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  This garden won a Principal BALI award in 2014 for Water Gems and has been featured in RHS The Garden,  Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden and The Guardian weekend supplement.  Photographs in these articles were taken by garden photographer Andrea Jones. The following is taken from...

Award-winning garden I designed this Merchiston garden in 2013 for clients I had worked with previously in Edinburgh's New Town and in Boat of Garten near Aviemore.  They bought this sandstone villa in need of complete renovation and asked me to design a garden with plenty...

A Moorland Garden A few miles outside Braco, not far from Gleneagles, lies an estate with stunning views and a breathtaking location for a new-build house designed by Sula McEwan of Lorn Macneal Architects. The Brief The owners of this Perthshire garden contacted me very early on in...

Garden lighting design I've worked for a number of years with lighting designer and installer Mark Dunion from MGD Electrical.  He has introduced me to a number of different lighting effects and has guided me on where and when to use them.  With this East Kilbride...

Arts and Crafts House This stunning Arts and Crafts house is set in many acres of gardens and woodland.  The clients had just begun refurbishing the interior of the house when I first visited and were keen to include the gardens in the overall design project....

Weeping Willow This garden came with the gift of a weeping willow tree which sits right in the middle of the space - a garden designer's dream.  The clients needed inspiration for how to deal with the shade and leaf fall from this graceful tree.  They...