Design Practice
It starts with a walk around and a chat. Finding out what you love about your garden, and what doesn’t work so well. Finding out a bit about how you use your garden, and what changes you’d like to make - the neighbour’s barn you’d like to screen, the sunset you’d like to see more of.
Not all changes in a garden need to be radical -sometimes just getting a fresh perspective on the space you know so well can throw up a few simple tweaks that you hadn’t thought of before. Like the strategic pruning of a tree to reveal a view, or beefing up a planting scheme with some plants that are relevant to the time of year you use that space.
For more comprehensive changes, it might be that a blueprint is the sensible route to take. This would give you a plan that you can work to at your own pace, ensuring that the finished result is coherent.
My Approach
In the case of a garden consultation, I would write up all the detail we covered in the meeting so that you’ve got something to refer to. This would include any specific plants discussed, supplier recommendations, general practice on implementing the ideas.
If we’re going down the route of detailed plans, then the first stage is to commission a proper survey of your garden, which is what my design would overlay. This would include detail on levels, vegetation, services etc. It’s the nuts and bolts account of your garden - ensuring that any design overlaid is going to actually work on the ground!
At the Masterplan stage, I would typically produce a scaled Masterplan with supporting sketches and precedent images.
I have extensive experience in turning a design into reality, and can be as involved as you want me to.
Whether that’s spending a few hours working alongside you or your gardener, or delivering the full specification and tender package, I’m a trained Landscape Architect (Dip, University of Glocoustershire) and happy to work at either end of the scale.