From the drawing board

Last week I finally managed to get back to see the Leatherhead garden we completed and planted last summer.  I should really have been there in July when all the roses and perennials were looking at their best, but I still think the transformation is quite amazing in just one year and there’s still lots in flower and looking great.

What’s amazing about this garden is that you don’t even notice the blue wall of the school in the distance – eventually the bamboo on the boundary will hide this so it won’t be long until it can’t be seen in the pictures either!

Slowly the sharp edges of the staggered Breedon pathway are starting soften as the planting spills over and the prostrate rosemary is already spilling over the wall.

The timber work has weathered nicely too and it’s looking as though it’s been there for much longer than a year.  I love the way oak splits and changes as it settles.

The view from the decking is also much softer now that the planting near the house has really filled out.

And the informal steps from the deck to upper lawn are now looking much more natural as the planing fills out.

Hope you’ve enjoyed seeing change in just one year.  If you’d like a reminder of how the garden looked before it was redesigned, and just after planting, you’ll find the blog post I wrote here.

I have recently been working with a client in Reading to help them plan their new front garden.  They plan to build the garden themselves and had lots of ideas, but just wanted some help to bring them together into a coherent plan that they can work with. Read more

The garden at Woking isn’t quite finished, but I wanted to share the pictures I took whilst I was there on Friday because it’s already looking great, especially now that the Rudbeckia’s have come out. Read more

We went over to Twickenham at the weekend for a BBQ with some friends, Rob and Sarah.  2 years ago I helped them to create their garden so it was great to see how it’s filled out and matured since it was planted. Read more

I have recently been working with a client in Ashtead who is about to embark on a house renovation project.  They recognised that they also require a plan for the garden as the existing terrace has to be lifted to accommodate the new extension. Read more

I popped in to see my East Horsley client last week.  It’s been a year since the garden was planted and wow, what a difference…it looked fabulous! Read more

I went back to see my Oxshott client, Lisa, last Friday and the garden was looking fabulous. Read more

You may remember me blogging the concept design for this project a couple of months ago but I thought I’d share the designs again as well as some quick photos I took yesterday after I’d finished planting. Read more

I made a site visit to my project in Woking yesterday, which started after the bank holiday. The new garden is starting to emerge so I thought I’d share some of the pictures I took. Read more

Back in 2012 I worked with Fiona Humberstone and her husband to help translate the ideas they had for their garden into a design that they could work from themselves. Read more