Contemporary Circle Garden
Design Brief: A contemporary circle garden in North Aberdeenshire. The clients own 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 close to the house with a raised bed wrapping around the patio. […]
Contemporary Terraced Garden
Design brief: The clients wanted to create a contemporary terraced garden in their 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 […]
Aberdeen Garden: Planting Design
Design Brief A planting design for a garden in the West End of Aberdeen. This South West facing back garden was redesigned with new borders. We designed a new border close to the house next to a sunny patio and a new entrance border to the garden from existing steps. We also enhanced the planting […]
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 […]
Drought tolerant perennial plants
Our top 5 drought tolerant perennials Drought tolerant plants are usually native to dry regions such as the Mediterranean. However they can still be grown in our cooler gardens. They have evolved to thrive in dry soils with little rainfall by developing characteristics such as thick fleshy leaves to store water or silver or grey-green […]
Best of Houzz 2024 Customer Services Award
Best of Houzz 2024 Customer Services Award Houzz has announced Gerbera Designs (Garden Design) as winner of a Best Of Houzz 2024 award for Customer Services again. This is the fourth year in a row! Houzz is the leading platform for home renovation and design and has a worldwide community of over 40 million homeowners, […]
Plants for winter structure
Evergreen plants for winter structure A question which I am often asked at my consultations is ‘what can I grow in my garden in North East Scotland which will look good all year round?’ Many people would like to emulate the show gardens at Chelsea Flower Show (wouldn’t we all?!). But many plants featured there […]
Why use a professional garden designer?
What does a professional garden designer do? A professional garden designer does not just draw pretty pictures and faff about with some plants. It’s a real profession! Would you build a house without an architect? No! Like architects, garden designers can survey your garden and design it with suitable materials and plants to get the […]
Care Home Sensory Garden
Design Brief The brief was to provide a design for a sensory garden for a care home in Aberdeen. This needed to incorporate a circular path design to help residents navigate themselves easier around the garden with seating as rest stops. There was to be a central pergola as a vertical feature, raised beds for […]
Milltimber Garden
Design Brief The clients were looking for a large outdoor entertaining area which link their architecture designed new house to the back garden. The planting needed to provide year-round colour in a warm colour palette and be low maintenance. Planting was also designed for beds around the driveway in the front garden. This had a […]
