A garden is a long conversation
We design, plant and maintain gardens that get better with age. From a single border to a full landscape scheme, the work starts with the soil you already have and the light you actually get.
Garden design
Survey, planting plan and a phased build you can spread across seasons.
Planting & borders
Species chosen for your aspect and soil, not for the catalogue photograph.
Maintenance
Seasonal visits — pruning, feeding, division and the unglamorous weeding.
Peat-free, water-wise, quietly practical
Every scheme we plant is peat-free. Irrigation is designed for the dry spells, not the average, and we favour species that will still be standing in ten years.
Watering in a dry summer
Less often and much more deeply beats a daily sprinkle. Here is how to tell
Dividing perennials in autumn
Most clump-forming perennials want dividing every three or four years. Autumn division gives the roots
Why we stopped using peat
Peat-based compost is convenient and ecologically indefensible. The alternatives have improved enormously — here is