We have started a list of garden designers who can help you with garden redesign projects remotely.
With the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic we have seen a flurry of interest from homeowners in their gardens. Are you looking for remote garden design services and consultancy from a 'safe distance'?
Daniel Shea Garden Design, Hertfordshire
Daniel Shea Garden Design, Hertfordshire is offering a remote design and consultancy service to help you get your garden looking beautiful
Heartwood Garden Design, St Albans
Summer is coming and Heartwood Garden Design is offering a new online Planting Design service. All we need is the dimensions of the garden border and a sketch. We’ll ask you questions about your location and the type of plants you would like. We create a planting plan, and we can also provide aftercare with online plant experts Shoot Gardening. Starting from just £15 per square metre, call us today for your Planting Design.
Heather Martin Garden Design, Linfield (West Sussex)
Heather Martin Garden Design are offering remote design consultation and the full range of garden and planting design services. We are based in Sussex, UK, but with online consultations our office can come to you, wherever you are! After a telephone consultation we will send you a link for a face to face meeting and discuss your preferred garden style. We will explain how to measure your outside space and all of the information we will need to provide you with a design for your new garden. We also offer a planting design service creating plans for you to follow so that you can makeover your borders yourself and enjoy them this Summer - many nurseries are still offering home deliveries of plants so this is a great way to support them and get your garden looking fabulous. Thank-you to Shoot for sharing details of our services. Stay home, stay safe and enjoy your garden.
The Cheshire Garden, Cheshire
We can design a planting plan for a border if the client can send us a sketch of the border, dimensions and a few photos.
For garden design layouts where hard and soft landscaping are involved we are instructing clients on how to carry out the garden survey themselves. Of course the measurements will require checking before any build work is carried out, but it means that we can get on with designing their garden while we are on lockdown so that everything is ready for the build as soon as we are let out again! We are conducting client meetings via Zoom which as you know has the benefit of being able to share my screen with the client.
Tracy Foster Garden Design, Yorkshire
‘Have you got an area of the garden to plant up, or would you love a new planting scheme for part of your garden? I am offering a NEW service to design your planting – all done by phone, email and internet. To get started I need a rough sketch of the area to be planted, some measurements and a few photos – then the process can begin? Interested? Contact me and ask about PLANTING DESIGN’
Laing Landscape Design, Edinburgh
With more time in our hands, now is a fabulous time to get out and get busy developing your own garden. A well resolved garden design can be treated like a recipe for you to follow and work through at your own pace.
We can work together through video or phone consultation to achieve a brief for your garden and develop a design using photographs and sharing a scrapbook of ideas and images. Whether you want a total garden redesign or help bringing new vigour to planted areas we can work out a positive way forward.
If needed I will supply guidelines for measuring and describing your existing garden so that I can draw plans for you. My usual services can easily be adapted to your specific needs. Stay well and get out and enjoy your garden.
Green Oak Services, Tonbridge Kent. Our two ways of serving you remotely are:
Instant Planting Schemes
High-impact, fresh planting ideas for your garden, large or small, that can be implemented quickly and easily. See the transformation in mere weeks.
For this, we schedule a video call and do a plant audit of your garden to see how we can add some drama. We assess what plants you have, what to revitalise and what to add. We can make practical planting suggestions for screening or tricky spots, and give your garden that professionally designed look at a fraction of the usual cost. You can share your favourite garden styles via images or Pinterest boards and we will send you a plan, a plant list for ordering your plants online, and easy-to-follow instructions for planting them successfully yourself.
Full Garden Designs
This includes patios, decks, outdoor kitchens, water features, outdoor lighting, and of course planting. If you are planning to have your garden redesigned to create some amazing outdoor living and entertaining areas, you don’t have to wait! We can prepare extensive designs remotely that can be ready for install by us or others as soon as lockdown restrictions ease. Give us a call to get some ideas.
Gerbera Designs / Gardening4Kids, Kirkton of Bourtie (Near Aberdeen)
Gerbera Designs is offering the following: Planting Plans Online and offering Garden Design consultation vouchers.
