Testimonials

We chose the cottage we live in because of its beautiful surroundings, giving little thought at the time of purchase to the existing state of the garden or its potential for emerging from the wild, sometimes bleak landscape that surrounds it. This proved very challenging. The site is exposed to the elements with a wildness in the wind that shakes the toughest plants. In a site raised above the village, the garden is much later coming into its own and the previous owners had done little in the way of maintenance and nurturing the existing features other than to keep the grass mown and to plant badly tended roses. We asked you to create a design that enabled a more expansive planting within a inserted a structure that was sympathetic to the surroundings, creating pathways and steps to connect the various levels, none of which at the time were truly horizontal. Your imaginative planning which used both existing hard materials while incorporating new design features have linked these disparate elements in a creative way, sympathetic to its natural setting. Now the more formal elements of a paved frontage with box and lavender hedging and rear courtyard, lead into a freer cottage garden and then on to a lawn interspersed with wild flowers and a woodland walkway. Your suggested planting provides new delight at every season, with varied colour and key points of interest around the year. It changes from blues and whites and dark purples in spring to soft pinks and lavenders in early summer, to more brilliant shades for the later part of the season finally into late flowers set against autumn shades in the foliage. We felt involved at every stage of the planning and enjoyed the process of development which has taken place over three periods. You and other members of your team are really hardworking and a pleasure to have on site seemingly always cheerful even in the worst conditions. Your policy of first enriching the quality of the soil and providing high quality architectural features has ensured that the garden remains responsive to our own gardening efforts and supports proper maintenance. We often have walkers leaning over our walls and admiring your work. We always recommend you to them.

Elaine Millard, Hathersage, Derbyshire

We write to thank you and your team for the superb job that you have done in transforming the garden at our new home in Bakewell. Dry stone walling, raised beds, limestone paved areas, a water feature, inspired planting and even a living roof on the shed have all been completed to the highest standard. We wish you continued success. You were recommended to us and we full endorse that recommendation.

Neil and Penny Spaven