“We hired James to design a planting solution that offered some privacy from surrounding houses and attract wildlife into the garden. James understood the brief perfectly and introduced some height and structure into the borders and sympathetically retained some of our existing plants. Communication was excellent and from consultation to planting James was professional throughout. The workmanship from him and his team on planting day was faultless. They arrived promptly, worked methodically and were polite and friendly. They thoroughly tidied the garden on completion. If you’re struggling for ideas for the garden, I would highly recommend James for inspiration…and we may yet have him back for a water feature design in the future!”

— Victoria T

“Highly recommend James! We felt totally overwhelmed by our awkwardly shaped garden and had very few ideas or inspiration. Thankfully this wasn’t a problem for James - his creative work has totally transformed the space and he really listened to what we needed (low maintenance and dog friendly!). It’s turned out even better than we could have imagined and we genuinely love to be in the garden now - thank you so much James!”

— Liz & Rob M

“James is an extremely talented, professional and approachable designer. He helped immensely with ideas for our garden, suggestions for the construction and really brought it to life with a beautiful planting plan. Highly recommended.”

— Steve B

“James has been our fantastic guide along the way to realizing our urban garden retreat. He's been nothing but amazing and very helpful at every step of the way. To visualize what this space could be, not only did he have to look beyond the construction and the trash that was previously there, he also had to do so with very little access to the space, working on his design magic remotely throughout.”

— Marcel O

“We came to James with a fairly good idea of what we thought we wanted from our garden. After spending time with us and in our garden he came back to us with a design scheme that surpassed all our expectations. He was quick and easy to communicate with throughout the process and listened to our concerns around landscaping costs and came back to us with a range of ways we could get the garden we wanted within budget. We’re really excited to turn his designs into reality. If you’re looking for a garden designer in York we’d wholeheartedly recommend James.”

— Alistair M

“James was super friendly and helpful. We’re so happy with the design he made for our garden! I would definitely recommend him.”

— Jack S