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GARDEN DESIGN IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Portfolio photos
 2019: Further work in this lovely garden near Peterborough.  A new pergola and planting around the lawn adding interest and linking the house with the garden.
2019 A large country garden with windy and open aspect, and existing pond has been givne more privacy and interest with ongoing planting including a new hedge to replace the Leylandii this Autumn.
2019: More work in several areas of a large country garden over the last couple of years:
i) A grasses bed replacing an overgrown shrubbery.
ii) Screening for the oil tank
iii)Development and planting of  a 'secret' dining area.
Ground preparation (2016)
Just planted
Edging in place
One year on
August 2019
August 2019 (3 years after planting)

Area to be cleared then screening to be planted
Aug 2019 planting well established

Before
Before
Before
Scrub cleared
Ready for planting (May 2019)
Plants set out
Aug 19
Aug 19
Aug 19
2019: A small garden in Cambourne, planted to have a tropical feel, retaining the trampoline and space to sit.
Before
During
Planting just going in
Two months later
Aug 19
Aug 19
2018/19  A village garden for a family with young children needing space and low maintenance.
Before (winter 2018)
Work underway
Just planted
Aug 19
Aug 19
Aug 19
2018: A new build house and garden, built in March and planted by the end of May.  A low maintenance scheme for easy care.
Before work starts
Construction underway
Just planted
Newly planted
Plants settling in
Wildlife friendly pond
2018: A North facing garden in St Ives built with an unwanted lawn.  New gravel garden with planting and patio circle in the sun.  Paint to fences and sheds completed the transformation.
The original shady lawn and small borders
Before work started
Work underway
Planting in progress
Just planted
Plants getting established
New sunny terrace
2018: A large village garden with many shrubs and trees, in need of an update to hard landscaping and to reduce the amount of work needed for maintenance.  A sloping circular patio needed to be relaid and terraced beds with retaining walls replaced to give larger sitting areas and more space.
Old garden - steps too narrow and not centred on any of the building features
Preparation for new terrace and steps
Foundations going in for a curved wall round the beech hedge
New steps going in here
First block of the new paving now laid
2017: This front garden in a village near Cambridge was designed, built in the early summer and planted up this September, with a beech hedge to establish, low maintenance shrubs, perennials and grasses, and lovely new gates.
Autumn 2016
Brickwork underway 2017
New entrance - gates to go on next
October 17 : Just planted
New pedestrian gate
New drive gates
July 2018
July 2018
2017:  Victorian front and back garden in Cambridge.
Before work starts
Broken wall and fencing
Path being laid August 17
Finished path
Front completed: Autumn 17
Back garden
Back garden after tidying and repairs
Outdoor artwork disguising an old fence
Outdoor artwork showing the Botanical Gardens
2017: Woodland tree planting and new woodland path and steps in a country garden near Peterborough
Silver Birch trees newly planted
Site for woodland path
New bark path through trees
Steps needed for access
New woodland steps
2017: Back garden revision in a Cambridgeshire village.  The new design gives clean lines, with a new patio, low maintenance planting and removal of former concrete pond.
Crazy paving patio needing work
Old concrete removed and new patio being laid
New patio and planting
Just planted March 2017
One month after planting
Grasses catching the sunlight Autumn 2017
2016: Front and back garden in Cambourne following building work.  Increased parking area and naturalistic planting at the front with plenty of fruit, herbs and edible flowers in the back garden.
Summer 2016
Before work started
After planting
January 2017
May 2017
May 2017
Back before work
Back garden landscaped but before planting
Planting beneath the trees getting established
Side entrance to garden
New side access
New bin covers
2016: Complete redesign of a village garden in Cheveley, for a family who like entertaining and gardening.  A new and wider terrace in front of the house leads to broad gentle steps up to a lawn with planted borders and a new terrace for evening sunshine.  Wildlife pond and vegetable garden included.
View before work started 2015
Side path to garage - before
Work starts!
Preparing the terrace area
New terrace of Indian sandstone and gravel
New central steps to lawn
August 16
Ramp for mower
Steps up to patio
2016: Low maintenance adaptation of a large driveway where the planting had become too dense.  A new fence, reduced planting area and prairie style planting with grasses gave a lighter and fresher appearance. 
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October 2015
Overgrown shrubs
Work in progress
Just planted Spring 16
House border planting
Prairie planting
July colour
Planting getting established
2016: A country garden with several areas for review.  Firstly, a vegetable garden to be built reclaiming a former childrens' play area and log store near to the back door.  A wooden archway at the entrance for runner beans and sweet peas, ramp access for wheelbarrow and wide paths to allow easy access with tools.
September 2015
Tall hedges and laurel blocking light
Building started
April: Just built
Ready for planting
2016: A village garden with deteriorating driveway and large leylandii hedge.  Boundary wall cracked and leaning onto footpath to be replaced.
New driveway with mix of pavers and gravel, leylandii hedge removed opening up the aspect, leaning wall replaced by new fence.  Low maintenance raised beds for sunny aspect. Planting to give interest all year round with scent and colour.

