Harmer Green Lane

Harmer Green Lane

The design for this garden aims to manage a challenging 2.4m level change from the house to the garden below by widening the existing patio and replacing it with tumbled limestone. It features steps that lead from the patio through terraced beds to the lawn below, with extensive planting.

Crabtree Lane

Crabtree Lane

This contemporary town garden is designed for the needs of a large sociable family with a new composite deck leading from the house to a large porcelain patio and steel pergola for daytime and evening entertainment. New semi-mature trees were added to provide screening and maturity for the garden and for the children a sunken trampoline, astro-turf play area and putting green were added. Closer to the house scented climbing plants and a water blade and splash pool create a peaceful ambience. The garden was built by Custom Gardens/Garden Webb.

“The garden has been transformed from an oddly shaped and very unloved space into an incredible garden. The design reflects the style and structure of the house and is simple but highly effective. We love it.”

The Four Winds

The Four Winds​

This large house and associated gardens is part of major rebuilding project in a beautiful part of Hertfordshire. A sweeping resin bound gravel drive leads to a dramatic front entrance in sawn York stone. Paths lead to a sunny seating area with pleached trees providing enclosure and shading. A self binding gravel path leads through the garden to a stunning raised composite deck with built in water blade waterfall and a stepping stone path leads back to the house. A smaller contemporary courtyard to the side of the house features build in seating with a gas fire pit and the rear of the house features attractive and low maintenance composite decking.

The Chilterns Raised Patio

The Chilterns Raised Patio

This raised patio replaced an existing narrow and dangerous patio and decked area. A dramatic flight of curved steps creates a sight line to a beautiful natural swimming pool. Terraced planting beds and almost invisible wire balustrade create feeling of airy spaciousness to the patio and surround it with colourful and exuberant planting. A lower secluded ‘patio snug’ provides a peaceful area for quiet relaxation with oak arches over a sawn sandstone patio with stepping stones.

"This was stage two of our garden renovation. Before we had a narrow, unsafe patio with no-where to sit and no views of the garden. Now the garden is spread out before us, we have beautiful steps that lead down into the garden at two points and plenty of space for a huge dining table and outdoor sofas. A lower level we have stunning vibrant planting which is tall enough to enjoy from the patio and seems to flower all summer!'"

Woodside Gardens

Contemporary town garden

Woodside Gardens

This large town garden had some interesting level changes which were ideal for creating a sunken contemporary garden. A corner flight of sawn sandstone steps manage the level change on the corner of the house and lead to a lower composite deck area for dining and relaxing. A number of semi mature screening trees were also brought into to improve the sense of quiet seclusion in the garden. The area also features a water blade feature and stunning ornamental fire globe for evening entertaining. Evening lighting brings drama to the garden with feature led step lighting. The garden was built by Custom Gardens / Garden Webb.

“We’re so thrilled with this garden, it is a complete transformation of the existing garden. We wanted a contemporary and relatively low maintenance garden so that we could spend more time outside with family and friends, particularly in the summer months and we now have a stunning garden which we can enjoy during the daytime as well as into the evening.”

High Trees

High Trees

This wrap around patio with dramatic corner steps is designed to be a spacious and contemporary garden for entertaining and relaxing. A corner flight of steps lead to the wider garden and orchard and trees and shrubs enclose the patio providing colourful, naturalistic planting. A large steel pergola covers the dining area and the seating area features a gas fire pit. An informal seating area close to bedroom bifold doors leads down steps to a large swimming pool.

"We had been building our new house and had completely forgotten to think about the garden. Judy explained the design process clearly using great design visuals as well as talking to us about materials, plants and trees and the overall vision for our garden. We are so pleased with the result, it's a garden that really matches our house and our lifestyle."

Orchard Mead

Orchard Mead

Orchard Mead

This unusual house has two distinct personalities: a traditional front garden to complement the brick and flint facade of this former Almshouse with sweeping gravel driveways, Yorkstone paving and Yew hedging and cushions with lavender lined borders. In the back garden there is a more informal contemporary garden with an outdoor kitchen, steel pergola enclosed dining area, a fire pit lounge seating area and built in hot tub leading down steps to a large swimming pool. The wider garden features deeply planted mixed borders and an orchard.

"We said that we wanted a party garden and this is what we have, a perfect space for dining, entertaining, family and friends."

The Chilterns

The Chilterns

This project transformed dated and neglected rear and front garden areas with the creation of a large natural swimming pool, new lawns, self binding gravel paths, expensive planting and a woodland fire pit area with boulders and planting. In the front garden new sandstone sett edging retain a gravel drive with beech hedge and newly planted borders and climbing plants. Built by Custom Gardens / Garden Webb it featured in the July edition of Living Etc.

"Judy and I met to discuss the back and front gardens which needed completely re-designing and planting. We were keen to include options for a new swimming pool, and as we love the outdoors and natural places, she suggest a natural swimming pool. It has all been beautifully designed with paths leading around the garden, stunning planting and the beautiful informal natural look that we wanted. The garden is full of wildlife and is now the perfect space for our family and our friends."

Bowers Way

A wide flight of steps that leads from a sunny decked area into a large contemporary garden

Bowers Way

Harpenden, Hertfordshire The front and rear gardens were re-designed by Heartwood Garden Design and built by Armstrong Landscapes. A new composite deck was added replacing brick paving, with a new porcelain clad retaining wall with sawn sandstone copings and steps leading to an upper garden with new Garden Room and deck area and attractive lily bowl bubbling water feature. Sawn sandstone steps lead further in the upper garden to the vegetable area defined with continuous willow.

In the front garden overgrown shrubs and lawn were removed to create a warm pebble garden complete with colourful flowering plants and structural evergreens for year round interest.

“We were delighted with both Heartwood Garden Design and Armstrong Landscapes. They’re a great team working to a design that we loved from the start and both the front and back gardens are stunning.

Park View

Park View

Heartwood Garden Design working with Armstrong Landscapes completely transformed the front and rear gardens of this large town garden. Yellow quartz paddlestone walls replaced existing brick and timber wall and two sweeping flights to steps were added to this multi-level garden. A new astroturf lawn was added surrounded by pebble borders, limestone boulders and extensive evergreen and deciduous planting.

"What a change! Our garden was unloved, difficult to access and felt very shallow on the plot. A complete re-design of both our front and back gardens and the introduction of beautiful stone walls, sweeping steps and diverse planting has turned it into a completely difference space, and one that we love."