A generous garden space This was a lovely project to work on in the Blackhall area of Edinburgh over lockdown. The space enjoyed the borrowed landscape of mature tall trees to the rear. Happily, for a modern house the garden was a really decent size. In...
Arts and Crafts house and garden I love designing gardens around Arts and Crafts houses. Introducing beautiful, sometimes quirky features and placing the emphasis on highly skilled craftsmanship is what this design movement was all about. The owners of this amazing house in Central Scotland fully...
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...