Gallery
Garden Design Gallery
Garden Design
Please have a look through some of my work. I have created some beautiful gardens this year. The idea of this gallery is to give you an essence of my work. If you would like to discuss any project you may be considering and wish to view my full portfoilio, please fill in the "contact us" form. I'd be very happy to discuss your ideas with you.
Beautiful Back Garden
This beautiful home had a neglected garden that the clients wanted redisigning to suit family life. They also wanted a beautiful place to entertain and relax. The design brief was to maintain an essence of the woodland garden at the lower end of the garden and blend this with a family garden that gives beauty and privacy to the owners.
Natural Planting
Using plants I have created a wall of colour that lasts from one end of the year to the other. Grasses and herbaceous plants are woven around each other to create colour, texture and movement.
Olive Tree Terrace
I brought the inside out here, the surface being the same as the interior flagstone kitchen floor of this beautifully designed Surrey home. The simple design here makes the courtyard a lovely place to be, quiet and tranquil with the sound of trickling water into a pool breaking the stillness.
Limestone Valley
This steep sided garden was designed so that it looks like its part of the lansdcape, the rocks were carefully placed so as to look natural and random, the planting is very natural with a limited pallete of blues pinks and whites the essence is to make the viewer feel like this is not man made.
Rock Plants
By not using any alpine plants, this border fits into its surroundings. Over time the planting will mature, the viewer will wonder down natural paths through borders that are full of colour and alive with the sound of the breeze and the buzzing of busy insects.
Planting For all the seasons
This beautiful border was photographed when it was only ayear old. It has great foliage colours that really work well together. It provides interest right through the seasons.
The Right Plants
One of the tricks for garden designers and plantsmen alike is to find plants that work in specific places. Here block planting is used to maximum effect in a semi shaded garden planted in very heavy clay, a challenge for anyone. The planting continues to flourish with the bare minimum of human intervention.
The SandStone Stairway
Just a muddy bank when I arrived. This design evolved from that point in time. York stone for the steps will weather as time passes, plants will grow and spread creating a magical walk from one level of this valley garden to another.
Around the sun
A range of colours and textures were chosen here. All of the plants start from the ground in late February and by the time Autumn arrives they have all grown and flowered, their stems are then left to become as frosted sculptures on cold winter days.
Work in progress
This will be a chilrens play area when complete with rope bridges linking the decks and balustrades to keep everyone safe.
Hardwood Deck
The deck was part of a design fro a house in Surrey that had recently been refurbished. It works well with the rendered wall and is always warm under foot. Decks have a somewhat mixed reputation, but can add a touch of warmth to any garden.
Modern Family Garden
The bright granite paving and rendered raised bed give this garden a lift. the deck is an extension to the kitchen with its wonderful folding doors. Nearing completion this will be planted and accessorised to make it complete for the family who live here.
Family Guys
This patio was built to give a family somewhere to relax and eat in a modern build, The Terrazzo patio mirrored the floor of the kitchen bringing the inside out. A professional couple with busy lives have little to do here to keep it looking beautiful.
