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A Designer’s Role
Paula Revill (Society of Garden Designers)
- Gardens123 Head Designer
- Freelance Designer covering Cheshire for Marshalls
- School Grounds Development Advisor for Groundwork
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What Does a Designer Do?
Professional garden designers are trained in design and / or horticulture. They have the ability to turn an ordinary or potentially difficult garden into a relaxing but stimulating environment
Designers combine balanced proportions, carefully chosen colours and focal points as well as key plants. All of these are designed in keeping with the house, surrounding environment and clients requirements.
Garden design is concerned with the layout of the hard landscaping including paths or decking etc and the soft landscaping or planting. All of these features are positioned to make best use of the space and sunlight available.
Design plans can range from simple layouts of the various features to specific technical details for the construction of various features. Using accurate scale measurements allows material quantities to be calculated, budgets to be set and ensure features fit the space.
A design is essentially creating the structure of the garden and solving the various logistical problems. This can include what size and shape to make the patio, where to position the path, will a water feature work in the space or where should the BBQ go.
Along with deciding on the hard features or the structure, the placing of plants and deciding which plant would be most suitable can be made. Planting plans are usually created once the hard features or the garden structure has been arranged.
During this complex design process, the designer will be holding several thoughts in their heads such as the client’s wishes, a colour scheme, direction of sun light, size of the space, style of the house etc to ensure all feature harmonise with each other.
Please contact us to book an appointment with a designer.
