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Completed Garden Design and Planting Design Projects

Profiled below are just some of the recent garden design and planting design projects completed by Bel in Loughborough, Ashby de la Zouch and across Leicestershire. See more of Bel's projects on Instagram & Facebook #loughboroughgardendesign

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Contemporary Cottage Garden - The owners of this renovated 1930's Loughborough property wanted a contemporary garden to tie in with the modern extension, whilst providing a cottage style feel with the planting. Read more...

Contemporary Country Garden - From tiered dated lawn and borders to a contemporary take on a country garden, with tiered planting beds, modern paved seating area and natural style planting of perennials, grasses and roses - Billesdon, Leicestershire. Read more...

Country Garden - A planting design project transforming large borders with lower maintenance yet high impact planting - Rothley.
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Rural Country Garden - Transforming a simple paddock with far reaching views of the Northamptonshire countryside. The client's were keen to blend the garden with the surrounding land, using meadow and native planting to encourage wildlife - West Haddon. Read more...

Contemporary Country Garden - Stanford on Soar

Contemporary Country Garden - Linking a period property to a super modern extension and the countryside beyond with a modern design, incorporating a Corten water feature, enclosed lounge area, dining area, timber arches and naturalistic style planting - Stanford on Soar. Read more...

Farmhouse Country Garden - A planting design project, to bring colour and year-round interest to a recently landscaped garden. A traditional mix of shrubs, perennials and trees were used in a palette of rich colours along with herbs for the kitchen - Far Coton, Market Bosworth. Read more...

Formal Front Garden - The brief here was to create a formal front garden as a grand entrance to the renovated 1930's Loughborough property which would be in keeping with the period properties in this conservation area. Read more...

Contemporary Country Farmhouse Garden -
An overgrown jungle of a garden transformed from a children's play patch into a grownup entertaining space with a modern feel - West Leake, Leicestershire. Read more...

The Rural Acre Garden - Transforming a blank canvas acre plot to include a formal garden, garden studio, outdoor kitchen, Kitchen Garden, Meadow area and abundant planting - Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire. Read more...

Outdoor Entertaining Garden - From a blank green patch of grass to a garden with a Dining and Entertaining Space, a Snug area with Fire Pit and bespoke Privacy Screen, topped up with a lush lawn and planting - Ibstock, Leicestershire. Read more...

Country Garden Planting Design transformation, Little Dalby

Country Garden Planting Project - Transforming this country garden in rural Leicestershire from a tired unmanageable space into a space with year-round colour, interest and fragrance - Little Dalby, Nr Melton Mowbray. Read More...

Victorian Style Planting Project - Adding greenery and Victorian elegance to this recently landscaped Mansion property in the desirable private estate 'The Park' in Nottingham. Read more...

Wheelchair Accessible Garden - Creating a space which could be fully utilised by it's owner. Level pathways connecting a Garden Studio, Pergola, Kitchen Garden with the renovated home, providing a wheelchair friendly space to enjoy year-round. Read more...

Family Entertaining Garden - Transforming a New Build blank canvas into a garden for the Family to enjoy, with Entertaining areas, a covered Seating Area, Raised Herb Bed and plentiful planting to provide year-round interest. Read more...

Curvaceous Country Garden - Transforming a tied space into an elegant garden, with circular lawn, pergola covered seating area, cedar greenhouse, and substantial planting.
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Cottage Garden Planting Project - Rejuvenating this garden with good bone structure but tired planting. Refreshing existing and adding new borders to offer vibrant colour and interest year-round - Wilford, Nottinghamshire. Read more...

Traditional Kitchen & formal garden Loughborough

Traditional Kitchen and Formal Garden - The transformation from a wilderness to a elegant formal lawn and traditional kitchen garden, with colourful country style planting - Loughborough. Read more...

Country Cottage Garden - Creating a cottage garden full of pretty flowers for year-round interest, beside a renovated period property in rural Northamptonshire. Read More...

Country Style Front Garden - Transforming a large front garden from a boring lawn to a dynamic space with circular flower arches, oval lawns, gravel mulched pathways and plentiful planting areas - Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire. Read more...

