Our designs

Each of our garden designs are bespoke and created to suit the specific needs of the client. A selection of designs for gardens of different sizes and styles are shown below.

RHS Hampton Court Palace show 2023

We were very excited to be exhibit at the 2023 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in July. We created a mini-garden called ‘Nature’s captivating cacophany’ for the new Sensory Pocket Planting category. We chose plants that created sound through movement in the wind, attracting wildlife and rattling seedheads, as well as creating a beautiful display. You can read more about the experience in our Hampton Court blog.

  • Sensory pocket with sign

  • Sensory pocket in front of Floral Marquee

  • Bird bath

  • Bird bath with ivy

  • Bee on a Cirsium

  • Sensory pocket garden

  • Rusty foxgloves and metal poppies

  • Poppies and dried flowers

  • Astrantia in grasses

  • Sensory pocket planting

  • Butterfly on a teasel

Cottage planting garden

This wrap around garden was mainly lawn, and as the clients were keen gardeners, large borders have been included in the curvilinear scheme, filled with cottage style plants suitable for the clay soil. An elliptical gravel seating area was also added, with a series of oak arches covered in climbing roses along the approaching path. A small vegetable area has been extended with more raised beds, a greenhouse and a series of compost bins. Around the back of the house where the aspect is more shady, a more woodland inspired planting scheme has been utilised, with plants like birch trees and ferns. Photos show the garden newly built and planted - over time the borders will fill out and create gentle screening between the different areas of the garden.

The height of the arches and trees were an essential element of this project, read more about this in our why height is important in your garden blog.

  • Wooden arches

    Striking air-dried oak arches

  • Gravel seating area in front of house

    Gravel seating area with stepping stones

  • Wooden arches over gravel path

    Climbing roses will grow up and over the wooden arches

  • Wooden arches over path to seating area

    Winding gravel path leads to the seating area

  • Bench behind hazel hurdles

    Hazel hurdles provide gentle screening for the vegetable and compost area

  • Vegetable area

    Raised vegetable beds and fruit trees

  • Planting border

    The driveway planting border full of sun loving plants

  • Planting border beside grey fence

    Woodland planting border with birches and Prunus serrula

  • Cottage planting garden - detailed plan

    Detailed plan

  • Cottage planting garden - planting plan

    Seating area planting plan

  • Cottage planting garden - seating area view

    Seating area view

  • Cottage planting garden - back of house view

    Back of house view

Oak tree garden

Viewed from the modern house through floor to ceiling windows, much of this garden sits under the canopy of a large oak tree, with a view out over the fields that back onto the garden. This design retains some of the existing lawn but adds additional seating areas enveloped in airy planting, helping to provide some privacy from people walking through the field without blocking the view. A compost area is hidden from view with screens covered in climbers and a raised vegetable bed is sited within easy reach of the house and BBQ area. Wildlife has been catered for with water filled troughs, pollinator-friendly planting and bird feeders.

  • Oak tree garden - detailed plan

    Detailed plan

  • Oak tree garden - view from house

    View from the house

  • Oak tree garden - planting plan

    Planting plan

  • Oak tree garden - view from the end of the garden

    View from the end of the garden

Bristol city garden

With children growing up, it was time to upgrade this mainly lawn garden to somewherer the family could relax and entertain. Multiple seating areas allow the sunlight to be enjoyed at different times of day and the pergolas add height without creating too much additional shade. The planting for this garden will have a ‘jungle’ edge, with plenty of large-leaved plants and lush foliage.

  • Bristol city garden concept plan

    Concept plan

  • Bristol city garden illustration view from under pergola

    View from the house

  • Bristol city garden - deck patio

    Raised decking seting area

  • Bristol city garden illustration - view back towards the house

    View from decking back towards the house

Small London front garden

A very small and shaded back yard meant that the owner of this London terrace was keen to make the most of the front garden which caught the evening sun. A multistemmed amelanchier provides a beautiful screen from the street, but still allows light to reach the bench seating area, and necessary practical structures like the bin store and small outbuilding have been made more attractive with a green roof and colourful pots.

  • London front garden - detailed plan

    Detailed plan

  • London front garden - planting plan

    Planting plan

Inspired? Contact us to discuss a design for your garden.