JUST A THOUGHT...

'I have a rock garden. Last week three of
them died.'
– Richard Diran

 

A selection of gardens worked on in the past couple of years, and some client testimonials

'The back yard-cum-garden was basically a storage area, and not a very pretty one, when I moved in. Frank opened it up, made it modern and accessible, and dog-friendly with a new lawn beyond the patio. It's now a pleasure to sit out in the sun and enjoy a drink. Katie the labrador loves it, too!'
– K.K.

BEFORE ... storage area

AFTER ... pleasure to sit out in the sun

'When Frank came to look at my garden his jaw dropped. It was not a pretty sight. In fact, it was downright depressing. However, Frank came up with a design that even a non-gardener like me could create and manage. I can now go to a garden centre with purpose. A once very drab triangular
patch is now alive with different colours and textures that I would never have had the courage to try on my own.'
– J.H.

A scruffy path down by the side of a garage wall led to an overgrown area at the bottom of the garden. A wider path, with flags through shingle, and a pergola planted with new climbers transformed it into an stylish entry to a 'secret garden' at the bottom. In fact, it's the garden you can see at the top of the About Us page.

It was lawn over-kill and often a soggy entrance to French windows – so when a new sun room was added we made a joint access area with random paving, a little shingle, and a collection of pots. Now it's not only a dry entrance but also a lovely sitting area

Narrow path through a neglected lawn, shed and greenhouse at the top, quite a slope from top to bottom - sound familiar? It was all too much for a client with a bad back. He liked and could still manage a little mowing and some pottering. So some levelling and two interlocking circular lawns solved the sloping lawn problem, while the area on the right was turned into a gentle rise up to a screened greenhouse

'I wanted to make something of my garden (with a little help from my old man!) but I hadn't got a clue where to start. Frank did a design we could achieve ourselves, bit by bit, including a list of materials and an estimate of on-going costs. It now looks good – and it's all our own work. Well, almost.'
– G.B.

JUST A THOUGHT...

'Every garden is unique with a multitude
of choices in soils, plants and themes. Finding your garden theme is as easy as seeing what brings a smile to your face.'
-–Teresa Watkins

Little things that make the difference:
A well-kept pond, in proportion to the garden; a single specimen plant in the right place makes a dramatic statement; a lush shaped lawn sets off a new decked area

JUST A THOUGHT...

'Always encourage bank holiday gardeners. Many good gardeners start as bank holiday gardeners. Unlike Sunday drivers, they are making the world a better place.'
– Frank Rawlins  

BEFORE ... a smart modern executive house with a compact modern garden, made smaller by the addition of a conservatory (far left). Our picture, looking down from an upstairs window, shows the main feature is a hot tub (right, foreground). Some ageing, unpruned shrubs, taking up far too much room, have already been taken out as work begins on Frank's simple but effective design

AFTER ... a smart modern executive house with a smart modern garden. The paved hot tub area has been extended with natural stone paving to become a leisure area – with table and chairs, barbecue, and swing seat. The cobbled/water feature bed makes an eye-catching centre-piece that also detracts from the squareness of the plot. There's a new raised flower bed, and a happy tot has his own play area ...

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