Current Garden Design Projects

We are currently working on many garden design projects across North East Scotland. These include full redesigns and also planting designs for outdoor spaces for our domestic clients and also some public spaces. These include:- Coastal garden near Banff. Coastal garden near Nairn, Highlands. Contemporary style garden in Inverurie – front garden redesign. Public space […]
Inverurie Cottage Garden: Planting Design

Design Brief To create a planting plan for a front garden near Inverurie which was laid to lawn. The design brief for this South West facing garden was for all year round colour and interest. The client had created two beds in this area – a circular one and rectangular one. We decided on different […]
Contemporary Circle Garden

Design Brief: The property was a new build house with a rear garden laid to lawn. The clients wanted a curved contemporary garden design. They were keen to have a larger patio area for outdoor entertaining, a raised bed wrapping around the patio, additional seating and colourful contemporary planting with all year round interest. The […]
Contemporary Terraced Garden

Design brief: The clients wanted to create a more usable space in the side and back garden. The side garden is South West facing and gets lot of sun in the afternoon and evening. They wanted to create an area where they could sit in the evening as the sunset. They also wanted privacy in […]
Orchard Brae School Sensory Garden

Design brief: The aim of this project was to create a sensory garden for a special school in Aberdeen City. This was to support pupils in their outdoor learning and gardening activities. It needed to be a colourful, sensory space which was low maintenance. The design: The school garden was North facing so the plants […]
Haddo House Sensory Garden

Design brief: The aim of this project was to create a sensory garden for visitors to Haddo House Estate near Tarves in Aberdeenshire. The previous sensory garden had fallen into disrepair and was being revitalised by a volunteer group, Friends of Haddo Country Park. We took on the design as a volunteer. We worked with […]
Aberdeen Garden: Planting Design

Design Brief To create a planting plan for a South West facing back garden in Aberdeen’s West End. This included a border close to the house next to a sunny patio, an entrance border to the garden from existing steps and enhanced planting to existing borders in the garden. The design brief for this sunny […]
Inverurie Garden: Planting Design

Design Brief To create a planting plan for a new build back garden in Inverurie which was predominately laid to lawn. The design brief for this South facing garden was for all year round colour and interest with textural plants in purples, pinks and whites. The client wanted some vertical height in the planting to […]
What to do in your garden in January

It’s January and the start of a new gardening year. Despite the wintery weather here are some jobs you can be doing in your own garden this month:- Complete winter pruning of fruit trees; Prune wisteria shortening summer pruned shoots back to two or three buds from old wood; Remember to water planted containers in […]
January’s plant of the month

January’s plant of the month is Mahonia japonica – an evergreen shrub which flowers in winter (one of the few that does!). It has leathery, spiny leaves so is good to use as a barrier plant. Fragrant yellow flowers, sometimes followed by black or purple berries. It will grow to a height of 1.5m in […]