Current Garden Design Projects

We are currently working on the following garden design projects:- Steading garden near Newmachar – redesign of front, side and back gardens. New build garden in Ellon – redesign of front, side and back gardens. New build garden in Dunecht – redesign of back garden as a wildlife garden. Contemporary style garden in Inverurie – […]

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 […]

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 […]

September’s plant of the month

September’s plant of the month is Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’.  This is a fabulous plant for brightening up the garden in early autumn. It grows in sun or shade with an abundance of elegant, cup-shaped, white flowers on tall stems.  It flowers from August to October. The leaves are dark green and semi-evergreen.  Best […]

Drought tolerant perennial plants

As summer temperatures start to increase globally with less rainfall to irrigate our gardens it’s time to think about the ‘right plant for the right place’ in our drier gardens.  So what can you grow in your garden in North East Scotland which will look good all year round, survive the drier summers and also […]

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 […]