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Sue Gilbert Gardens by Design

Sue Gilbert Gardens by Design offers award-winning garden design services, planting plans and concepts, and can work with landscapers to deliver the full package - uniquely designed gardens to suit your budget The business was formed around two passions; a love of design and drawing and having two previous generations of professional gardeners in the family.

 

From a young age inspiration was everywhere; growing up in the grounds of Muncaster Castle, famous for its gardens and award-winning Rhododendron collection. Whereas my father and grandfather were respected plants men, for me it is the association of structure and hard landscaping materials with planting that is fascinating.

Now in its second decade, the business still creates within me, a joy of creating new gardens and revitalising old ones. In that time I’ve been able to form good relationships with local suppliers and contractors, enabling me to offer my customers a ‘total package solution’ to solving their garden design requirements.

Based in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, I mostly offer my full garden design service in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. I was also lucky enough to design a show garden for BBC Gardener’s World Live, the garden winning a silver medal which delighted all involved in our first experience of the challenge of show garden building.

 

 

 

Design only (Designer)

A Garden For Entertaining

  • Budget0
  • Date2023

The Pergola Garden

  • Budget35K
  • Date2022

A Contemporary Water Rill Garden

  • Budget80K
  • Date2017

What our customers are saying

Sue made my dream garden come true! She was detail oriented and followed through every aspect of the work that was involved. Besides that, you can absolutely trust any recommendations that come from her too. I was very happy with the materials supply and the landscaper and gardener we were working with that Sue recommended. She’s the go-to person her if you are looking for a hassle-free high-quality project with your garden.

Jennifer & John Lee,

We engaged Sue to initially help us with designs for both the front and the back garden. In the end we focussed on the back garden and Sue was great at accommodating our thoughts and ideas. She is very prompt at responding to emails and provided us with multiple sources of information to help stimulate our thinking. Her final plans were very clear, well presented and she delivered a very detailed programme for our gardeners/landscapers to implement. I would highly recommend Sue for garden design, we are delighted with the way ours turned out!

Rak & Tina Patel,

Working with Sue was a dream! From our very first meeting through to the final planting, Sue listened to what we wanted and adapted to our needs. She was on-hand throughout the project, offering her expertise and support where we needed it. Her knowledge, creativity and understanding of garden design is unrivalled. She has designed a garden that fulfils our original vision…and so much more! It goes far beyond what we thought we could achieve with the space. She worked seamlessly with our chosen landscapers, working closely with them to resolve any complexities that arose during the project. This allowed us to relax, knowing that everything was taken care of. We couldn’t recommend Sue highly enough, and will be working with her on any future landscaping projects that we do. Thank you, Sue!

Stuart & Susannah White,

After 20 years in the making, our garden had evolved into a mess! On recommendation (friend of a friend) we called Sue to come to our rescue. Best call we could have made. The garden plan, designed for us, was amazing, so detailed! She had read us completely, it was the garden we’d always wanted (without us really knowing what we wanted). Sue took into consideration our budget, recommended landscapers, offered a lighting and planting plan, all of which we accepted! She was with us every step of the way with help and advice. Extremely knowledgeable, very professional and we can’t thank her enough.

Sally & Doug Spaven,
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Olney, Buckinghamshire