Before
Driveway before work
Work underway
New driveway
Just planted March 16
July 16
July 16
September 2017
September 2017
2015: A Cambridge garden - redesign as a result of nearby development. 
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Construction work had to wait until the developers had completed their work near the boundary. Planting up just started - herbaceous planting and bulbs to complete a romantic garden with scented Old English roses, Clematis, Wisteria, Lavenders, Viburnum x bodnantense and Sarcococca mixed with traditional herbaceous planting including Penstemon, Alchemilla, Aquilegias, Iris, bulbs and grasses to complete the picture.
Dec 14
The boundary - Dec 14
View from gate - Dec 14
View up the garden Dec 14
Construction begins Nov 14
The fence is up
View up the garden path - Dec 15
New shed and decking just visible
2017
Gertrude Jekyll climbing Rose 2017

2015:  A new garden in Cambridgeshire:
Before and just after planting.  Artificial grass under play area for the children.  Low maintenance planting for busy working parents.
Before work - whole garden is turfed
Just after planting: April
Garage end before work started
Play area with artificial grass
June 2015
6 Months after planting
Autumn 2015
2015:  Brand new house and garden in Cambourne.
Quite a steep slope with no access at the bottom.  Fixed storage shed on concrete pad sited by the builders.  Space for socialising and to BBQ the main requirements.  A terraced design for ease of maintenance and for social weekends and evenings.
January 2015
Under construction
Construction
June: newly planted
June 2015
Autumn 2015
Autumn 2015
2015: Cambridge village house
An established but overgrown garden needing an update to the planting after Honey Fungus (Armillaria) had devastated shrubs
Spring 2015 before replanting
April 2015
June: Just replanted
June with new planting
September 2015
Sept 2015
Autumn colour 2015
2015: Large village house
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An established but old mixed border: New planting of mainly herbaceous plants to extend seasons of interest.
March 2015
April. New planting - and some rabbit protection!
June 2015
June 2015
2015: Cambridgeshire village
A small family garden transformed for plant lovers
December 2014
June 2015, just planted.
A front garden in Girton - complete redesign due to diseased trees and overgrown shrubs
Before work started
Construction started
Just after completion
8 months after completion
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Stipa gigantea
Summer 2016
Hard landscaping in front of old barns
Before
Work in progress
Hard landscaping completed
One year later
Borders in front of Office units - planted December 2013 - and 10 months later in Autumn 2014
Just planted
Just planted
10 months later
2014: Pond Garden replanting. Beautiful Geese sculpture by Paul Margetts.  Climbers and shrubs will cover the fence once established.
Planting put in Autumn 2014
May 2015: Plants getting established
Some older projects: 
Unpromising start!
6 years on - slightly different angle
Before work
Just after planting
Before work
Same area looking up from the house
Just after planting
About 14 years later!
Farmhouse during renovation
Farmhouse garden before work
Along the barn after planting
Just after initial planting
Step and bike/barrow ramps: Village house
Terracing and step construction
Completed and planted
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