Garden designers help you to spend your money wisely. We have been trained to listen carefully to your wants and needs and to organise your outside space to its best advantage. We know how to solve problems such as minimising eyesores, making the best of awkward shapes and making small spaces feel larger, or where to site that useful but ugly shed. When it comes to planting, we have the horticultural knowledge to select appropriate plants and the eye and experience to put them together beautifully. You should end up with a considered and successful garden, which will enhance the value of your property.

Investment in your garden is known to add value and desirability to your property as a whole. Unfortunately, professional design and landscaping costs more than some tv garden makeover shows would have you believe. Depending on size, complexity of layout and choice of materials, complete redesigns can cost many thousands of pounds to build. However, if your budget is smaller, it is still worth consulting a designer to help with the initial masterplan, which could be built by yourselves or in stages as funds allowed. Caroline would take your budget into account when creating your design and help you to make the most effective use of it, so that even if you had a small budget, considerable improvements could still be made.

It would usually take at least a few months between first contacting us to project completion. The process consists of several stages and can involve different experts such as surveyors, tree surgeons, engineers or pond specialists. There are optimal times for planting which need to be considered once the landscaping is complete. After this, the new garden will take time to mature, so it will be another few years before you see the design in its full glory.

If you live in a Conservation area, a listed building or have any Tree Preservation Orders on your trees you will need to seek out the appropriate approvals and consents before some work can be undertaken. There are also various laws to be abided by concerning such things as boundary heights and front garden drainage (‘SUDS’). We would advise on these.

Unlike house interiors, gardens can never be ‘finished’. After we have left, the planting will continue to develop and change; wear and tear, the elements and nature will intervene. The extent to which you want to get involved in gardening will be considered within the design, but there is no such thing as a maintenance free garden, and no point in having your garden redesigned if it won’t be properly looked after. We can help you by providing a tailored maintenance document, visiting to give you or your gardeners advice and, in some cases, recommending gardeners.