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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The garden is situated in the heart of a quiet village with foot access from the adjacent lane.   The design brief was to create a cottage style garden with the maximum amount of planting area for the owners who...

12 December, 2019 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This garden was a joint project with Rebecca Winship (Rebecca Winship Garden Design) who designed the layout of the garden and collaborated on the planting design. The brief was to create a garden with a relaxed, romantic atmosphere...

17 October, 2021 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following a new kitchen installation the clients requested help with integrating the house with the garden. With new bifold doors, the small existing terrace needed updating and also needed to be given a sense of purpose and place....

17 October, 2021 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]The brief for this project was to design a garden for a newly built townhouse that was to be low maintenance, of a simple and symmetrical layout, and provide seating areas which would help to maximise the...

26 September, 2021 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   This seemingly simple project brief - to enhance the visual interest of the large expanse of lawn with low maintenance planting – was in reality quite complex given the aspect and size  of the ‘garden’ that the clients...

12 October, 2020 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]   This project was a collaborative undertaking between myself and Kathryn Hibberd of 12Garden Design. Kathryn undertook the hard landcaping design while I undertook the plant design. Collaboration and joint site meetings ensured the coherence between the two phases...

12 October, 2020 /

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The brief for this garden design was to work with the existing builders and design the layout for the garden. The house was undergoing an extension creating considerable building work. The house is situated in the town but...

21 July, 2020 /

The brief for this existing border was to create a planting scheme that would provide structure, colour and interest through the year. The ground was cleared, perennial weeds treated and soil prepared before planting in September 2018. Evergreen structural shrubs and perennials hold the border...

26 May, 2020 /

This project was undertaken over a full year as both existing beds were overrun with perennial weeds. These were treated and the ground covered for 6 months, resprayed and finally planted up in October and November 2019. In this first flowering season the structural shrubs...

26 May, 2020 /

The client was delighted with their recently built terrace and the beds incorporated into the design. The plant design brief was to create a planting scheme that would provide soft planting to provide the atmosphere of a Mediterranean garden using existing olive trees planted in...

26 May, 2020 /