Richard Rogers Designs, Buckinghamshire
Remote garden and planting design service: Right now there are 2 main options
1. We can still do a complete garden redesign. This is possible to do remotely and with site visits if this is possible without entering your house. We have written an article on how a garden can be redesigned during this pandemic – see below. It is unlikely however that the garden could be built until current restrictions are lifted as it is hard for landscapers to get all materials. However, it can still be worth engaging us to design the garden for you now as the design process and work involved in getting competitive quotes can take quite some time. When restrictions are lifted you will then be well positioned to start the build of your garden – ahead of others.
2. We help you design your planting. Whilst retail garden centres have stopped trading, it is currently still possible for us to source plants from the wholesale nurseries that we usually use. Using photos and drawings of you garden we can design planting schemes and have plants delivered. We can either produce planting plans for you to plant yourself, or – if we can access the garden – can plant for you.
How we can redesign your garden during the pandemic: https://www.richardrogersdesigns.com/gardendesignduringapandemic/
Dave Hodson Gardens, Gwent
Stuck at home at the moment and itching for a project? If you are lucky enough to have a garden this might a perfect opportunity to start work on the garden you've always dreamed of. Garden Designers are here to help and in the current situation their range of services are available a safe and socially isolated phone call or email away. Dave Hodson Gardens is based in South Wales but available worldwide at the moment to provide help and advice. Fees are something we can discuss when you get in touch, we can provide concept plans, construction plans, planting plans and ongoing help and advice, but just to get in touch for a chat about your garden is free and we would love to see how we can help.
A plan of your garden isn't a necessity, and to be honest for a lot of work high accuracy in that plan isn't required. However, it will help you and I work towards the best possible realisation of your ideas. It's amazing how much information can be downloaded from photographs or video calls, rough plans and sketches and resources such as Google Earth.
Here are a few tricks to help you get us the information we might need.
At the end of the day drawing up a plan is actually quite good fun and will definitely be rewarding in the long run. Good luck and stay safe.
Pacey-Buck Garden Design, Shropshire
Pacey-Buck Garden Design is offering remote design consultation and a full range of garden and planting design services. We are based in Shropshire, UK, but with online consultations our office can come to you in the surrounding counties. Staying within our local area ensures that recommendations for suppliers are tried and tested. After a telephone consultation we will send you a link for a face to face meeting and discuss your preferred garden style. We will explain how to measure your outside space and all of the information we will need to provide you with a design for your new garden. We also offer a planting design service creating plans for you to follow so that you can makeover your borders yourself. Many nurseries are still offering home deliveries of plants so this is a great way to support them and get your garden looking wonderful. You may need to consider alternatives to the usual bedding plants this year so we are happy to guide you with new planting ideas.
Serenity Gardens by Design, Hertfordshire
Serenity is offering ‘distance' garden design. Please send us details of your garden requirements and we can take it from there.
Blue Daisy Garden Design, Warwickshire
We are a Garden Design and Planting Design specialists and we also offer this service remotely too which helps to keep garden projects moving during the lockdown! We are asking interested customers to get in touch with us, we will send out some forms for them to complete so we can get more of an understanding of their particular project and then we can get started on transforming their garden space!
Austin Design Works, Gloucestershire
How we work remotely:
The services we are offering are full, however we suggest starting with Stages 1-3 for remote working:
Tilia Garden Design, Enfield, London
Amanda Fuller Garden Design, Cambridgeshire
Amanda is offering a remote garden design and consultancy service during the COVID-19 lockdown period. This can be for either a single border planting plan or a complete garden redesign.
Meetings will be carried out via video conferencing. The client will be guided through taking relevant measurements and providing photographs. A desk-based survey of the garden and soil type will also be carried out. Plans will be provided electronically and the Shoot website will be used to provide plant information and maintenance plans. A plant sourcing service is also offered taking advantage of trade-only nurseries offering delivery services.
Jane Bingham - The Cheshire Garden, Cheshire
I am also happy to discuss planting design services with anyone who would like some help deciding on plants
Sprout Up, London
Sprout Up is managing to run a full design service remotely for clients looking to make more of their outdoor spaces. Whether it's for your to get on and build in lock down or to get the process started for as soon as builds can start up again. Here's how it works;
We can also offer facetime maintenance advice if you just don't know what to be doing in your garden. As well as planting advice, this includes planting veg with children or creating composts, whatever help you need we can give you a hand, remotely.
