Our brief was to create something completely different and so Tracy worked her design magic! We decided to create raised planting borders that were angled that not only elongates the garden but also creates a journey to the back of the garden to a seated area under the pergola. We used natural stone cladding

Modern outdoor living
Essex Garden Designs2021-09-18T06:56:43+00:00This project is one of our favourites. Graeme and Justine gave us free reign on their design and we are so happy with the result. The garden was a blank canvas and Dawn, Tracy and Alex wanted to create separate seating areas for them and their teenage children. There was a hot tub to

Outdoor Kitchen
Essex Garden Designs2021-07-29T17:29:41+00:00Our client in Waltham Abbey is a highly skilled Chef and therefore wanted an outdoor kitchen area that he could be proud of together with a beautiful garden that his partner could enjoy. She had some great ideas about how the garden should look together with other seatings areas, planting and other buildings for her

Split level living
Essex Garden Designs2021-07-29T17:30:52+00:00Our client in Wickham Bishops contacted our design team to create a seating area that would be a little bit special. The design was to be split level using composite decking for the formal upper seating area, a raised cladded border in between with planting and a lower porcelain paving space for the outdoor sofa,

Sunken Hot Tub
Essex Garden Designs2021-07-29T17:28:31+00:00Our client in Coggeshall called us to ask our advice on what we could do to improve an existing space under their pergola. They also wanted a area for loungers and continuation of planting throughout. The family had a blow up hot tub but wanted to upgrade to something more permanent. The natural positioning of

Walled Garden
Essex Garden Designs2021-07-29T17:32:24+00:00We were given free reign on this garden transformation so it gave us an opportunity to get creative. There is an electricity pole on the right hand side of the garden so we designed everything to flow to the left to take the eye away from it. We decided to create a journey through the
Old Allotment
admin.crisp_design2020-10-07T12:43:49+00:00This was a very satisfying project for us. We had a call from a lovely lady who had recently lost her husband. There were two sections of her garden; the first being a beautiful turf and flower garden leading up to a huge section of land that used to be an allotment. Unfortunately, this
Low Maintenance
admin.crisp_design2020-10-07T12:45:33+00:00No straight lines required on this garden design. This client’s garden was a blank canvas when we arrived with turf up to both fences. The brief was low maintenance planting but had to have all year-round interest and plenty of flowers in the Summer. The challenge was the aspects with one side being in
Borrowed Landscape
admin.crisp_design2021-07-29T17:35:14+00:00Wow what a view! The garden was designed around the stunning scenery and had to include an entertaining area that works all year round. The client also requested easy to maintain hard landscaping and low maintenance planting. Ben proposed to use a mixture of sandstone paving and gravel with the slabs as stepping stones which