Welcome to Lempsink Garden Design, Edinburgh based garden design and landscaping studio run by myself, Lisa Lempsink. I offer a comprehensive client service for Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and central Scotland working with a team of craftsmen to deliver what your project requires. I started Lempsink Garden Design back in 2008 with the aim of giving clients individual, finely-tuned, original designs which are practical yet stunning.
I take a friendly, professional, customer-focused approach to all my projects, ensuring that clients really do end up with gardens beyond their expectations. Whether you live in the countryside or the city, want a contemporary or traditional garden, a plantsman's paradise or a low maintenance haven, then you can be assured that I will help you achieve that.
Lisa is weaving her magic into my rather dull and green town garden. Her suggestions are sympathetic to the old stone walls and the layout of a New Town north-facing position, and she understands intuitively not only what to plant where, but equally what kind of garden would appeal to us as a family.
I take a friendly, professional, customer-focused approach to all my projects, ensuring that clients really do end up with gardens beyond their expectations. Whether you live in the countryside or the city, want a contemporary or traditional garden, a plantsman's paradise or a low maintenance haven, then you can be assured that I will help you achieve that.
Lisa is weaving her magic into my rather dull and green town garden. Her suggestions are sympathetic to the old stone walls and the layout of a New Town north-facing position, and she understands intuitively not only what to plant where, but equally what kind of garden would appeal to us as a family.
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I recently bought a small back garden that needed a rework, and I'm so glad to have found Lisa on the internet.
After surveying the space and listening to my requirements, she came up with a plan which suited my needs (easy to handle and nice to look at).
She contracted Raymond the gardener to remove all the weeds from the long neglected garden, ordered the plants to be delivered, planted the flowers herself, and even taught me the proper ways to plant and take care of them!
What I appreciated the most, however, was that, after she created the plan, I suddenly remembered a plant I really wanted Lavender (Edelweiss).
After surveying the space and listening to my requirements, she came up with a plan which suited my needs (easy to handle and nice to look at).
She contracted Raymond the gardener to remove all the weeds from the long neglected garden, ordered the plants to be delivered, planted the flowers herself, and even taught me the proper ways to plant and take care of them!
What I appreciated the most, however, was that, after she created the plan, I suddenly remembered a plant I really wanted Lavender (Edelweiss).
I started my business after spending 18 years in industry and retraining, qualifying as a Garden Designer from the Scottish Agricultural College in Edinburgh back in 2008.
My design studio is based in central Edinburgh which means I'm easily accessible to clients across the Lothians, Fife, Scottish Borders, Forth Valley, the central belt of Scotland and beyond if required.
My aim is to provide my clients with beautiful, aspirational yet functional, affordable gardens.
Success in doing so is based upon my passion for creating planting and design schemes for a whole range of garden styles and outdoor spaces.
My design studio is based in central Edinburgh which means I'm easily accessible to clients across the Lothians, Fife, Scottish Borders, Forth Valley, the central belt of Scotland and beyond if required.
My aim is to provide my clients with beautiful, aspirational yet functional, affordable gardens.
Success in doing so is based upon my passion for creating planting and design schemes for a whole range of garden styles and outdoor spaces.
Thanks very much for your interest.
Due to unprecedented demand this year I have decided not to accept any more work at the moment.
As soon as I have the capacity to take on more work, I will remove this message.
I gave Lisa a very awkward brief 2 years ago and she achieved a beautiful garden which I still love and is a pleasure to be in.
I found Lisa extremely helpful and imaginative in her planning.
She was very good too with the project management aspect of transforming my garden with excellent contacts for hard landscaping and lighting.
Due to unprecedented demand this year I have decided not to accept any more work at the moment.
As soon as I have the capacity to take on more work, I will remove this message.
I gave Lisa a very awkward brief 2 years ago and she achieved a beautiful garden which I still love and is a pleasure to be in.
I found Lisa extremely helpful and imaginative in her planning.
She was very good too with the project management aspect of transforming my garden with excellent contacts for hard landscaping and lighting.
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Claire
Oct 08, 2023
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Lisa first advised us on our garden plan in October 2015 and from the moment we met her we knew we had someone who we could really trust to do a fantastic job. Lisa listened to our ideas and offered great suggestions and advice on everything from layout and plant choices to her recommended hard landscapers and wall and gate specialists!
Lisa worked closely with all our other suppliers and provided excellent referrals to various suppliers, hard landscapers, and gardening experts and was very flexible in working to our/their deadlines ensuring our garden came together in harmony.
The challenge was to transform from scratch c.700 square meters of largely empty yard – much of it formerly a chicken run - into an interesting, reasonably low maintenance and beautiful country garden. We wanted to create a sheltered garden with variety and texture and most importantly colour and interest all year round.
Lisa worked with us over the autumn and winter months to agree the garden design and planting scheme, providing throughout tremendous insight and careful research into the most suitable plants for our garden and taste! Whilst all this was going on we were hard landscaping and re-building walls!
By January 2016 we had agreed the scheme and Lisa sourced and ordered all the plants on our behalf. In March the first to go in were bare-root trees, and by the end of April our garden was fully planted up.
We are absolutely delighted with the results and are amazed at how mature the garden looks even in its first year! Lisa has provided us with a beautiful palette of colour and texture cleverly using a mixture of trees, climbers, shrubs and herbaceous perennials to create all-year-round colour, warmth and interest.
Thanks to Lisa’s expertise, flair and skills we have managed to transform this rather drab, exposed plot into the foundations of a beautiful country garden which will provide such a great deal of pleasure for us in the years to come.
Lisa is extremely professional and is honest and transparent about costs at every stage of the project. She is very knowledgeable and clearly loves her work! We would have no hesitation in recommending her services
Lisa worked closely with all our other suppliers and provided excellent referrals to various suppliers, hard landscapers, and gardening experts and was very flexible in working to our/their deadlines ensuring our garden came together in harmony.
The challenge was to transform from scratch c.700 square meters of largely empty yard – much of it formerly a chicken run - into an interesting, reasonably low maintenance and beautiful country garden. We wanted to create a sheltered garden with variety and texture and most importantly colour and interest all year round.
Lisa worked with us over the autumn and winter months to agree the garden design and planting scheme, providing throughout tremendous insight and careful research into the most suitable plants for our garden and taste! Whilst all this was going on we were hard landscaping and re-building walls!
By January 2016 we had agreed the scheme and Lisa sourced and ordered all the plants on our behalf. In March the first to go in were bare-root trees, and by the end of April our garden was fully planted up.
We are absolutely delighted with the results and are amazed at how mature the garden looks even in its first year! Lisa has provided us with a beautiful palette of colour and texture cleverly using a mixture of trees, climbers, shrubs and herbaceous perennials to create all-year-round colour, warmth and interest.
Thanks to Lisa’s expertise, flair and skills we have managed to transform this rather drab, exposed plot into the foundations of a beautiful country garden which will provide such a great deal of pleasure for us in the years to come.
Lisa is extremely professional and is honest and transparent about costs at every stage of the project. She is very knowledgeable and clearly loves her work! We would have no hesitation in recommending her services