Garden Blueprints by Joanne Kennedy, North Leicestershire
With over 30 years of planting experience, we will provide you with the perfect Planting Design Scheme, both for new and existing gardens.
Our new online planting design service gives you the perfect plants for the perfect place in your garden.
Contact us and we will send you a questionnaire so we can gather information on soil condition; size (dimensions) and position of border; whether sunny or in shade; sheltered or exposed; desired colour schemes and the level of maintenance you prefer
Send us dimensions of your border along with your completed questionnaire – feel free to include photographs/videos
You can then opt for an online consultation to discuss the questionnaire and your planting requirements
We work with Shoot Gardening to provide you with a comprehensive list of plant suggestions and online aftercare information
Megan Isaac: Verbena Landscape & Design, Devon
We are offering a range of Garden Design and Planting Packages to help beautify your outdoor space. We have been doing this for various clients in London and around, so with the assistance of technology we can achieve great results. Give me a ring so we can discuss what you would like to achieve in your garden for this summer and I will run you through the process.
Catherine Clancy Garden Design, London
I understand that the coming months will be a difficult time for everyone. We are all spending more time in our homes and gardens and it is a perfect time to look at jobs to do, and come up with ideas to make your garden more attractive and productive for the summer. I am still working from home and can help you with your garden remotely. I can do site visits if you would like me to, providing you have suitable access to the garden. The landscapers I work with are still happy to work in your garden if that suits you, throughout the outbreak. It is a perfect time to enjoy the health and wellbeing benefits of being outdoors and to focus on creating a calm, nurturing space at home. Please get in touch if you would like to work with us.
Green Gardens Education & Designs, Atlanta Georgia USA
Green Gardens Education and Designs is able to consult with new clients via remote technology. Surveys of property can be done without any personal contact. All of my design work is done on the computer and communication with the client can take place over the phone, text or emails. Don’t let social distancing stop you from enjoying your property.
Garden Angel UK, Portsmouth
Garden Angel UK Ltd provide a garden design and build services in Southsea and the local area. Currently we can provide the design via email using your basic garden measurements and some photos. we can then supply and install the garden if your plot allows remote access and there is no customer contact.
Frances Stewart Gardens - Bristol, Bath, Somerset, Wiltshire & surrounding areas
While we're all managing our lives differently at the moment, lots of people are spending more time in their gardens. I'm still designing gorgeous gardens and planting them whilst following all social distancing guidelines.
Give me a call and we can discuss what you would like from your outside space. As I won't be in your home getting to know you and your garden, it's important that we spend a bit of time on this so I can design the right garden for you. I will need some measurements and photos and a few other things. I can still do this by visiting as I'll be on my own, but you can do it if you would prefer - I'll explain everything. I'll do all the design work and email you pictures of everything. Then we'll discuss it all (phone, FaceTime, whatever!) I've done a few of these already and they work well!
If you want planting design, we can book it all in and order the plants as my nursery is still delivering. If hard landscaping is involved, that may take a little longer due to supply and social distancing, but your design will be ready to go when life gets back to something more normal. I look forward to creating a beautiful garden for you that you can relax in and spend this unexpected time enjoying!
Nadine Mansfield Garden Design, Cheshire
I am offering distanced design consultations with clients via what's app or zoom calls. I ask that the client 'shows me around' or if they prefer then can send me some photos of the space along with information on exposure, measurements and details about the soil. I'll get a brief from them on what they require and then create a quote. I'm providing planting schemes and am able to get plants delivered directly to the client for them to plant themselves, or I'm working alongside gardening professionals who will do this in line with social distancing guidelines.
Karen Holley Designs - Weybridge, Surrey
If you have never worked with a designer before, it might help if I outline the Process. First I need to come and see your garden to discuss the project you have in mind. This first meeting or a design brief will usually take an hour or so, and it is important that all decision makers are at this meeting. After the client brief I will send you a written version of the Brief, and my proposal for your new garden based on our meeting and give you a firm quotation in writing for all the design work discussed. The Quotation clearly shows what is included in the costs. A payment plan is also outlined.
