What do you want to do in your garden?

Enjoy the wildlife?

Entertain friends and family?

Give the children a safe play area?

Relax after the toil of the day?

Sheila Hassock Garden Design can create a space to suit your individual tastes and needs. From a small city garden to large rural plots, in traditional or contemporary design.

I provide knowledge, expertise and solutions.

Why?

A beautiful garden is a life enhancing thing. It gives you somewhere to relax and to play. It is an extension to your house and provides views, space and even other rooms.

A well designed garden is a solid investment in your property. An attractive garden can add 5% or more to the value of your house (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, www.rics.org). For a house worth £250,000, that's an increase of at least £12,500. Unlike other property projects, a garden can grow to look better over the years rather than depreciate with time.

By using a professional garden designer, the full potential of a site can be realised. Designs are created on paper before any construction takes place, allowing potential problems to be solved before costly mistakes are made. The aspect and soil type are considered before producing a planting plan where the plants will flourish throughout the year. A design plan also allows areas of the garden to be constructed at different times, depending on budget, and allows the collection of competitive quotes from professional contractors.

Who?

Sheila Hassock Ph.D. is a fully qualified garden designer based in Kent and working in the south east of England. I have a BSc and PhD in Biological Sciences and a love for gardens and horticulture. These passions were combined by training professionally at the Pickard School of Garden Design, London, one of the largest garden design schools in the UK. Silver-gilt medal winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2007.