Garden Design & Maintenance

 

Naomi Lawrence graduated in 2004 with a foundation degree in Professional Garden Design. During that summer she also did a show garden at Hampton Court Palace show and was awarded a Silver Medal. Her garden was entitled “Wildlife Planting in a modern garden”, and was shown on TV with Dermot Gavin and Charlie Dimmock stood in her garden presenting their show. Within her garden was a mosaic rill, galvanised steel pathways, a bird hotel and lots of flowers that attracted pollen loving insects. Whilst at the show her garden attracted Dragonflies, bees, wasps and a host of birds.

Following on the success of that show, she has set up her own business and is offering a design service as well as garden maintenance. She has been given a grant by the Princes Trust and is a member of WIRE (woman in rural enterprises). Her design service offers the full range of services, from initial surveys, full colour drawings, planting plans, also a planting service where she will source and supply the plants required, and where requested a regular visit to maintain the newly laid out garden.

Her portfolio contains commissions from a wide variety of clients. e.g.

•  She has redesigned the gardens of a holiday letting complex, did all the landscaping, planting up etc.

•  She was involved in redesigning an old orchard for a new build that was put on the market, with her designs being included with the sale particulars – it is well documented that a well designed garden enhances the value of a property and aids a quick sale.

•  She has designed gardens for people with listed properties and listed garden walls, the challenges are greater but this is something that Naomi thrives on.

•  A client that had a studio at the bottom of their garden, wanted a wildlife garden and she was able to redesign the existing garden and incorporate a low maintenance garden for them to enjoy from the studio.

She has a wide range of experience and her background of being brought up in a rural environment is reflected in her designs. She is very colour aware and can blend existing features and borders into a new design. Her particular passion is all round year colour and attracting wildlife into a garden. She is also interested in historical gardens and restoration, and enjoys designing a garden to compliment the age of a house.