Award-winning garden designers Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith established Acres Wild in West Sussex in 1988 and specialise in the design and master planning of larger country gardens throughout Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire, as well as further afield in the UK, the Channel Islands (Guernsey) and abroad.
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We are an experienced, professional and widely respected garden design company run by Debbie Roberts BA (Hons) MSGD and Ian Smith BA (Hons) MSGD.
After training in Landscape Architecture we chose to concentrate on the more intimate discipline of Garden Design with its emphasis on close collaboration with individual clients.
We established Acres Wild in 1988 and are both full members of the Society of Garden Designers - we became a registered practice in 2017.
Our design philosophy is to respond sensitively to our clients' needs and carefully integrate their house into the garden and the garden into its surroundings, with plants and materials appropriate to the character and location of each particular site.
After training in Landscape Architecture we chose to concentrate on the more intimate discipline of Garden Design with its emphasis on close collaboration with individual clients.
We established Acres Wild in 1988 and are both full members of the Society of Garden Designers - we became a registered practice in 2017.
Our design philosophy is to respond sensitively to our clients' needs and carefully integrate their house into the garden and the garden into its surroundings, with plants and materials appropriate to the character and location of each particular site.
After contacting us we will arrange an initial visit to discuss your garden and introduce you to the design process.
At this meeting we discuss all the issues, your tastes and requirements, to the extent of formulating a brief and setting the parameters for the design.
Subsequently we will be able to provide you with a Fee Proposal for at least the first stage of any design work, usually a Garden Masterplan.
An accurate survey of the existing garden is required before any design work can take place.
At this meeting we discuss all the issues, your tastes and requirements, to the extent of formulating a brief and setting the parameters for the design.
Subsequently we will be able to provide you with a Fee Proposal for at least the first stage of any design work, usually a Garden Masterplan.
An accurate survey of the existing garden is required before any design work can take place.
Acres Wild gardens have been featured in a variety of publications including The Times, Sunday Times, The Financial Times and the Independent On Sunday.
Acres Wild designed gardens and photography have also been published in numerous books including The RHS Encyclopaedia of Garden Design edited by Chris Young (Dorling Kindersley 2017), Great Garden Design by Ian Hodgson (Frances Lincoln 2015), Garden Design - A Book of Ideas by Heidi Howcroft and Marianne Majerus (Octopus 2015), Garden Design Close-Up by Emma Reuss (Thames & Hudson 2014), Der Naturgarten: Planen - Gestalten - Pflegen by Alexandra Rigos, Jurgen Becker and Marianne Majerus (2013), Design Your Garden by Caroline Tilston (Wiley 2008), Rooftop and Terrace Gardens by Caroline Tilston (Wiley 2008), The Book of Plans for Small Gardens edited by Andrew Wilson (Mitchell Beazley 2007), Designing and Renovating Larger Gardens by Douglas Coultart (Timber Press 2007), Modern Family Gardens by Caroline Tilston (2006), The Book of Garden Plans edited by Andrew Wilson (Mitchell Beazley 2004), John Brookes Garden Masterclass (Dorling Kindersley 2002), Gardens with Atmosphere - Creating Gardens with a Sense of Place by Arne Maynard and Sue Seddon (Conran Octopus 2001), Contemporary: Water Gardens by David Stevens (Conran Octopus 2000) and most notably The Modern Garden Makers (Ward Lock 1999) and British Landscape Designers and their Creations (Stichting Kunstboek 2004) where a total of ten early Acres Wild gardens are featured, all designed and photographed by Debbie and Ian.
Acres Wild designed gardens and photography have also been published in numerous books including The RHS Encyclopaedia of Garden Design edited by Chris Young (Dorling Kindersley 2017), Great Garden Design by Ian Hodgson (Frances Lincoln 2015), Garden Design - A Book of Ideas by Heidi Howcroft and Marianne Majerus (Octopus 2015), Garden Design Close-Up by Emma Reuss (Thames & Hudson 2014), Der Naturgarten: Planen - Gestalten - Pflegen by Alexandra Rigos, Jurgen Becker and Marianne Majerus (2013), Design Your Garden by Caroline Tilston (Wiley 2008), Rooftop and Terrace Gardens by Caroline Tilston (Wiley 2008), The Book of Plans for Small Gardens edited by Andrew Wilson (Mitchell Beazley 2007), Designing and Renovating Larger Gardens by Douglas Coultart (Timber Press 2007), Modern Family Gardens by Caroline Tilston (2006), The Book of Garden Plans edited by Andrew Wilson (Mitchell Beazley 2004), John Brookes Garden Masterclass (Dorling Kindersley 2002), Gardens with Atmosphere - Creating Gardens with a Sense of Place by Arne Maynard and Sue Seddon (Conran Octopus 2001), Contemporary: Water Gardens by David Stevens (Conran Octopus 2000) and most notably The Modern Garden Makers (Ward Lock 1999) and British Landscape Designers and their Creations (Stichting Kunstboek 2004) where a total of ten early Acres Wild gardens are featured, all designed and photographed by Debbie and Ian.
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