Gallery
Welcome to my project gallery! Here, you’ll find a selection of some of the gardens that I have had the pleasure of designing, each crafted to blend beauty, functionality, and a deep respect for the client’s vision. Each project reflects the unique potential and creativity we’ve developed together.
Voss House - Therapy Centre in Bozeman, Montana
This spectacular house, originally an inn, was renovated and transformed into a beautiful, serene environment for in-patient therapy. The existing garden was scruffy and desolate in parts, and needed a redesign to complement the beautiful house. A large paving circle was built for gatherings, with space left on the lawn for small tables and deck chairs. The beds were designed to curve around a walkway and hide different parts of the garden from site, to add an air of mystery and surprise.
Plan for main garden
Close-up image of plan
Flower bed
Plan for main garden
Patio garden and walkway - Voss House Therapy Centre
This patio area at the Voss House therapy centre needed a revamp, and after an easy-access walkway was installed, a narrow bed all along it needed to be planted up. The areas needed plants that would provide year-round interest in mostly shaded areas.
This shows the plan for the redesign of the Voss House Therapy Center new patio area
This image shows the area that needed paving and planting up after the new walkway was built
This is the patio area completed, with furniture and plants
This shows the plan for the redesign of the Voss House Therapy Center new patio area
Contemporary Rectangular Garden
​This rectangular newbuild garden had only a lawn and a deck. The brief was to incorporate plants and paths, while maintaining a clean, slick contemporary look, and including place for football. We used porcelain plank-style paving and installed raised beds with plants suited to the soil and aspect, all requiring very low maintenance. A new deck was installed for dining. Other elements will be added, such as laser-cut screens, and a pergola defining the eating area. The existing concrete patio was also relaid with porcelain pavers.
This is the plan for the design of the rectangular contemporary garden
A view of one of the beds, a few months after planting
A view of the garden before the design work began
This is the plan for the design of the rectangular contemporary garden
Northants house
This project was a newbuild garden with problems of strong winds and impeded drainage. We installed raised beds with plants that tolerate wet conditions, a pergola on a gravelled section, and an arbour against the red brick wall, to provide interest. An extra curving bed was laid, with three obelisks up which to train sweetpeas. Stepping stones were placed on the lawn to reach the gravelled pergola section. It's amazing the difference plants make to a space, no matter how beautiful the hard landscaping is.
This is the video 3D plan for the Northants garden
This was the garden during construction. A wide curving border with a raised brick edge was installed and a gravelled area installed for the pergola
We designed and built wooden obelisks for the owners to train sweetpeas up
This is the video 3D plan for the Northants garden
Circular motif garden
This existing garden was outdated and tired, and the top corner was sinking. As the client loved circles, we designed a circular patio with space for her beautiful Buxus balls, and overlapping lawn circles.
This is the original plan for the Circular Motif Garden Revamp.
Part of the design process
Detail of the gravel circle planted up
This is the original plan for the Circular Motif Garden Revamp.
Leicester small garden
This completely paved back garden needed a simple, low-maintenance update. Taking up one row of pavers at the back and two rows along one side, with a stone edging to define the borders, was the ideal solution, and much builders rubble was removed, replaced by good soil. A mix of hardy perennials, grasses and conifers/ferns was planted, which require very little maintenance.
The pavers being taken up
The borders are ready, with stone edging
Evergreen ferns were added in the shady area, with hostas, heuchera, and campanula
The pavers being taken up