Once you have asked me to proceed I will:
Earth Designs - London, Essex
Earth Designs is a London garden design and build company specialising in modern garden landscapes and funky outdoor spaces, although we still love to create traditional gardens as well. Earth Designs offers a total concept to completion service and is with you through every step of your landscaping project to help you realise your perfect outdoor space
Haywood Landscapes - Kent
Haywood Landscapes offer a highly professional and integrated garden design and construction service (or 'design and build'). This means an imaginative design to suit you, your home, your lifestyle and your budget, delivered to completion seamlessly and with no hassle.
Kate Charles Garden Design is offering the same bespoke design service, but remotely. I can use your own photos, videos and measurements alongside online mapping services to recreate your garden in 3d. Once we've agreed your brief and budget, I'll produce concept sketches and your design, talking them through at each stage via online meetings, and send the final design via email once you're happy
Topia Garden Design - Cheshire
Award winning Cheshire based designer Elaine Rutherford MSGD works with tried and trusted landscapers to turn the vision into reality and see your project through to completion
Lancashire Rose Garden Design - Wigan, Lancashire
We can offer a remote service providing full garden redesign or planting schemes for sections of your garden. For any option the process will be as follows:- Client completes a questionnaire on their ideas for the project with size, budget and any needs and wants together with any restrictions on site. I'll ask for a virtual tour of the garden or section of garden using Whatsapp or other app which we can share. We'll then hold an online meeting (Skype, Zoom etc.. )to say hello and discuss options. A quote will then be sent. Based on the option chosen by the client, we can then proceed and I will start by creating a desktop plan using online mapping tools and client provided data
The offering will usually include:-
The client would need to be within an hour's drive of WN8
Camilla Grayley Garden Design - Yorkshire
Planting Design: Following on from having a chat (phone call, Skype, Zoom, FaceTime - if you'd like to show me round your garden) to include what kind of plants, what kind of site it is (is it enclosed, subject to prevailing winds, type of soil) I will provide instructions on taking basic measurements of the existing or new border. From here I will provide a planting plan and a plant list along with a list of nurseries that are providing doorstep deliveries or mail order services so that you can turn your garden into a plant filled haven in time for summer.
Garden Consultation: If you're thinking of making bigger changes and would like help in deciding where to start following on from an initial chat, some basic measurements and a bit of help from Google Earth I can provide initial ideas and sketches so that you are ready to get your project underway once lockdown is over (the measurements will be checked on site and any drawings amended prior to the hard landscaping work starting) and create your ideal outdoor space.
Christine Fowler Garden Design - East & West Sussex
I am a garden designer based in Arundel and I have just launched a new Virtual Planting Design and Plant Supply offering in response to the current situation.
I have now delivered 2 new planting schemes to clients since lockdown whilst adhering to Covid-19 Protocol to keep everyone safe whilst providing the joy of a beautiful garden ready for the summer.
A full garden design service is also available to get clients ready and in the queue for when the landscape contractors can return to work to build again.
THREE SIMPLE STEPS TO A STYLISH NEW GARDEN
1. CONSULT
Discuss your garden over the phone, including dimensions, aspect(when it gets the sun) and what you like and dislike about it.
2. DESIGN
A planting scheme created to suit you, your garden and your budget.
3. TRANSFORM
Quality plants supplied from trusted local nurseries.
FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION
Christine Wilkie Garden Design
We are still designing gardens during the lockdown period while adhering to the Government's guidelines to make sure we keep our teams, and our clients, safe. If you'd like help transforming your garden, then please get in touch with us by phone or email and we'll be happy to talk through our distance garden design services - and share ideas on how you can rethink, revive or renew your outside space.
Plant People - West Sussex
My service offering is Consultancy, advice, Plant lists, a simple garden plan if provided with measurements.
Bramley Apple Garden Design - Hampshire
My Country Garden Design Solutions - Berkshire
Faith Ramsay (Bartlett) is offering remote garden designs as well as in person visits during the lockdown.
