Oxford garden design with topiary, antique French café table, spring flowers and a traditional greenhouse.

Garden, Landscape & Architectural Design

Making romantic and atmospheric gardens in Oxford, the Cotswolds, the south of England and overseas. Working closely with the Owners, to create their haven of colour and inspiration, peace and beauty, for more than 20 years.
Old apple orchard in the Cotswolds with blossom and wildflowers and drystone wall.
New Cotswold stone wall with fragrant evergreen jasmine in flower growing on it.
Greek garden with old olive tree and drought tolerant Mediterranean planting by a swimming pool.
Good design is not a cost, it is a making and a saving of money, and a making of life and achievement. All history is the proof of this.

Laura Heybrook

Fabulous roses

Fabulous roses

by | 26 Aug 2016

“I like my roses to flower into the Autumn, smell fabulous... definitely not red – rather apricots and soft pinks...” So uttered a client 18 years ago when designing his rose parterre garden. Some of these original plants now need replacing, so today I revisited a...

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On Form 16…

On Form 16…

by | 10 Jul 2016

It all certainly was on the last day of the fabulous sculpture exhibition at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. Owner and co-curator Rosie Pearson (pictured) was brimming with energy and knowledge of the sculptures, including ‘Congo Bean’ in breathtaking Kilkenny...

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Visiting gardens

Visiting gardens

by | 23 Jun 2016

There is nothing like visiting a great garden to fire up imagination, enthusiasm and general joie de vivre. And some gardens stoke the fire beyond imagination. Bryan’s Ground in Herefordshire is one, the creative genius of Simon Dorrell and David Wheeler. Here is...

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