Let me help you love your garden

Are you after an attractive and pollinator-friendly front garden design?

Services

Covering Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire I can provide bespoke garden design, rejuvenation and maintenance.

Garden design and plants are my passion, and I am here to help you create a garden space that is tailored to your individual needs. Whether you are looking for a complete garden overhaul and redesign, would like a new planting design or your garden is in need of a refresh.

Bringing plant knowledge and enthusiasm I will listen to what you want and need from your garden, and will work with you to create the right garden for you. Together we will shape your garden to be your beautiful outdoor space.

Bespoke garden design

I offer a bespoke garden design service tailored to my clients’ needs and aspirations. By understanding your wishes and the space we are dealing with, I aim to create a beautiful yet practical solution to provide year-round interest, whether it be a finished garden, a new planting scheme or a master plan for you to work to over time.

Rejuvenation

Gardens are continually evolving and maturing, and sometimes get to the stage when they need freshening up. Working with you to understand what you like and dislike about your current garden, I can help to formulate and deliver a plan of action.

Maintenance

Treating your garden as if it were my own, I can help ensure your garden is always looking its best, and your plants are given the opportunity to thrive.

“Tim is an excellent gardener, with an eye for detail and meticulous in his approach. He has transformed my garden, and does exactly what I want. He is also extremely reliable and a thoroughly nice person to have around.”

Kate from Hertfordshire

Tim Neill

Tim considers himself first and foremost a gardener, with a long-established passion for plants and planting design. He is able to draw on his plant knowledge and experience, gained through working on a large variety of gardens and obtaining the RHS Diploma in Horticulture.

Ecologically minded, Tim takes a thoughtful approach to gardening and garden design and possesses a passion for enhancing the biodiversity of outdoor spaces in as sustainable a way as possible.

While he very much continues to enjoy being a hands-on gardener, he has been designing gardens since 2017 and holds a Diploma in Garden Design from Capel Manor College.

As an enthusiastic gardener with an eye for detail, it is the process of getting to know and working with clients to create gardens that are right for them that prove to be the real joy of gardening and garden design.

“Tim has an excellent sense of design and a wide knowledge of plants. He is full of ideas and it has been a pleasure to watch my new garden take shape. He has cleared and replanted overgrown and neglected parts of the garden while retaining the best existing plants. I am particularly pleased with my new herbaceous border. Tim has done a great job designing and managing my garden makeover.”

Margaret from Bedfordshire

The process

Initial consultation
After a quick chat over the phone, the next step will be to arrange a visit to your garden. I will listen to your ideas and aspirations and we can talk about ideas and how I might be able to help. Depending on the location, there is not normally a charge for this consultation.

Following the initial consultation, I will provide a quotation for my design fees, based on your outline design brief. Typically the cost from survey to masterplan is around £1,500 for a full garden design, depending on size, complexity and the number of design hours required.
Site survey and analysis
On agreement of the design quotation, an accurate site survey and analysis of the existing garden will be done. For larger sites, an independent surveying company may need to be commissioned. This will allow an accurate scaled plan to be produced of the existing garden.
Design consultation
This second consultation allows for a further chat about your aspirations for the garden, preferred garden styles and how you would like to use your outdoor space.
Concept designs
Initial sketched out plans are created and then presented to ensure they meet your needs and aspirations.
Masterplan
The concept design is refined into an accurate scaled 2D master plan, highlighting the main features to the new design. Supporting material, such as sketches, mood boards will also be provided, helping to portray the design for the garden.
Design and construction details
After discussing the masterplan, the detailed construction plans can be drawn, including all dimensions, levels and construction details, to allow the garden to be built accurately by a landscape contractor. Recommended material choices, detailed design of bespoke items (such as Pergolas, water features) and specification documents can all be provided at this stage (if required).
Planting plans
Detailed planting plans can be provided taking into account the site conditions, aspect and your personal preferences, including full names, positions and quantities of plants for each planting area.
Planting
I can source, supply, set out and plant your garden, ensuring plants are sourced from quality nurseries and are planted to provide the best possible start.

“Tim is a good person to have in your garden. He’s a real plantsman and tackles all garden projects with relish. Punctual , trustworthy and hardworking.”

Margaret from Cambridgeshire

Get in touch

You can either email me directly on tim@timneillgardens.co.uk, give me a call on 07832 104984 or use the form to send me a message.