Bliss Garden Design - Northamptonshire
Amanda Patton Landscape & Garden Design
I’ve started a distance design service to provide a DIY project for clients. The projects will requir no hard landscaping or building works and will be planted with quick-growing flowers for immediate impact this summer. Everything will be done remotely, so there will be no need for any personal contact. It will give people – and perhaps whole families – a project to get stuck into that will get them out of doors and exercising, and at the end, when we are hopefully through the immediate crisis, it will give them a beautiful garden for the summer. For a small one-off fee, clients receive easy to follow step-by-step instructions for each stage of the process, from measuring to creation. I’ve called it Coronagardens; please see my website
CG Landscape Associates (Ruth Marshall)
Coolgardens Landscaping, or CG Landscape Associates as we have just become, can still offer a full design service, from initial free web consultations right through to wonderful concept designs, construction detailing and costing of landscape work ready to roll when we are allowed to! Our team of talented designers are working from home and we have found collaborating internally and with our clients has worked well so far. Contact our head of design Eike Selby with any query on design, or Phil Lindfield our Director in charge of Landscaping with any Landscaping Queries
John Nash Associates, MSGD, MBALI Based in St Albans
John Nash is an Award winning Garden Designer and Landscaper with a reputation for creating unique and inspiring contemporary gardens.
Mark Robertson, Exeter Garden Design (EGD Landscape Architecture)
I am able to design gardens remotely using sketches traced over clients photographs for initial ideas. I can also produce master and planting plans from clients recording and sending garden dimensions. This service potentially be useful to people isolated in the UK or indeed internationally. Although this service is not listed on my website. My more usual design process can be modified to accommodate this present need. Please contact me for more details.
Hannah Phillips, HP Garden Design, based in East Northants.
During these uncertain times while personal, professional travel and contact is restricted I am happy to be able to offer a distance design service for those who are looking to make the most of their gardens despite the logistical challenges. You could be looking for some advice on revamping a single border or, looking to embark on a whole garden redesign, I can provide friendly, straightforward advice to getting the most out of your outdoor space.
Distance design is most suitable for straightforward sites. It will require photos, measurements and enthusiasm from yourselves! I can provide you with a range of drawings to work to - from a planting plan for a single border to a master drawing, covering the whole garden that allows you to work towards your ideal garden at your own pace or, with the assistance of a professional landscaper when circumstances allow. I am happy to work flexibly around your requirements.
Jo Manfredi-Hamer Garden Design - Yorkshire
Offering design plans, consultancy and planting plans provided you can provide pictures. If you are interested in taking this time to plan your new space get in touch
The Bearded Botanist, West Midlands
Planting plans and soft landscape design
Melanie Speak Garden Design
Has a passion for gardening and can truly appreciate what value a personalised outdoor space has. I love to create beautiful outdoor environments for people to enjoy and is currently offering a distance garden design service.
Jonathan Mark Garden Design
Offering a distance garden design offer with 20 % off all Garden Designs, incl 3d animated walkarounds.
Marie Shallcross Senior Partner | Plews Garden Design
I am offering a distance garden design offer. price will vary depending on how much work is needed, but I was expecting to start it at £105
Plantbased garden design
Based in Stratford-upon-Avon, I cover the West Midlands, Cotswolds and South West, and also offer a design service by correspondence, 9to clients anywhere in the UK. I'm a fully qualified gardener and designer, and I offer a dynamic research service as part of the sourcing stage, bringing sustainable and low impact materials into your new garden.
Do you want a new border? I can design one for you remotely. All I need are photographs of the site and surroundings, as well as a sketch showing dimensions I will then contact you for further information.
Lucy Bravington Design - Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwichshire
I am offering a remote garden design service and detail my 10 step guide to a dream garden design during lockdown on my website.
To start, email your brief or complete the design questionnaire. As much detail as possible please, images and rough measurements would be great! Please call if you prefer, to discuss your project.
You can relax in the knowledge your has been designed to fit your brief, is priced and booked in ready for when the coronavirus lockdown is lifted or, if possible, can be constructed soon following government social distancing guidelines.
Nina Baxter - Nina Baxter Garden Design - Kent
If you’re looking for garden ideas, whether you use your garden for entertaining, relaxing, or family time, we can help make your outdoor dream a reality.
