HOMEOWNER SERVICES
For Homeowners
I work primarily with busy professionals who want to be able to step outside their door, take a deep breath and a moment for themselves, surrounded by nature. In the evening they also want to be able to kick back, relax and share that space with family and friends.
Whether your garden has been left a muddy mess after renovations, feels outdated, or simply doesn’t suit your lifestyle, I bring together design expertise and plant knowledge to completely reimagine your space.
I transform underused outdoor spaces into personalized, plant-filled retreats that seamlessly integrate with the home you’ve created. My focus is on abundant, thoughtfully designed planting, with a restrained approach to hard landscaping—letting nature take centre stage.
Throughout the process and beyond, I provide guidance and support to help you keep your garden thriving. I believe in a collaborative approach, where I listen carefully to your vision and help you craft a brief that reflects what you truly want. Together, we’ll explore options to create a natural escape, embracing the beauty of seasonality, colour, and scent to create a space that fosters calm, connection, and wellbeing.
As a guide, the construction cost of the gardens I work generally starts at £30,000 + VAT to build with full design services prior to site monitoring charged at around 15% of the construction cost depending on size and complexity .
The Process
Concept Design phase
Analysis & Solution. Getting your brief in the right place.
Guided Briefing Session to make sure everything you’ve thought of (and some things you might not have!) is covered in the design
Measured survey by us or by others depending on complexity.
Site Analysis Soil samples, light and wind conditions, views, photographic survey.
Concept Design Scaled sketch option, Pinterest mood boards to discuss materials and planting, meeting to discuss and agree the Concept.
Presentation Plan phase
Visualising your garden in 3D, discussing and refining the design
Refinement of preferred sketch option The concept design is refined using 3D sketches and refined moodboards to explore materials and planting. Two iterations of the concept design are included.
Presentation Plan A coloured plan is produced with notes indicating what kind of materials and planting will be in each area. This drawing will be adequate to enable budget quotes from contractors but will not include a detailed specification, dimensions, construction details or planting plan. Meeting to present.
Construction Detail phase
Ensuring that the detailed and specific vision is nailed down
Setting out drawings on CAD Detailed dimensions, levels and specifications added to enable full pricing and construction including any lighting & irrigation plans.
Details for construction Unusual or complex details are designed in detail.
Specification Detailed specification of both hard and soft landscaping.
Tender Detailed design is sent out to tendering contractors with a covering letter.
CDM Designer’s insert provided for inclusion in Principal Designer’s Health & Safety File.
SITE MONITORING
Initial site visit Discuss the design with the contractor and aid in setting out so that the best start is made.
Interim site visits Site visits at intervals agreed with the client and landscaper to ensure the design is being followed and any queries can be discussed and addressed. If plant supply is requested one of these visits will be to take delivery of and set out the plants.
Final site visit Final visit to ensure design is complete, discuss any snagging to be completed and discuss maintenance.
A full service from the first meeting through to visiting to confirm that the construction is complete is an investment to create a beautiful, carefully considered garden that will provide enjoyment for many years to come.
Planting Design
The element of design that makes the garden!
Planting Plan Plans showing positions, numbers and full Latin names of plants.
Plant Schedule For ordering from trusted suppliers
Shoot Maintenance Plan I will share my subscription to ‘Shoot’ gardening relating to your garden for 1 year post planting , which provides monthly maintenance advice emails for existing and proposed plants in your garden. See www.shootgardening.com
Additional services
Garden Consultation Service
2 hours of verbal advice on garden layout, planting or both, followed up with Pinterest Moodboards related to our discussions and a written summary of the advice, including plant recommendations.
From £840 in person.
Planting Review Service
Following a completed design, this service can be arranged on an ongoing basis
