This large but uneven front garden in Edinburgh’s Morningside area required a complete makeover to create a garden space with accessible ramp, parking, bin storage, seating and privacy. The clients were keen that the garden did not look like it had wheelchair access. Materials include black...
In amongst tall tenement buildings in Edinburgh’s Dalry district sits Orwell Cottage, a tiny, one bedroom Airbnb property with the smallest of garden spaces wrapped around it. We were invited to turn this hopeless garden space into something special, partly to enhance the property but...
Our clients had recently purchased a lovely mid-century house and they wanted an outdoor space that offered a social entertaining area, as well as a place to enhance a home-based business. It needed to look cohesive, while still giving individual zones. Following some demolition works...
Through the Autumn and Winter of 2018/2019 we carried out some soft landscaping work at Maggies Edinburgh as part of an extension to the Centre including clearance, earthworks, soil improvement and planting. The garden had been designed by Maggies supporter Emma Keswick with most plants...
This garden was built through the winter and spring of 2020 and designed by Ruth Gebbie for our clients in the Grange area of Edinburgh. The original brief was for a garden that included a moving water feature with a sculptural element, lighting, terracing and planting,...
Sitting not far from Edinburgh’s Botanic Gardens, this family garden was re-worked to create more usable spaces for our garden enthusiast clients. Planting beds were enlarged and re-shaped, a patio was re-laid to adjust levels, a granite sett area was created with an Urbis water bowl...
The centre piece of this garden is an impressive glasshouse from Hartley Botanic around which the design is based. Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens asked us to build her design which includes new patios and paths, gravel areas, a small wildlife pond and a natural stone...
On the shores of the River Forth, Bo’ness sits looking North over to Fife and the Ochil Hills. The clients were seeking to improve their garden, which we carried out in two stages, working with Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Design. The driveway was re-built using a...
Designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Designs, this small courtyard has lots of tricky detail with fanned granite setts, reclaimed Yorkshire flagstones, black slate, paving, Corten steel, and pebbles set into mortar being just a few of the elements of the project. A lead water...
Built in 2018 and designed by Carolyn Grohmann of Secret Gardens Designs, this garden near the Hermitage required a patio built to wrap around a large conservatory. New paving, stone walling and steps were installed along with a sunken patio area to allow the owners a...