I'm particularly interested in taking an 'ecological approach' to gardening - natural planting styles, relating gardens to their surroundings, and encouraging wildlife; combining practicality with beauty.

The design process is generally as follows:

• I pay a visit to you and your garden to establish your needs, to present my portfolio, and to understand the scale of the work;
• I provide a quote to redesign the garden. This is influenced by the size of the garden, and complexity of the plans you require. For instance you may want detailed planting plans, or a simple 'layout plan' only;
• On acceptance of the quote, I undertake a survey of the garden, noting boundaries, key features, aspect, soil type and so on.
• I then draw up outline plans for the garden, which I discuss with the client. Alterations are noted;
• Finalised plans are drawn up.

Design plans are to scale, hand-drawn and usually colour. Typically I might produce:

• a layout plan with at least a minimal amount of planting information;
• plus a perspective and/or elevation view,
• and a section diagram if it might be useful.

Notes can accompany the drawings on:

• plants (latin name, common name & key characteristics) considered suitable for the garden conditions;
• a suggested schedule of tasks to create the garden (useful if you’re doing the work yourself);
• an estimate based on my own costs to build and plant the new garden (please note hard landscaping work I may need to be contracted to a reputable builder
• I do not employ anyone directly, but do have some recommended contacts).