From Idea to Idyllic - the 'garden' path of enlightenment

We all have a notion as to what a garden should be. A garden is and should be, as individual as you.

Inspiration for most people though, comes from all the usual outside influences. Whether it's from the media, TV or magazines, or simply in a friend’s garden, we can’t help absorbing ideas from our surroundings and imagining what they would look like in our own space. But transferring ideas to your own garden can sometimes be quite daunting.

The ‘trick’ of bringing all the right elements together, of getting the hard-landscaping, planting, the colours and style of everything that is needed to make a coherent design, looks effortless in the right hands. But to many people, those who may have a clear idea of taste and style but don’t have the skills needed, as well as those of us who have absolutely no idea where to start, but would like to have either a design put down on paper or to have a project carried through to the very last detail, it is then that the skills of a specialist Garden Designer can be employed.

A Good Relationship

A good designer will form a partnership with the client and be able to listen and understand just what is required. Their job is not to dominate and control, but to listen, to see and interpret an idea and then use their vast base of knowledge and experience to create the perfect design to fit space, lifestyle and budget.

A good designer will also have many contacts for supplying a huge range of resources and products, from structures, paving & plants to furniture & fountains. They will also help you decide how best to blend all these elements together, to make the garden 'work' just the way you want it to.