Wildlife Pond - Part of a larger garden renovation project, the client asked for a wildlife pod to replace an overgrown planting bed. Loughborough. Read more...

Country Garden Redesign - Transforming a tired rural garden, to create a raised Pavilion seating area, gravel garden, circular seating area, raised beds and a full overhaul of the planting - Rothley. Read more...

Large Family Garden - From blank canvas to stylish usable garden with bespoke arbour, pergola, patios, pathways, raised beds, lawn & planting - Burbage. Read more...

Front garden with Kerb Appeal, Ashby de la Zouch

Kerb Appeal Front Garden - An existing planting bed along this beautiful Edwardian Property in Ashby de la Zouch needed a revamp, to transform it from a tired weedy space to a colourful and fragrant space with bespoke tortoise fence and trellising. Read more...

Family Garden - Large overgrown borders were cleared to make way for year-round colourful yet low maintenance planting - Ashby de la Zouch. Read more...

Sloping Garden transformation, Ashby de la Zouch

Sloping Garden Transformation - Adding colourful planting, tolerant of a sunny, dry conditions to replace overgrown messy shrubs - Ashby De La Zouch. Read more...

Cool Colour Palette Plantng Transformation Melton Mowbray

Cool Colour Palette Planting Project - The owners of this Melton Mowbray garden had very specific requirements for their planting so called on Bel for her expertise and design style. Read more...

My Own Long Narrow Garden - An Arts and Crafts inspired garden with formal sun terrace, kitchen garden, lawn, sandstone pathways, greenhouse and ample planting - Shepshed Read more...

Plant Lovers Garden Shepshed, Leicestershire

A Plant Lovers Garden - Creating a Wow factor garden with sandstone walling, bespoke arbour, courtyard, seating, lawn and planting -Shepshed. Read more...

Plant Lovers Paradise - Renovating the extensive planting beds in this country garden in Ragdale to reduce maintenance and provide colour and interest throughout the year. Read more...

Gravel Garden - Transforming a lawned area into a low maintenance gravel garden with feature boulders, formal topiary and alpine planting - Rothley. Read more...

Under Construction - A garden with numerous features and structures needing to be linked to create a cohesive design and feel to the space. The new sunny seating area, oval lawn, lighting abundant pastel coloured planting and topiary. Blaby, Leicestershire

Under Construction - A contemporary Front Garden, with gated in-out driveway, Bespoke privacy screening, water feature, seating area and modern planting for kerb-appeal. Loughborough.

Under Construction - An English Country Garden needing a revamp to rejuvenate existing planting around the property and the creation of a new Kitchen Garden, with Greenhouse, Raised Beds, seating areas and a Rose Garden. Rothley, Leicestershire

Under Construction - Reworking the garden around this converted barn property, to provide a gravel garden with raised planters filled with blocks of Mediterranean herbs, lavender, shrubs and grasses. A large dining area with Outdoor Kitchen and bespoke screening for privacy. Stanton on the Wolds

Under Construction - A large garden in Nottinghamshire with bespoke garden studio, covered hot tub area, wildlife pond, formal garden, cosy entertaining patio, meadow and orchard. Keyworth.

Under Construction - Transforming the spaces around this old Farmhouse, to create a lovely Country Garden feel with a large gravel driveway, Breakfast Patio, Dining terrace, abundant planting, Lavender hedge lined pathways and a Meadow overlooking the farmland beyond. Ibstock, Leicestershire.

Under Construction - A long narrow sloping plot which when bought by the new owners was smothered with overgrown weeds, trees, shrubs and needed a thorough taming! Wanting to install and develop the garden themselves, the Clients called in Bel to create a Design Plan to work from over time. The new design included an upper lawn with planting beds, leading to steps down to the main Dining Terrace, with bespoke water feature and hazel hurdle screens. Further steps lead to a Utility area with Workshop, Log Store, Chicken Coop and store and then onto the Garden Studio Courtyard with a relaxing space surrounding the clients home office. The Kitchen Garden then contains a bespoke Greenhouse, raised beds and fruit tree frames.
Finally a Moon Gate arch leads to the children's garden with swing and trampoline, willow woven pods and a secluded seating area with wrap-around benching surrounding a firepit. Groby, Leicestershire

