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...
Quirky Street Art There are two stand-out features of this garden project in central Edinburgh: firstly a trusting client with a desire for a quirky, stylish, intriguing garden, and secondly, the street art on the boundary wall. The cottage is a holiday rental and when I...
A Sensitive Design This Morningside garden was commissioned by clients who were looking to improve the accessibility of their front garden to allow for wheelchair access. They were adamant that their garden should not be taken over by the ramp and so wanted a sensitive, interesting...
Dream Garden With stunning views over the Firth of Forth, this garden was an absolute dream to design. It has the feel of a walled garden. It has an existing and productive orchard. It is fertile with a mature bank of trees and shrubs shielding the...
A Charity Show Garden Early in 2014 the charity Freedom from Fistula Foundation invited me to design a show garden at Gardening Scotland to help promote their cause. The project was a great challenge but also a lot of fun and the garden went on to...