Aberdeen West End Front Garden
Design brief: The client’s property was in the heart of the West End of Aberdeen. The hard landscaping had already been designed and constructed in the front garden of the property. The brief was to create a planting plan. The design: The front garden was large with many mature plants already in place. A driveway […]
Stone Compass Front Garden
Design brief: The front garden is East facing. It had steps and path leading to the front door with symmetrical beds on either side of the path and at the front of the house. In the larger beds there were some mature shrubs which were retained and reused elsewhere in the garden. This garden is […]
Circular Side Garden
Design brief: A garden designed with circles in a triangular side garden in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. This designed included artificial lawn, a large patio area, a cherry tree, mixed shrubs, perennials and bulbs in the borders.
Wildlife Garden
Design brief: The client wanted a wildlife friendly family garden designed with a contemporary patio and pond to link in with the new house extension. There was a level change between the patio and the main garden so steps and a low retaining wall were built. Access paths were built from the front of the […]
Townhouse Garden
Design brief: The client brief was to provide a low maintenance plan and planting plan for the back garden of a new build 3 storey townhouse in Insch, Aberdeenshire. It was important that the garden could be viewed from all 3 floors of the townhouse including the balcony. The design: The garden was North West […]
Aberdeen West End Back Garden
Design brief: This client’s property was in the heart of the West End of Aberdeen. The hard landscaping was already designed and constructed in the back garden of the property. The brief was to create a planting plan. The design: The back garden had raised beds in place with a small amount of lawn already […]
Garden Mosaics
January is the gloomiest month of the year. It’s cold and dark (especially in North East Scotland) and your garden is colourless and lifeless. There is however a solution to this problem. This comes in the form of garden mosaics. Yes I have been on a course! I visited Maggie at Pretty Rubbish Mosaics near […]
Raised bed garden
Design brief – To create all year round planting interest in a recently landscaped garden. The garden had 3 large raised beds near the front and a couple of long borders beside the main path. Before The Design After (Plants sourced and […]
Tree Garden
Design Brief – This was a front garden which was previously laid to lawn. The client wanted to create a tree garden with all year round interest. A planting screen was also needed to shelter the garden from neighbouring industrial workshops and provide privacy. A suspended pleached beech hedge was the solution. Planting was also added around […]
Sun Terrace 2
Design Brief – The area to be designed was to the North West of the property adjacent to the house. Currently this area was laid to gravel next to the house and was used for parking or as a turning area for the drive. Beyond this there is a wooded area which drops down to a […]
