Ashley Down Landscapes

Garden design has become increasingly popular and a close relationship exists between house and garden.  We can help you to create a beautiful ‘outdoor room’ – a valuable extension to your living space.

Gardens, as well as houses, are for living in.  The ideal garden is not only a beautiful place to be in, it can be tailor–made to fit the needs of all those who use it.

For some, it is an all–absorbing passion, such as having a vegetable plot and being able to enjoy the fruits of their labour which stimulate the palette as well as the eye.  For others, the garden is a place to be calm, relax, to welcome and entertain friends and family, to cook and eat.  For young children, it is a place to play in, be educated in and be surrounded by nature.  Most importantly, it can be a haven for wildlife.

The creation of a garden can be immensely satisfying.  This is one of the few spaces over which you have complete control, so don’t waste it! Use it and enjoy it!

We can help you to create a beautiful garden that suits your lifestyle and looks stylish while satisfying all your practical needs.

The garden room can serve specific purposes, such as corridors and paths provide links and access, colour schemes need to be thought about and implemented and plants of different species can flourish on gazebos, fences and walls as well as in borders. There can be furnishings and ornaments.

The garden is a living, changing entity, while the house is not.

We can help you create an ideal outdoor room with lots of potential uses.  Make it pretty and secluded, an inviting place to take breakfast, afternoon tea or a gin & tonic!   Create an area in which to sit and read or write, pursue a gentle pastime such as painting, yoga or pilates, play an instrument and enjoy an early evening aperitif or dine with friends amongst the planting and garden lighting with the sound of a trickling water feature.

Create a beautiful terrace which will become the hub of your garden.   Create attractive views from principle windows, with clever planting to provide all year–round interest.  Create various areas for sitting, outdoor meals, and take advantage of the sun at different times of the day.