Garden design can feel daunting to commission if you haven’t done it before. What will it cost? How long will it take? Will it actually feel like me? These are fair questions, and I’d rather you walked into this with a clear sense of what to expect. I work with clients across the UK, creating gardens that feel personal, functional and lasting.
Initial Consultation: It starts with a visit. I come to your garden, we walk around it together, and we talk. About what’s working and what isn’t. About how you use the space, or how you wish you could. About the plants you love and the ones you’d rather never see again. Everything that follows grows from this conversation.
Site Analysis: Before any design work begins, I take time to properly understand the site, the soil, aspect, drainage and how the space connects to your house and landscape around it. Good gardens are designed with the site, not just on top of it.
Concept & Design: With a clear understanding of the site and your vision, I develop a design concept, a creative direction before we get into the detail. We’ll look at it together, talk it through, and refine it until it feels right. Nothing is fixed until you’re happy. From there I develop the full design: layout, planting plans, materials, lighting, and any technical elements the project calls for.
Planting Design: Planting is where a garden finds its personality. I put a lot of thought into plant selection, choosing species that work together ecologically, perform across seasons, and suit your site’s specific conditions. I favour planting that feels naturalistic and generous rather than rigid and clipped, though I’ll always take my lead from you.
Implementation Support: Once the design is complete, I can help you find the right contractors, brief them on the plans, and keep an eye on things as the garden takes shape, not as a project manager, but as someone who knows the design inside out and wants to see it realised properly.
Aftercare & Review: A garden isn’t finished the day it’s planted. I offer follow-up visits in the first growing season to see how things are settling in and make any small adjustments that improve things. The goal is always a garden that looks better with each passing year.
