Michelle McDonnell Landscape Design

Michelle helped us come up with a plan for a single minded seaside garden that both looks great and is low maintenance. The garden has now had 6 months to get established and looks great!

My husband and I have waited a long time to landscape our very small beach section. Michelle was able to see the potential and easily discuss possibilities with us to best use and maximize the limited space we had available. She ensured that we were happy and consulted throughout the planning process, with the resulting design being an exciting prospect for us. We still pinch ourselves now that the design has become reality- and we are able to enjoy this lovely space. It actually is a space now! WE cant believe how much room we have- and the lovely private garden courtyard, that has been created. We love it, and know we'll enjoy it for many years. Our thanks to Michelle for her expertise.

After recommendations from colleagues, we asked Michelle to design our gardens. We had a blank canvas and a French Provincial design in mind. Michelle listened to our ideas, visited our site and came up with a design that worked perfectly with our vision and with our environment. We are half way through the planting stage, which we can't wait to complete and see the final result.

After building a new house we found our property had some design landscape issues with changing levels. Michelle came and helped us with the large scale design and plant selection for an easy care garden. Michelle was great to work with and happily made changes as required. We have been really pleased with the final result.

We built a house at the beach we had a very small section to work with so we wanted someone who could maximize the space and also I had no idea about beach planting. Michelle was great she listened to what we wanted and we are extremely happy with the end results. Thanks Michelle

I was more than pleased with the planting plan Michelle and her term put together. It was more than I could have imagined. Also, I felt my ideas were considered so feel this is my garden concept but with the flourish of a professional.

What a pleasure working with Michelle. She is easy to get along with and a pro at what she does. She spent time listening to our wants and needs, visited our site and started her brainstorming process. The final plan is something we "LOVE" and can't wait to see it birthed into reality. Highly recommend Michelle she is a landscape design genius!

Michelle was wonderful to work with, she understood the brief and the garden site and came up with a great landscape plan together with a full planting scheme Would highly recommend Lesley P

Michelle has designed and supervised landscaping of our entire property, back and front. We were delighted with her vision of being able to turn a dated, messy property into something special. her service was wonderful in that she came for the site visits, presented us with her plans and then arranged for the contractors to carry out the work and then ongoing maintenance. I thoroughly recommend Michelle's vision and thoroughness in seeing the project through from concept to fruition.

Michelle has amazing vision and absolutely transformed our garden and outdoor living area. Practically speaking our outdoor space is much more usable and the garden itself is so lush and fragrant. Thank you so much! Highly recommend

We were looking for advice for a small project. Michelle was quick to respond to our email and was timely in coming to view our home and garden. Michelle provided knowledge and sensibility around what were were looking for. We have used that advice and recommendations to improve and update the landscaping as well as double the size of our edible garden space and fruit trees. We also used her providers for our planting and these are all doing very well.

I Have used the services of Michelle McDonnell landscape designs on 2occasions, once for a makeover of garden approx 5 years ago and again recently for a new build garden on a 400sqm . Both times i have found Michelle very approachable and she listened to what i wanted and was able to freely discuss other options. She has a great team of landscaping people to do the retaining walls, planting and all ground work that needs to be done before planting. She has a great longstanding working relationship with the above workmen and they all are very willing to work in with each other to get the job done as quickly and efficiently as possible to attain a great result. Our garden is looking great already and i have no hesitation in recommending getting in touch with Michelle should you be needing gardens done. thanks, Marlene & Trevor