I have made and delivered three large willow pods for a garden in Bristol, they each measure about 1.1m in diameter and 1.5 – 2metres high. Made of willow, old man’s beard, dogwoods and silver birch they are textural and bold in shape. They will provide a strong focal point whilst being attractive to nesting birds and will…
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Eco house garden – Shepton Mallet
box edged herbaceous borders
Large willow sculptures
Giant willow pod sculptures, my latest commission – work in progress
Bold steppe planting – Shepton Mallet
As gardens change over time sometimes we need to take a step back and re-evaluate
Planting plan and planting – Shepton Mallet
A low maintenance planting plan offering year round interest.
Garden design / forest gardening – Bristol
A garden design for a collection useful and herbal plants. The site was more or less a blank canvas on a predominantly clay soil. This has been an interesting project involving the creation of shelter belts, drainage considerations and forest gardening principles.
Eco house garden – Shepton Mallet
A consultation for a new garden on a sloping site with natural springs and extensive views of the Somerset countryside. The garden has been laid out to have impact and vista lines whilst being low maintenance.
Contemporary house and garden – Surrey
A contemporary new house surrounded by an extensive sloping garden, woodland and orchard. Timber, crisp concrete paving and local brick were the main materials used in the site construction; these were further used in the hard landscaping. Low maintenance was a key requirement in the landscaping brief whilst retaining the contemporary feel with the use of curves to…
Large Garden – Surrey
A garden design for a clients who have moved to a large house, the brief was to redesign the car park , approach to house (and office) as well as the side of the house and rear patio area for clients with a very busy lifestyle. I used very low maintenance, cottage style planting introducing structure with new paths,…
Implementing design in phases
A garden design is sometimes implemented in phases depending upon season and / or budget. In this Somerset garden there was only just time in the spring to prepare beds and plant some bare root hedging. My clients have been experimenting with mowing patterns to introduce interest and a sense of division of space, such a…