The ultimate guide to creating the perfect pergola – featured in Gardens Illustrated magazine
Today, Gardens Illustrated — one of the UK’s most respected garden design publications — published a comprehensive guide to creating the perfect pergola that’s packed with practical advice on choosing, siting and styling this versatile garden structure. The feature, “Don’t buy before you read this: the ultimate guide to creating the perfect pergola”, walks readers […]
Architect’s hillside garden with house extension, Ilkley
architect’s hillside garden and a house extension Concept design | Middleton, Ilkley The Brief Our clients had recently moved into their home and were planning a house extension, cutting into the hillside garden. They wanted designs to: respond to the impact of a new house extension at planning stage create a more beautiful place to […]
A new build retirement home, Skipton
A new build home for a retired couple. a blank canvas Garden design | Eastburn, nr. Skipton The Brief Gloria and John are a retired couple who wanted to invest in their new home. Looking to create their dream garden, to relax and enjoy, they were looking for an undercover area to sit, and a […]
Modern, rural planting, Menston
A modern, rural garden Complete Planting Design | Menston, West Yorkshire The Brief The brief was for a contemporary, clean, stylish look to reflect the modern style of the newly built home. The clients were keen to avoid obscuring the views of the moor, so the planting needed to be largely low growing and be […]
House extension with kerb appeal, architect collaboration, Ilkley
kerb appeal & a new house extension Concept design & architect collaboration | Middleton, Ilkley The Brief Our clients, Neil and Jo, had moved into their home a year previously and were wanting to commission a beautiful front garden surrounding their new extension with front porch and main entrance. Having had interior renovations and restyling inside with […]
Lutyens country garden, Ilkley
a mature Lutyens country garden Complete planting design | Ilkley, Yorkshire The Brief The client wished to replace the planting in all the borders in two specific areas: the sunken garden and the terraced lawns. The existing planting lacked impact and had morphed into greens and purples (see before images) and the client was keen […]
Sloping country garden, Ilkley
A hillside country garden with moor views Complete planting design | Ilkley, Yorkshire The Brief Our retired clients wanted a planting scheme for their newly landscaped back garden. They had worked with Thomas Moore Landscapes to create a ‘blank canvas’ garden. There had been no consideration of planting when the garden was built, so a […]
Large family garden, Menston
A LARGE FAMILY GARDEN FOR RELAXING. AND A KITCHEN GARDEN TOO. Garden design | Menston, Yorkshire The Brief Our clients with teenage children commissioned a design for a relaxing, productive family garden. There were various priorities including a special place for relaxing and entertaining as well as a dedicated space for growing vegetables and fruit. […]
Contemporary family garden, Menston
contemporary family garden. terraces & a garden room Garden design | Menston, Yorkshire The Brief Our clients were seeking a professional garden design to work out the best way to integrate the conversion (and extension) of an under-used garage to a garden room into the garden. They also wanted to know how to connect the […]
New build, blank canvas, Skipton
A new build home for a first home. A blank canvas. Garden design | Steeton, West Yorkshire The Brief The clients, a young professional couple owning their first home, wanted to create their dream garden to enjoy for years to come. Looking to create an informal / cottagey look that would blend with their more […]