Newbuild Nuances
A New Build Garden project in all it’s shiny glory! This project sums up what we can do with our…
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Great Ashfield House Garden Design
As part of our ongoing Unearthing Horticultural History project, three areas of this Garden Designs development have taken shape. The…
The Long Stretch
This huge patio area was part 2 of a project we began in January. Having developed the upper third of…
Wildflower Wonder
Wildflower meadows are fantastic for covering a large area in colour. This is the first year that this meadow has…
Blue borders
These borders planted up 2 years ago have finally established. Having a vision for a border is a large part…
Drout Tolerant Dream – Summer Update
This drout tolerant garden is coming into it’s stride. Planted up with drout tolerant species, in June, this garden is…
Gateway to the Garden
Creating a starting point to any garden is important. A bridge is a nice way to do it! So we…
Peddars Barn – May ’26 Update
Our Peddars Barn project has taken on a new lease of life. In May 2026, we caught up with the…
Softening the space
This courtyard area has been wonderfully landscaped. We designed a triangular theme for this landscaped courtyard area. Working with some…
Driveway Delights
Working with my client on Garden Design is one of the best things about what we do. We worked this…
Drout tolerant dream – Spring Update
In February 26 we designed and built this Drout Tolerant Gravel Garden. The garden has simply taken off, superb spring…
A Triangular Treat
As part of a larger Landscape Design project, this large triangular raised bed needed a planting plan to match it’s…
Looking Lush
This neglected bed needed a refresh. A partly shady corner we planted this sleeper built raised planter up with easy…
Idyllic Entrance
This pond was to be used for wild swimming, taking a dunk in the heat of Summer. These beautifully made…
Perfect Petanque
It’s not every day you go to work and make a Petanque Court. However, this is what we did. Robustly…
Cosy Corner
A hot, sunbaked area of the garden, this space needed tough Drout tolerant plants to brighten the space. With an…
Gorgeous Gravel
These overgrown and unkempt beds lacked structure and proper planting plan, that’s where we come in! This area is so…
Step on up
Part of the Unearthing Horticultural History project, making these steps is an essential addition to a Petanque Court. Building the…
Prairie Cottage Creation
This strip of the garden was overgrown and weed infested, we added in some permanent perennial planting to make deliberate…
Top Turfing
This patch of grass had become engorged with moss, so we decided to start again. After our wet winter of…
Classy Courtyard Conundrum
A project in the making for the past year, we finally found a solution for this tricky part of the…
Winter wonders
This planter, designed and built by us is the perfect addition to any garden. Built to last this rustic planter…
Sleeper Solutions
Big chunky sleepers can neaten up areas of the garden no end. This part of the garden overshadowed by a…
Unearthing Horticultural History
This is Stage 1 of a special project with a nod to the past. Great Ashfield House, near Bury St…
Climbing Classics
Simply put. let’s grow up! Adding in Trellis into a garden enables plants to grow up! This Pergola needed some…
Small Space. Big Change.
Front Gardens are often overlooked places in the UK. Yet these are places that we can use to beautify our…
Drout tolerant dream
We live in the “Dry East”. Rainfall is the lowest in East Anglia across the UK, and with Climate Change…
Pergola and planters
A simple pergola can add much needed structure to a garden. This pergola creates an entry point to the garden.…
Patios and plants
Kicking off 2026 with a bang! This dilapidated garden was brought to life with beautiful paving, robust raised beds and…
Glorious Gabians
Garden seating is so important to garden design. Creating a place to stop, sit and admire the garden is so…
Peddars Barn – Phase 2
Phase 2 of the Peddars Barn Project brought with it a whole host of different challenges. This project has expanded…
Remarkable Raised Beds
Solutions for gardening problems – this is what I love about my job. In this garden we had alot of…
Awesome Autumn
Developing this garden has been pure joy. Seeing this garden change and develop this year has been one of the…
Wildflower Wonder
Managing large gardens comes with a trick or two. My client had this huge area to cover. We worked on…
Shady Solutions
Dry shade, a tricky spot in any garden. However, there are some great solutions for these types of conditions! Here…
Luxurious Lavender
Lavender used like this will be a wonderful thing in Summer Surrounding this deck we are living this with Lavender.…
Peddars Barn – Big Build – Part 7
July goes one further, fully into early summer the flowers are in full bloom. Here we have the garden at…
Drout tolerant display
2025 has been the driest Spring and Summer on record. More an more of us gardeners are having to adapt…
New Build. New Garden.
New build properties are great, but the gardens, not so much. Often the garden with a New Build Property is…
Bursting Borders
These borders were without colour, only shrubs were planted…we changed that. Now this long bed is planted up with Perennial…
A Dry Journey
We created this journey through this bed. This bed needed structure and a journey through it. Installing this gravel pathway…
Summer Solutions
This bed needed refreshing This bed needed some much needed colour! We are in June/July, so the colour palette changes…
Semi-shade solutions
With this extensive project we had an unused bed and that means options! A tricky unused bramble infested bed in…
Cottage garden classics
A beautiful garden I have been developing, with cottage garden faves… Stand outs here in June are Delphinium, Knautia Macedonica,…
Simply Stunning
I manage some stunning gardens. Take a walk with me… This is certainly one of them, not as big as…
Relaxing Roses
A garden isn’t complete without Roses The scent, the look, the feel. Beautiful roses delight the heart, and here they…
One for sun, One for shade
The key to good Garden Design is knowing where the sun is. Knowing what plant will thrive where is essential…
Peddars Barn – Big Build – Part 6
June, any Gardens’ Zenith, the high point of the year… June is my absolute favourite month, the garden is in…
Cutting Bed Combos
Flowers for cuttings are essential for the summer. To be able to take flowers from your own garden and bring…
Oak order
The Oaks needed a quick trim. Naked trunks are very pleasing to the eye. Oak trees tend to send out…