I am a professional Garden Designer based in Dorset. I have a thorough and reliable approach to garden design and landscaping, specialising in planting and planting plans. I took part in the Chelsea Fringe last year, to raise awareness of the decline of the bees and butterflies in England. My fulfillment as a garden designer is derived from helping clients to discover the beauty, pleasure and added interest that a garden can bring to their lives.
As a landscaper I enjoy helping people to create somewhere beautiful to either grow their own vegetables, entertain, have fun or to meditate. Having a beautiful garden all the year round encourages one to go out there in all seasons. It is a never ending cycle of fascination and excitement. From every window of the house, one can find solace in what one sees.
As the sun moves around during the day, so the whole scene changes. This lifts the soul every time one looks out, and entices one to sally forth and see further around the corner. The wild-life that you can entice into your garden adds another level of interest.
As a landscaper I enjoy helping people to create somewhere beautiful to either grow their own vegetables, entertain, have fun or to meditate. Having a beautiful garden all the year round encourages one to go out there in all seasons. It is a never ending cycle of fascination and excitement. From every window of the house, one can find solace in what one sees.
As the sun moves around during the day, so the whole scene changes. This lifts the soul every time one looks out, and entices one to sally forth and see further around the corner. The wild-life that you can entice into your garden adds another level of interest.
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During the past twenty years I have been a garden designer, and have had the opportunity to create many gardens.
I have developed fields into gardens, vicarage gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens, courtyards, borders and small city spaces including a veranda on the fourth floor of a tower block.
Our garden in Dorset is the most challenging since it is on a 45degree slope battered by sea breezes and regularly visited by deer and rabbits.
I love to use the sun as it rises or sets to backlight the plants.
I have developed fields into gardens, vicarage gardens, cottage gardens, Mediterranean gardens, courtyards, borders and small city spaces including a veranda on the fourth floor of a tower block.
Our garden in Dorset is the most challenging since it is on a 45degree slope battered by sea breezes and regularly visited by deer and rabbits.
I love to use the sun as it rises or sets to backlight the plants.
I have developed a beautiful and simple garden.
It faces South West and overlooks the sea.
With prevailing south westerly winds and brackish air and heavy clay it is quite challenging.
The garden heights range from 250 ft to 450 ft above sea level.
To retain the feeling of harmony on this natural site, I have used local materials: green oak, willow, Purbeck stone and pebbles from Lyme Bay.
The entrance, which is inspired by Italian courtyards, has a refreshing fountain with terracotta pots and scented plants.
It faces South West and overlooks the sea.
With prevailing south westerly winds and brackish air and heavy clay it is quite challenging.
The garden heights range from 250 ft to 450 ft above sea level.
To retain the feeling of harmony on this natural site, I have used local materials: green oak, willow, Purbeck stone and pebbles from Lyme Bay.
The entrance, which is inspired by Italian courtyards, has a refreshing fountain with terracotta pots and scented plants.
I come to the site and discuss your project.
We view what is there, and we discuss a design brief, with what function and form you might like.
We talk about the budget, and how much help you might have to maintain the garden.
We also talk about problems - with neighbours, trees, wind, soil, deer or all of those.
We discuss which parts of the garden you enjoy and which parts you would prefer to block out.
I will ask if you have animals or children.
I usually bounce ideas off the client.
If you are happy, we move on to the next stage.
We view what is there, and we discuss a design brief, with what function and form you might like.
We talk about the budget, and how much help you might have to maintain the garden.
We also talk about problems - with neighbours, trees, wind, soil, deer or all of those.
We discuss which parts of the garden you enjoy and which parts you would prefer to block out.
I will ask if you have animals or children.
I usually bounce ideas off the client.
If you are happy, we move on to the next stage.
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