Landscape Design Services in Lewes, East Sussex, UK

“When I moved into my new home with 1 hectare of garden I needed help with landscaping it to keep it natural and water wise. I found David to have a good knowledge of indigenous plants, he interpreted my vision well and was a pleasure to work with. The garden has grown into itself and I am very happy with the outcome.”

“Acres Wild - Talented garden designers I can't recommend these guys highly enough. 14 years ago I built a house on a high Wealden site in East Sussex and brought in Acres Wild to design the gardens. Their brief was to make it look like it had been there for ever, even though they basically started with a muddy field. They created a strong structure with a series of garden 'rooms' which became less formal further away from the house, and used heavy planting. They work on the basis of survival of the fittest. Since then the garden has matured and been featured in several magazines. The walled potager, built with 200-year-old bricks, even won a Sussex Heritage Award two years after it was built. If you want a formal knot garden or something very contemporary with water dribbling down a sheet of metal then Ian and Debbie would probably not be your first port of call. But if you want a stunning garden that you'll love to live in then you won't find better garden designers.”

“Gold & Wild have transformed our open community spaces and private gardens with a refreshing passion, underpinned at all times with expert knowledge of both selection of plants and thereafter the individual needs of all the various types of flora for which they care. Careful recruitment of knowledgable team members ensures consistency, which extended to our winning 'Best Street' in Islington two years in a row, following which we thought others should have a chance.”

“We first met Chris when he was exhibiting at the Chelsea Flower Show, very much admired the gardens he created and stayed in touch with him. Some years later we were able to come back to him and asked for a plan for our tiny Cottage garden in the New Forest. Then, it was an ugly, depressing 'easy care' space that no one really wanted to use, in a conservation area with a large listed shed in the middle and very exposed. The largest usable area was filled with steps, dank concrete crazy paving, drains, bins and a boiler. Renovation and redesign needed someone with real insight to visualise what it could become. Chris created 3 individual areas within the garden, each with a slightly different purpose and character. The biggest area is now a beautiful sun trap and herb garden paved with warm terracotta sandstone with table and chairs and a parasol. We use it all the time and somehow the boiler is less noticeable. We have a more formal screened seating area to look out onto the Forest without feeling observed and a secluded grassy back garden for complete peace and quiet. Chris didn't feel the need to completely empty the garden as some designers might, but thoughtfully incorporated existing plants and features into the design and was flexible about amending it - such as when a well was found during works. This meant our new garden had immediate character, not just lots of tiny, new plants. He was a real pleasure to work with - sensitive to our budgetary restraints and receptive to ideas. He was tactful when telling us that some things wouldn't work too. As he lives a long way away we used a local landscaper to do the hard landscaping and liaised with Chris as the work was done. He came down and supervised the planting and was tactful with the landscapers but got his way. Chris really knows his plants and did us a proper planting plan and plant list. Not only are the species carefully chosen to suit the aspect but we got the loveliest variety of each and the vast majority have thrived. We are thrilled with our garden, we love and cherish it. We regularly receive unsolicited compliments about our beautiful garden, how appropriate it is to the situation and people ask who designed it. It is much easier to look after and an enormously rewarding space to enjoy. I have not put down a cost as I can't remember - but it was definitely money well spent. I can't see how to attach photos, but if you contact him he will know which garden this is. I would absolutely recommend Chris, he is more than capable, he's first rate.”

“We have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending Andy Stedman Design, we could not be happier with the garden he designed and built for us. Andy worked with us to produce the initial design. He very quickly understood our requirements and produced a fabulous design that both met with the constraints of the plot and our exacting needs. We were then further impressed by Andy's post-design planning. He was able to demonstrate to us the process that would take us from the initial design through to completion. It was very professional and gave us complete confidence that he could deliver the garden of our dreams. Andy's landscaping team then carried out the works. Andy remained closely involved in the project on at least a daily basis, and he project managed extremely well. His team were friendly, respectful and polite, and a pleasure to have on site. The garden is complete now and is outstanding and I doubt very much that we would have achieved such an excellent result from another supplier. Andy's attention to detail was outstanding and ensured a quality of delivery that was far above anything we have experienced in the past. Andy Stedman Design gets the highest recommendation that we could possibly give to anyone. We wouldn't hesitate using them again. Martin and Marian Orchard-Webb Rousillon Park Chichester”

“Sarajane Rothwell and her team provided an excellent service. She is both rigorous and artistic in her design, confident in her vision but was also keen to interpret our ideas as fully as possible. It was a lovely experience and I would recommend her highly. The garden is beautiful and much admired.”

“I have used verti grow for two projects now and i can highly recommend them! Daniel is just wonderful. Always happy to do whatever he can to make your wall just perfect. They have now done a moss wall and live wall for me and they both looked just wonderful. Great company and lovely people to work with. There are very few live wall companies around that do a great job but vertigrow is one of them.”

“We contacted Adolfo Harrison Gardens as we needed to redesign our large garden. Adolfo was very professional and seemed well experienced. He was able to come up with some excellent solutions in relation to the issues we had with the configuration of our garden, showing an extended and solid knowledge in design, plants and flowers. Always presenting us with several options to ensure we had choices. He was also great at listening, a skill many traders lack! He always took the time to ensure he understood what we wanted to achieve, checking step by step along the redesigning process, to ensure we were happy with it. Unlike many other garden designers we had contacted, he did not question our budget nor did he try to raise it. On the contrary he was very understanding and looked at achieving what we wanted in creative ways. His punctuality and tidiness have been impeccable as well as his attention to details. He was also able to meet each deadline right on time as promised. He was very easy to get along with and made the whole process a pleasure. He also made the humongous job at hand seem easy and somewhat simple, always turning up with a smile and a can do attitude, making us feel at ease and relaxed too. We now have a wonderful garden that we can enjoy more than we could have ever imagined or hoped for, thanks to his suggestion to create different areas to enjoy at different times thought the day and year. We could have not wished for a better garden designer and would totally recommend him!”

“Tatyana does not just provide a regular planting and design advice but adds a personal and artistic touch to her ideas that really make her work go above and beyond the ordinary. She is very professional, and listens to all your ideas then incorporates them with her own ideas adding her own knowledge and flair. She is an excellent communicator and will take time to thoroughly discuss ideas and is also a happy and enjoyable presence so you really feel as a client that she is easy to have around whilst she is working and that you are going to get the best possible garden design. She provides a clear breakdown of costs and very helpful designs on paper as well as 3D designs on the computer that help you visualise what the garden will eventually look like. I could not rate Lace Landscapes highly enough.”

“We have been working with Caro for the last 10 years building various projects in and around west London, we have always found Caro a pleasure to work with and continue to do so.”