Customer testimonials
Stuart has been working with us for several
years to develop our 1/4 acre cottage garden,
set in the natural surroundings of the Welsh Marches with views across the Ceiriog Valley near Offa's Dyke. From the outset Stuart has shown himself to be
a hard-working, insightful garden designer who is sensitive to the needs of his client and the characteristics of the local ecology and landscape.
He is very knowledgeable about plants, aware
of the impact of climate change and is constantly developing his knowledge and professional skills. At an early stage in our relationship he drew up a detailed plan of the garden which has been the basis of all his subsequent work.
He will often ask us questions about what we would like to see, listens carefully to our
answers and offers suggestions. He takes account of our current stock and moves plants around to take advantage of changing conditions. Our own ideas have changed over time of course, eg during the Covid crisis we have grown more vegetables, and he has been very responsive to those changes. It has been
a pleasure to work with Stuart and we can recommend him highly.
JA Wrexham
Stuart is an excellent gardener. He has taken professional courses and is very knowledgeable about plants and the conditions they need to thrive. We have had invaluable advice on planning and design. Stuart can deal with everything from designing borders in a tricky environment, advice on suppliers and planting and weeding. Fully recommended
JP Shropshire
Stuart took our garden from nothing literally to the beautiful garden it is today .
Designed from scratch and planted from scratch .
Our garden is now an oasis for lots of different species of birds , bees , butterfly etc .
The clever planting that Stuart has done means we have colour in our garden all year round . The garden changes week on week with different plants in flower .
Stuart has looked after our garden (s) for over 6 years now and continues to do an excellent job .
Can highly recommend him and his business
SN Shropshire
My wife and I were introduced to Stuart about eighteen months ago when we were searching for design and planting assistance for our new Garden.
Stuart has a vast plant knowledge, has great ideas and his services are very reasonably priced.
He introduced us to a layer planting philosophy that provides successional and continuous colour and interest throughout the year.
We were very happy with his service and can’t recommend him enough.
MR Wirral
Stuart is friendly, competent, hardworking, knowledgeable yet always keen to know more about our more unusual plants. He is willing to do basic gardening work, and has the strength and commitment to make major changes to shrubbery and weed patches in record time. But also, he is a garden designer and has completely transformed part of our garden by turning our vague wish to have "a gravel garden here", pointing to yet another overgrown corner of the garden, into a really thoroughly dug and delivered gravel garden with style. And it fits really well into its surroundings. He listens to ideas and makes his own planting suggestions but if, as in our case, we have quite strong views an amicable agreement is reached. For other clients I am sure he could be relied upon to produce an effective planting to suit the garden and its locality.
WE Welshpool