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Please have a look at our portfolio showing a small sample of
gardens that Heather's Gardens have designed.
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An Italianate Garden
The
brief included an area for dining, no grass and bold planting.
| Olive Trees and columns of Italian cypress |
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I visit the site regularly during construction to liase
with the landscaper. We have frequent meetings and telephone conversations to discuss progress and any problems we may encounter.
I then source, select, order and arrange delivery of trees, plants, top soil, compost and conditioners. The planting is overseen
to completion, one of the most enjoyable tasks. I source, select, order and arrange delivery and installation of features
such as water fountains, metalwork, planters, lighting and irrigation, essentially, anything required within the garden. I
also supply planting advice sheets, giving details of care and pruning.
| Palm tree walk and path of bonded resin |
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Below:
Heather
can source, select and arrange delivery of features for the garden. This gate was specially commissioned and designed
by Heather for a metal artist to make.
A Garden For Pottering
This garden was designed for clients who are retired. They enjoy
gardening and have a good knowledge of plants, particularly perennials. For over thirty years they have lived in this
house and had made a garden from a very difficult site which was now proving to be potentially hazardous where safety was
concerned. The brief was to create a new garden that would be relatively easy to look after. The clients requested no grass.
This is a garden for entertaining friends and family, looking after grand-children with areas to eat, play and read
but most importantly for the clients to relax, potter and continue their passion for collecting plants. Many plants were saved
from the original garden. The clients' granite setts and various paving materials were recycled around the water fountain
and in other areas of the garden.
It has been lovely working for these clients who visit many gardens. To create
a garden within a specific budget has been a challenge but at the same time immensely rewarding.
Dear Heather
Thank you for your plant lists and notes on care. More than that, thank you both for achieving such a wonderful transformation
to our garden. It has been greatly appreciated by all who have seen it so far.
| The Watercolour Plan For This Garden |
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| Box globes provide winter structure |
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| The hard-landscaping is now complete. |
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| Newly Planted Garden. See the next pic! |
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A Family Garden
Phase one, the pool
garden, has been completed.
| Design Plan including Pool Garden |
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The Trampoline Garden
Indian sandstone
paving was used for the seating area and silver- grey granite setts were used for the curvy path. This was our second
garden design and construction for this client.
| Curvy Path Of Silver Grey Granite Setts |
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A Family Garden including an ornamental
vegetable parterre
This design has three distinct areas. The planting will provide the contrast
essential to each area. The large lawn will be an area for play and relaxation while the surrounding planting will give a
screen to the drive. There will be repeat planting of ornamental shrubs, tall and low-growing perennials and grasses all the
way along the drive to give unity to the design.
Trellis screens, painted a 'willowy green' shade, are used throughout
the garden.
The vegetable parterre garden has four straight paths providing a formal layout but the planting of veg
and ornamental perennials will make a soft contrast. The dividing trellis screens will give a feeling of enclosure. The
planting here will be a visual contrast to the neighbouring lawn garden near the house.
| The garden before work started |
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| The garden one year after planting |
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| The garden one year after planting |
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A Garden For Plant Lovers
Heather has been working on this garden for several years. The
client hopes to open the garden for the national garden scheme. (yellow book)
| A seating area behind the garage has been created |
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Heather's reputation for creating beautiful gardens is growing year
by year as existing clients return to ask Heather to undertake further work to their gardens.
" I first met Heather through
a mutual friend when a large part of our garden was grassed and uneven. For this area she designed the shape for the beds
and to fill them came up with a delightful range of planting that has flourished and transformed the area.
Since
those days I have found that not only will Heather create wonderful planted areas from scratch but will make brilliant suggestions
for developing existing problematic areas in the garden and will respond to my SOS's for advice on plants for specific
areas and solutions for problems that may have developed.
Although she has enabled my confidence to grow I depend
on Heather for ongoing discussions about the performance of the garden at different times of the year and she will not hesitate
to come and help with gardening tasks if needed.
'Gardening Heather' has now become a good and most valued
friend and I greatly value her expertise and advice with all aspects of developing and maintaining a garden."
Allington Client
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