Plan Your Garden

If you’re looking for ideas for your garden or are interested in reading about our garden design topics, you will find them all here. Use the drop down menu for specific design topics or simply browse or use the search box in the bar above. Enjoy!

 

Alison

Attracting birds to your garden

Wildlife, Plan Your Garden

As a lifelong bird fan, I love seeing birds visiting my garden. Well yes, ok, some of them can be… Read more.

Alison

How To Cope With Rooty, Shady Areas Under Trees & Large Conifers

Plan Your Garden, Design Challenges

Let’s face it, there is shade, and there is gloom.  It's all very well people suggesting long lists of shade… Read more.

Alison

How do I deter cats from my garden?

Wildlife, Plan Your Garden

One of the questions I am most frequently asked by clients and prospective clients is this: "Do you know any… Read more.

Alison

How To Cope With Heavy Clay Soil

Plan Your Garden, Design Challenges

Anyone who has a garden with heavy clay soil will know about the difficulties of gardening on it.  The soil… Read more.

Alison

Designing Front Gardens & Driveways

Plan Your Garden, Design Challenges

The design of driveways and front gardens poses a somewhat different set of challenges to those faced when creating a… Read more.

Alison

Garden Lighting – A Few Pointers

Plan Your Garden, Lighting

Lighting adds a completely new dimension to gardens.  Particularly in the often somewhat cloudy climes of England, a well thought… Read more.

Alison

Top Plants for Autumn Colour

Plants, Plan Your Garden

Although the warm sunshine will soon be slowly fading, Autumn is definitely not a time of doom and gloom –… Read more.

Alison

Plants For Containers

Plants, Plan Your Garden

When preparing garden designs and plans, we are often asked by clients to provide them with ideas and suggestions for… Read more.

Alison

Disguising Sheds, Wheelie Bins, Trampolines and More – Some Ideas

Plan Your Garden, Design Challenges

A good garden design should not only be beautiful, it should also be practical.  And practical inevitably means disguising those… Read more.

Alison

Lawns – Real Grass v. Artificial Turf

Lawns, Plan Your Garden

Faced with the prospect of another season of lawn cutting, feeding, edging and other maintenance, you may be feeling that… Read more.

Alison

Patio Photos

Plan Your Garden, Patios

As a supplement to our patio design guide, this collection of patio photos showcases a selection of the patios we… Read more.

Alison

Bespoke Timber Garden Buildings, Structures and Furniture

Plan Your Garden, Garden Structures

Update: Please see our dedicated bespoke timber structures page here. When it comes to designing a garden, often there’s more… Read more.

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From planning a new border to a complete garden remodel, we pride ourselves on transforming ideas into beautiful reality, with minimum disruption. If you’re based in or around the Reading and Newbury area, we’d love to meet and discuss your project in detail – book your free no-obligation garden consultation today. We do get pretty booked up, particularly during the Spring, so plan ahead if possible!