Iain is a full time gardener and dedicated plantsman who has developed his interest gardening and planting from the Outer Hebrides to the Home Counties. He loves every aspect of helping things grow, whether that be the challenges presented by inhospitable conditions or the suitability of plant combinations for a particular purpose.
He previously spent ten years involved with food - buying and selling lobsters and various other crustaceans and molluscs, managing restaurants and cooking professionally - before returning, in 1999, to his earlier love of the garden.He later re-trained in horticulture at Abingdon College.
Iain was partly brought up in the Hebrides and it was the beautiful Hebridean machair - the fertile land between shore and field - that inspired a particular interest in wildflowers and thereafter their cousins in the herbaceous border.It is his practical involvement with some of our more local projects that provides the core horticultural knowledge essential to the realistic creation and ongoing development of our gardens.
He previously spent ten years involved with food - buying and selling lobsters and various other crustaceans and molluscs, managing restaurants and cooking professionally - before returning, in 1999, to his earlier love of the garden.He later re-trained in horticulture at Abingdon College.
Iain was partly brought up in the Hebrides and it was the beautiful Hebridean machair - the fertile land between shore and field - that inspired a particular interest in wildflowers and thereafter their cousins in the herbaceous border.It is his practical involvement with some of our more local projects that provides the core horticultural knowledge essential to the realistic creation and ongoing development of our gardens.
Services
We are a small landscape design practice providing artistic intuition, technical expertise in construction and practical experience as landscape gardeners.
We believe in being sensitive to the requirements of architecture and interior style and the natural call of the surroundings.
Our approach aims to create a harmonious transition from interior to exterior and from there to the wider landscape.
We endeavour to make places that capture the owner's imagination through sympathetic guidance and combined development of ideas.
We believe in being sensitive to the requirements of architecture and interior style and the natural call of the surroundings.
Our approach aims to create a harmonious transition from interior to exterior and from there to the wider landscape.
We endeavour to make places that capture the owner's imagination through sympathetic guidance and combined development of ideas.
We like to remain involved with the garden where possible over the subsequent years to advise on its development alongside clients and gardeners.
Frequency may vary from one day a month to a single annual visit to monitor the gardens growth.
In addition we can also supply maintenance programmes and can recommend tree and lawn specialists to provide annual maintenance care.
Frequency may vary from one day a month to a single annual visit to monitor the gardens growth.
In addition we can also supply maintenance programmes and can recommend tree and lawn specialists to provide annual maintenance care.
From the best UK and European trade nurseries to ensure quality stock.
We are able to pass on discounts particularly on trees, specimen shrubs and hedging material.
We can recommend furniture companies, suppliers of ornamental objects and planters and also sculpture if you are interested.
We usually bring in companies for quotation and installation.
We tend to use established water specialists - or design features ourselves using architectural antiques.
For example tennis courts, swimming pools, bathhouses and helicopter pads.
We are able to pass on discounts particularly on trees, specimen shrubs and hedging material.
We can recommend furniture companies, suppliers of ornamental objects and planters and also sculpture if you are interested.
We usually bring in companies for quotation and installation.
We tend to use established water specialists - or design features ourselves using architectural antiques.
For example tennis courts, swimming pools, bathhouses and helicopter pads.
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