios with private glazing layouts and dog grooming spaces with vaulted ceilings, these designs ensure that your workspace is both practical and professional, supporting your business needs.
Examples of Garden Offices Designed for Business Use
The articles below showcase inspiring examples of garden offices designed for business. These are arranged with the most recently published projects first, so use the pagination to explore all the possibilities and click through to learn more about each customised space.
Hampton Garden Studio Transformed into a Beauty Studio
A beauty therapist has transformed a 3.6m x 2.4m Hampton by Sanctum Garden Studios into a stylish home beauty studio. Installed in just one day, it features dark oak flooring, Anthracite Grey finishes, and optional Cedar cladding for added warmth.
Dog Grooming Studio Designed with the Key Studio Range
This 3m x 2m Key Studio by Smart Modular Buildings has been tailored as a professional dog grooming studio. Compact yet fully equipped, it shows how careful planning and flexible design can turn a small footprint into a thriving garden-based business.
Garden Salon Created with a Bespoke Lowlander
This bespoke Lowlander by JML Garden Rooms was designed as a professional hair salon. Finished in vertical Cedar with recessed glazing, the 22sqm building includes styling stations, a WC, and kitchenette, and was delivered as a full turnkey project.
Garden Room Designed for Now and the Future
Swift Unlimited created a versatile, high-spec garden room in St Albans featuring a home gym, office, shower room, and future treatment space. Highlights include acoustic insulation, Cedar cladding, a rooflight, and tailored electrics, ensuring functionality and contemporary style.
Garden Physio Clinic
Swift Unlimited designed and built this bespoke 6.2m x 3.6m garden physio clinic with Siberian Larch cladding, bi-fold doors, and a stylish cloakroom. Designed for year-round use, it provides a professional workspace while blending functionality and comfort.
3m Tall Garden Photography Studio
Cosy Garden Rooms crafted a 3m tall, 7m x 4m insulated garden photography studio in East Sussex for Roberts Twins Photography. Featuring bespoke design, durable Boothbay Blue cladding, and air conditioning, this stylish space supports professional photography year-round with optimal lighting and comfort.
Garden Therapy Room
A bespoke garden therapy room provides a private, tranquil space tailored for professional use. Garden Affairs’ Flat Roof Log Cabin range, chosen by a hypnotherapist, offers flexibility and year-round comfort. Clients access the room via the back gate, enhancing privacy while maintaining work-life balance at home.
Garden Room with Standing Seam Zinc Cladding
This Vita Modular garden room features modern Zinc cladding, combining contemporary style with low maintenance. Designed as a physiotherapy space, it offers light-filled interiors, privacy, and practicality, including floor sockets, air conditioning, and a kitchenette, ensuring functionality for home-based professionals.
Garden Office & Treatment Room for an Osteopath
A purpose-built 3m tall garden room combining office and osteopathy treatment space. The reinforced structure accommodates ceiling-mounted equipment, while featuring on-site facilities, fire-resistant Cedral cladding and data cabling.
Save Money on Rent by Creating a Garden Hair Salon
Save money on High Street rents by creating a garden hair salon, offering a cost-effective, self-contained workspace. Hargreaves Garden Spaces provides turnkey solutions, including installation, utilities, and landscaping, delivering a professional, stylish setup with cedar cladding and modern interiors.
Home Beauty Salon Garden Room
This 6m x 3m garden room by Miniature Manors was designed for a beautician transitioning to a home-based salon. It includes tailored treatment zones, a cloakroom, and abundant natural light, combining professional functionality with the convenience of working from home.
Garden Office with Room for Staff
Garden offices can accommodate staff and create a professional workspace separate from home. JML Garden Rooms designed an 18 sqm office in Edinburgh, requiring planning permission due to its Conservation Area location. The turnkey project included a bespoke interior and advanced connectivity.
Garden Hair Salon
A professional hairdressing duo partnered with Swift Unlimited to create a modern garden salon featuring two cutting stations, a cloakroom, and a back basin. The Siberian Larch-clad design incorporates floor-to-ceiling glazing, climate control, and sustainable, low-maintenance materials.
Hairdresser Creates Salon in a Garden Room
Miniature Manors created a 4m x 3m garden salon for a self-employed hairdresser, blending functionality and style. The space features a backwash basin, professional styling stations, bespoke storage, and modern utilities, offering a tailor-made work-from-home solution.
Garden Room Designed for a Beauty Business
Miniature Manors designed a contemporary 5m x 3m garden room for a beauty therapist, blending functionality and style. Featuring Western Red Cedar cladding, a sedum roof, and a glazed corner with sliding doors, it offers a professional, eco-friendly workspace.