Claire has over ten years' experience of creating and maintaining beautiful London gardens. Her studio can provide a comprehensive design service, project management, planting schemes and advice on maintaining the garden once built. Whether you have a small shady urban space or a huge leafy acreage the emphasis is on high quality and longevity. Claire has a comprehensive knowledge of plants and planting combinations and of using plants in the right locations and is happy to advise on replanting existing borders.

'It's important to grasp how people live, how they want to use their gardens, what they like and really dislike and how the garden will fit with the house and the surrounding area. I want clients to be excited by their new gardens and to feel that I got it right!'

'...(we) are delighted with the transformation, its incredibly exciting, we can imagine how glorious this is going to look next Summer!...It really is a delight'... (Mrs Davies, Blackheath)

'The garden has been amazing all year - still flowering in November!' (Mr Baxter, Greenwich)

Creating a new garden is exciting but it needs careful thought if it's to be a successful improvement to your home. This is how the process works...

First Meeting

Claire will make an initial visit to meet you and to discuss your expectations for your garden; your likes and dislikes, how you use your garden and how you'd like to use it. Following the meeting, she'll send a fee proposal to you with a clear explanation of the stages of the design process and a cost for each stage. This first consultation is free.

Site Survey

For any job, whether a large country estate or small London garden, it's essential to have an accurate scaled survey. Claire Webster Garden Design uses a professional Chartered Surveyor for large or complex sites but undertakes surveying in-house for small projects.

Concept Plan

Once Claire has a scaled drawing of the site, she can work up a concept plan (her initial ideas for the garden design) which will be used for further discussion.

Layout Plan

When you're happy with the concept then Claire will draw up the layout plan. This is a scaled, detailed design to show the structure of the new garden. It will include hard landscaping, irrigation and lighting systems (if required) and the possible positions of new trees, structural shrubs and areas for planting: all the information a landscape contractor will need to build your garden. Detailed construction drawings can also be generated at this stage if needed.