Planting Designer Rutland

Planting Design in Stamford and Rutland is an art. You may have the backbone of a garden, designed and built by a landscape company, however, it is the planting that completes the garden and brings it to life. Whether you a have a new-build garden, or an existing garden that needs a refresh our planting design service in Rutland can help.

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It all starts with a garden visit, not just to see the garden but to meet the people who own it. We want to know your story, to build the narrative that suits you in your garden. We want to know how you use it, and then we can start thinking about dynamic or static garden design as a starting point. Static is where we would pick one focal point and work from that, whereas dynamic is a more free-flowing journey through your garden using the planting for effect.

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From here we will need to do soil and lighting tests. We want to find the full sun areas and the shady areas, and everything in between to use them  with artistic planting to create your dream garden. We will play with shadows and light offering seasonal interest throughout the year. We need to know the soil composition, as healthy soil is where it all begins. You wouldn't use poor cake batter to bake a wedding cake, and likewise you can't plant into poor soil and hope for the best.

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With the changing climate, we are responsible for filling your gardens with beautiful plants that can cope with wetter, milder winters, and drier, hotter summers. Unfortunately, that means some staples of gardens in Rutland and Stamford are no longer suitable for the long run, and we don't want to fill your gardens with plants that will only be stunning for two or three years and then start to suffer. Trust me, we've seen it in too many gardens which have been planted without the future in mind.

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We will provide you with mood boards, planting plans, 2D and 3D elevation sketches to give you the feel for the garden before planting commences. Your garden is your story and we're here to help you tell it. We can offer guidance to improve the soil, source responsibly grown and sustainable plants from our local suppliers, or you can do it yourself once you have the plans. You are not tied into using us for the labour side of the work, however, as professional horticultural gardeners we obviously are very happy to do the work.

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Likewise, you don't even have to be local to Stamford and Rutland to use our planting services. For one-off work, after the initial visit, we can do everything online and you can source plants local to your own area.

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For smaller areas and gardens we can even do it all totally online, with our online garden design package, where all you will need to do is give us the basic measurements of the garden and the directions and we can do the rest.

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For more information, please contact us today.