We asked Bel to help us to bring all areas of our garden together following an extension to our house. We were reasonably happy with the original layout but felt that there was no ‘flow’ between the courtyard and planting areas to the rear. We also felt that the courtyard was very bland, needing a clever planting scheme. Bel came up with a design sympathetic to the rural surroundings and achieved our brief of pulling everything together through a clever use of materials and planting. We are not keen gardeners and Bel designed low-maintenance planting, including an irrigation system, raised oak beds and improved original features by adding wooden strip cladding. Bel planted our garden out in the heat of the summer 2022 and returned after planting to check that the irrigation system was working effectively. She has since been back to check on progress and give further invaluable advice on maintenance throughout the seasons. (On top of the detailed briefing notes she supplied) Bel is always extremely professional, quick to respond and genuinely cares that we are happy with the end result. She also recommended Hortus landscaping who carried out Bels designs perfectly. I would not hesitate to recommend Bel.

We asked Bel for a contemporary garden design for our new garden. We were used to large open spaces and herbaceous borders and wanted something totally different for this new space. Right from the first contact Bel was friendly, informative, practical and got straight ‘on board’ with our desire to do something modern and contemporary. Bel listened to our ideas and came up with a fabulous plan and ‘stages’ which we could use, from a design, to a design and planting plan to a whole package which included the hard landscaping and planting too. We wanted to use our own landscaper/ builder and this has worked well for us. Bel has been there whenever we needed help and/ or advice and did the design/planting plan and the planting itself and has worked with us to get the project finished to a high standard with a real WOW factor. We highly recommend Bel and absolutely LOVE our new garden.

We invited Bel Grierson to transform our boring lawn and slabbed in to a garden with a WOW factor. We were so delighted with every aspect of her design that we then commissioned her to turn her plan into reality. Bel arranged for the landscaping to take place, which was a challenge as the original garden was upward sloping and required 8 skip loads of earth, brick & rubble to be removed. Whilst this happened Bel was carefully selecting around 280 specimen trees, shrubs, roses and climbers. Upon completion of the landscaping Bel arrived with a lorry load of plants and trees and brought life to to new garden creation. We are now waiting for nature to take a hand, along with us heeding Bel's maintenance plan. The planting is such that it will have all year round interest. We simple cannot thank Bel enough for her creativity and genius as she has delivered us our dream garden. If you are looking for somebody to give you inspiration in your gardenand then we highly recommend Bel to you!

I have thoroughly loved every minute spent in my new garden, completed July 2019. Bell's design reflected exactly what I asked for, which was for a soft seaside feel for a relaxed environment, whilst making the most of the quirky shape, and different levels in my garden, and I think that she she nailed it! Bell walked me through each stage and was flexible to my thoughts whilst still making good suggestions which added detail and a contemporary twist. You can see how my 1970's garage was transformed with the wooden slats, echoed throughout the garden and the lovely sweeping shape the stones make in comparison to the traditional lawn. Bell recommended some great landscapers too, who did a fantastic job (Soar Valley Services), Graham's team worked through to completion while I was away at work and were super tidy and considerate to my neighbours. I'm looking forward to see the garden fill out over this coming year and see how the plants come together. See before and after pics below, quite a transformation! Overall very pleased 😀

After having some areas of my garden landscaped a few years ago, I wanted to develop a plan and planting scheme for the final (and largest) area. I knew that I wanted someone who really knew plants because the vast majority of the work would be soft landscaping. Bel took the time to really understand what I was trying to achieve and she came up with a plan that not only realised that superbly, but also seamlessly drew the different areas of the garden together. Working with her was extremely easy, she was able to pull in contractors as needed (who also did an excellent job, were polite and tidy) and has been back to check on her work and is always available for advice when needed. I have no hesitation in recommending Bel.