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 will not survive a winter […]
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 […]
Circle garden: Planting Design
Design Brief To create a planting plan for a new build garden which the clients had already designed and landscaped themselves. The design brief was for all year round colour and interest with textural plants in purple, pink and white. The client wanted some vertical height in the planting and also climbers to cover the […]
Aberdeen Planting Design: Orange and Purple
Design Brief To create a large curved border with mixed planting in an orange and purple theme in a large sheltered East facing walled town garden in Aberdeen. The planting has a New Zealand theme. Before The Design After
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.
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 […]
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 […]