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We are absolutely delighted with our beautiful new garden designed and installed by Bel! We had an unusually shaped garden which we didn't have the knowledge to handle, but at the same time had quite specific ideas of what we liked and disliked. Bel listened to our ideas and the challenge didn't phase her at all! The preparation of the the soil by her team, and the planting of the garden by Bel herself over three days couldn't have gone smoother. We would highly recommend Bel in terms of her expertise, conscientiousness and friendly, easy going personality and we can't stop looking at our amazing new garden!

Mrs Prist, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire

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"Bel is brilliant. Easy to work with. Lots of ideas and plans but great at listening and quickly tapping into what you like, want and need. She has bags of style with a healthy dose of practicality and is 100% reliable. Totally recommend."

Mrs Munden - Thrussington, Leicestershire

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"Bel delivered professional advice in a friendly way after she had established what her clients wished to achieve. All in all - it has been a pleasure to work with her"

Mrs Harrison - Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire

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"If you are looking for advice on your garden or a new designs then look no further than Bel Grierson. We have used her on several aspects of our garden to lower the maintenance and update the planting with spectacular results. Bel is easy to work with and is totally in tune with all our requirements."

Mr Stapleton - Rothley, Leicestershire

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"Bel has delivered a delightful garden with a design that has transformed a shallow plot surrounded by fences, into a garden full of interest. Bel listened carefully to our concerns and gave her total attention to each step of the way."

Mr & Mrs Bayley - Loughborough, Leicestershire

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"Our 20 year old garden was looking tired and boring. No colour and a mishmash of plants that were past their sell-by date. We had no idea what to do to rescue the situation as we knew very little about what plants would do well. Then we found Bel. Our garden is transformed; beautiful colour that just keeps coming all through the year, easy maintenance and a joy to sit and look at with an appropriate glass in one hand. Bel interpreted our thoughts perfectly and has produced an extraordinary result. She is patient with non-gardeners, knowledgeable and highly professional. Not afraid to get her hands dirty and endlessly helpful. I simply cannot recommend her too highly."

Mr & Mrs Benussi - Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire

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"Bel redesigned and planted our garden this summer. It has transformed it from dark and dingy to a fresh open space. Bel is a pleasure to work with, friendly and helpful, full of ideas and always ready to listen to what you want and find the best way of delivering it. Recommended!"

Mr Goodman - Loughborough, Leicestershire

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"Bel provided good advice and warm, friendly and professional support at all stages of our garden transformation. Her knowledge about plants and her design ideas gave us confidence from the outset. We are delighted with the result, and now look forward to enjoying our new garden in the months and years to come."

Mr Corner - Rearsby, Leicestershire

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"Bel has recently redesigned a large area in my garden which was previously a 'wilderness'. I was very pleased with the design that she came up with - it was clear that she had paid attention to what I had said I wanted and understood my style. Great communication throughout the process and now that the planting is finished I am looking forward to next spring and watching it develop."

Mrs Phillips - Ratby, Leicestershire

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Thank you very much Bel for your design to renovate our back garden. It’s been great to work with you, we really appreciated spending time with you to hear your ideas and develop those with you for a new vision for our garden. We love the pond and wild at the back of the garden and the new plants you’ve sourced have all settled in very well and we are excited to see how they will grow!

Mr & Mrs Adshead, Loughborough

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Absolutely delighted with our new garden. Bel’s design carefully incorporated all of our wish list and much much more.
Receiving the designs far exceeding our expectations and her subsequent coordination with her recommended landscapers made the project go without a hitch allowing us to work full time throughout, returning home to a little more transformation each day!
Her planting scheme was the cherry on the top. It's beautiful and we couldn't be happier with it. Eight weeks post planting the garden is thriving and we're really enjoying pottering around tending to it as per Bel's comprehensive maintenance instructions.
We couldn't be more delighted - thank you.

Mrs Fraser - West Leake

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