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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...

Another happy garden project This was a lovely project to work on.  When I first visited this garden it had a very substantial dilapidated garden building taking up most of the space.  But once it had been dismantled, the true potential of this walled garden quickly...

The Brief When a client gives me permission to design a garden with no lawn, I am literally over the moon.  Of course, you still need paths to help you move around the garden, but those paths don't have to go in straight lines and they...

[popup_anything id="18975"] Victorian garden splendour Perched high above this garden, sits a handsome Victorian villa with open views to the south taking in Dunfermline, the Forth bridges and Edinburgh beyond.  It is a spectacular location with a large sloping site crowned by a formal terrace with stone balustrade.  It...