Whatever your style and your available space, from small gardens to larger landscapes, we can design, landscape, plant and transform a garden you can enjoy all year round, and which will be an asset to your home.
We offer garden design and garden landscaping in Beckenham, Bromley, Bickley, Chislehurst and many other areas across the South-east.
I am offering a remote garden design service where I can work from images, videos etc and can use apps such as FaceTime to carry out consultations. We may be able to do the survey if we can have side access to the garden or I can send instructions on how to measure the plot.
Harry Holding Garden Design - West London
Plantology Ltd - Based in the West Midlands
Plantology provides clients with the best of both worlds; the expertise of designers trained in Landscape Architecture and the horticultural knowledge of professional gardeners.
We are offering a remote garden design service that will cover all of the steps for planning your new garden, or perhaps you have an existing border and want assistance creating a stunning planting design.
We can arrange to measure your garden whilst adhering to social distancing. Alternatively, if access is only accessible via your house, we can discuss other options.
Dermot Cowper Garden Design - Tunbridge Wells and London
Everyone could do with a bit of help with the garden. I trained as a Landscape Architect and can offer either a full package of design or a simple concept to get things going. I also have a building background too so I am full of knowledge about how to build a great garden.
With a strong plant knowledge and a passion for good design I am happy to help with the a garden of any size. You will get as much help as you want, scaled drawings, and a specification you build from or give to a landscaper after the lockdown.
As a Landscape Architect I have plenty of experience designing remotely, I can help you make a survey and take the required measurements to produce a plan.
For an agreed fixed fee we can get started creating your new bespoke space. This can all be done over the phone and through email, Zoom or Skype. So contact me now, for a bit of free advise or a chat about how I can help
Remote forest garden design, Wales
Contact Jake Rayon. I specialise in creating remote forest garden designs, using email, video, Zoom calls and CAD. All designs are the property of the client and are provided in PDF and CAD format, with extensive design, planting and timetable notes online. The full design service includes:
Jane Follis Garden Design, Somerset
I would be happy to offer remote Planting Plans. Designs would be a bit more challenging. If clients could forward the size of the borders in question, together with the aspect of the garden and a teaspoon of soil (for testing) and photographs, I can then prepare a detailed Planting Plan, Plant Schedule together with a little booklet showing an image of each plant. My nursery is still supplying plants throughout the country which would mean geographical location would not be an issue. As with most designers, the stumbling block is getting anyone to do the work, but full instructions on how to implement the plant would be offered.
Eden Restored, Kent & London
Eden Restored are offering garden design services and consultations remotely during this time. We provide a service to south east London and Kent. Carrying out consultations and garden design meetings over Zoom. We then carry out briefs, concept design and full garden design packages remotely and present back to our clients again over zoom. Once designed we can provide full quotations to schedule installations in the near future.
Fiona Stephenson Designs Ltd, East Horsley
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Susan Young Garden Design, Bedford
I have 18 years experience in professional gardening and planting. 3 Association of Professional Landscapers awards for Design and Build and Hard Landscaping projects and member. Head Gardener for over 11 years at historic country house. Domestic and commercial planting. Unique hand drawing of plans to scale. Pre-Registered member of the Society of Garden Designers. Can design any style of planting. Particular interest in planting for wildlife.
Aralia Gardens Ltd (Patricia Fox MSGD|MBALI)
During this crazy pandemic we are offering either our full Award Winning Design service remotely, or we can also provide a mini cut down service for those clients that just want to get something done quickly – to keep them sane! We are offering Virtual Design Consultations via Zoom (or Facetime) bookable in advance, usually available within 5-10 working days. We are very happy to have a chat on the phone first to get a bit of an idea of what you are looking to do, and we can advise you on how best to move forward. Our virtual design consultations are currently free, we really want to help our clients get through what we know is a pretty tough time for most of us.
Jane Hancock: Unity Garden Design, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and Rutland
Renee Brailsford Gardens - Derbyshire
My work is built upon a love of the local landscape and a belief in our human need for connection to nature. If you desire a beautiful, nourishing place in which to unwind and enjoy with others, I can help you make best use of your space.
colin griffin //garden design studio - Central London
Sal Erskine Gardens, Cornwall