Working with 
 at 21 Town Street, Shepton Mallet BA4 5BE
This is an exciting collaboration with No21 where I will be available every Thursday from 15th March to discuss garden design. It is a fantastic setting as the shop has many unique pieces for the garden and certainly lots to get you excited about.
 
 
for more information about No21 visit http://no21.co.uk/
A lucky couple in Shaftesbury won a free £6000 garden makeover from Castle Gardens (garden centre, Sherborne) earlier this year. I was commissioned to redesign the front garden which I helped plant up today.Â
The front garden to this 1930′s brick house was dominated by a tidy lawn however the borders were very overgrown and the drive did not allow for the easy manoevering of vehicles.   I slightly modified the layout of the front garden in order to accommodate more space for parking and turning cars. Plants were saved from the original beds and reused in part however the new borders are planted to create year round colour including shrub and standard roses (these are due to be planted late November).
The garden work was carried out by the landscape team at Castle Gardens.
Whats involved in preparing planting plans?
3 days working on detailed drawings:
i) mental exercises drawing on my plant knowledge, visualising colour, height, textures, season of flowering, spacing, soil and aspect types…
ii) inking up 3 A1 plans
iii) labelling – a complex task !
iv) typing up a plant information document
The second stage of planting has been completed by the client and is looking good – box edged herbaceous perennials for year round interest.
On the site of an old railway station, this garden still had much of the old brickwork from the platforms insitu. With the clients, I worked to re use the old black engineering bricks and to introduce some strong sweeping curves so as to create a user friendly garden for both children and for entertaining. Evergreen clipped shapes of laurel and bay were used to give the garden focal points, unity and privacy. A relatively small garden designed for maximum interest, it includes an exciting roof terrace, lighting, a play area, a reflective pool and a ‘pets corner’.
Gardens change over time and in some gardens hedges get big and out of proportion. Fortunately many hedges can be rejuvenated and brought back into proportion. We get used to the way things are but aren’t always completely happy with the way things are.  Taking a step back and an objective look we can make some decisions and breath new life into a garden, or a part of a garden.
This is such a case where in one area of the garden, beds were re-modelled, plants moved, mown paths introduced all with a view to creating a more open and contemporary feel with bold steppe planting.
A steep neglected garden is transformed into a functional family garden with a contemporary feel, low maintenance planting, secret areas, decking and firepit.Â
The planting design will provide a long season of interest, grasses have been used for their movement, colour and architectural forms which persist into the winter.
This garden will be built in phases to fit in with a large extension planned for the house. It is a fabulous site backing onto mature woodland.
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.
A planting plan for a Mediterranean style courtyard garden; low maintenance, sensory, year round interest and architectural shapes.
