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Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire
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Helene Iley
Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire SG14 3HF
United Kingdom
Typical Job Costs:
£8,000 - £250,000
Category:
Landscape Architects and Garden Designers
Landscape Designer Celebrating the Beauty of Nature | Herts & Bucks

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I am a garden designer based in Watton-At-Stone, a small village in rural Hertfordshire. My journey to garden design might seem winding, but looking back, it now seems to me that it was inevitable. As with many garden lovers, there is the enduring memory of Grandmas garden, my mothers love of gardening and my own love of the outdoors and deepening of this passion through an allotment. I grew up in a remote village in Kazakstan far away from a colour TV or many of the technologies of the 70s and 80s. Surrounded by mountains and steppe my earliest memory of my love of nature is being on my own listening to the sound of a stream and being surrounded by small yellow flowers that grew on the banks. I would often find myself climbing trees and hiding under the enormous leaves in my Grandmothers garden and exploring and immersing myself in the surrounding countryside. Moving to Germany was a big shock for my nine-year-old self, there were toys that I'd never seen before, more food than I'd believed could exist, and forest, meadows, hills each a luscious new shade of green. The hills were covered in heather, the meadows with dandelions and the lakes brought a stillness with a different kind of vastness to the skies of the steppe. All too soon it was time to make a sensible decision about the future, and I became a nurse, working in Germany, Switzerland and England, but my love of nature never went away, and surrounded by the gardens of England I realised that I couldn't hide from this passion any longer. I like gardens that fit into their surroundings and which, no matter how big or small, provide an almost sacred space for people to withdraw from everyday life and renew themselves as I did all those years ago surrounded by the yellow flowers of Kazakstan. Today, I am the mother to two wonderful girls and wife to a supportive husband. I graduated (with merit) from the respected Inchbald School of Design. I am a garden designer.
Services Provided

3D Rendering, Garden Design, Garden Plans, Project Management, Planting Plans

Areas Served

Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertford, Stevenage, Welwyn garden city, Hatfield, Tewin, Bishops Stortford, Letchworth Garden City, Baldock, Cheshunt, Potters Bar, Hitchin, Letchworth, Welwyn Garden City, Welwyn, Stansted, Stanstead Abbots, Stansted Mountfitchet, Buntingford, Royston, Saffron Walden, Biggleswade, Hemel Hempstead, Tring, Furneux Pelham, Waltham Abbey, Waltham Cross, Broxbourne, Epping Green, Hoddesdon, Highfield, Wormley, Bayford, Bayfordbury, Letty Green

10 Projects for Helene Garden Design
Tewin, Hertfordshire
Garden & Plant Design Tewin
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Planting plan
5 photos
Planting combinations
28 photos
St Albans
2 photos
Adding Life with Planting Design
13 photos
Large Town Garden in Rural setting
4 photos
Radlett, Hertfordshire
Town Garden
7 photos
Large Garden in rural Hertfordshire
3 photos
Bedford
6 photos
Hertford
2 photos
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7 Reviews for Helene Garden Design
Jane Maskell
Jane Maskell
Relationship
Client
Project Date
December 2019
Project Price
£1,000 – £9,999
Helene has created a beautiful gravel and boulder space with ferns, succulents and grasses. I asked her to replace the tired old hedge in a very narrow and unpromising site at the front of my house. Helene immediately understood what I was looking for and provided very professional designs and mood boards so that we could discuss the final plan and planting. She was always courteous and polite, fun to work with, and kept me informed of progress. I am very pleased with the result.
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Comment from Helene Garden Design:
Thank you very much Jane. It has been a pleasure working with you.
Andrea Southey
Andrea Southey
Relationship
Client
Project Date
July 2019
Project Price
£1,000 – £9,999
Helene saw potential in what was a mud patch and transformed it into an amazing garden! We wanted something that was beautiful yet low maintenance. Helene delivered that and more - it’s a joy to see what will come up with each new season!
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Comment from Helene Garden Design:
Thank you very much Andrea! It's been a pleasure working with you.
Manoj Balalle
Manoj Balalle
Relationship
Client
Project Date
December 2019
Project Price
£10,000 – £49,999
It has been a pleasure working with Helena. She had very good ideas and designed a garden that meets our requirements. Helena was professional and was involved throughout the process from meeting contractors to when the work is in progress. I can thoroughly recommend Helena.
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Comment from Helene Garden Design:
Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to seeing it bloom in spring!
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HU-230589223
Relationship
Client
Project Date
April 2018
Project Price
less than £1,000
I am delighted with the transformation of our garden. Helene delivered a beautifully drawn plan of our garden and she understood what I wanted from the start and interperated my ideas perfectly. She has cleverly designed the garden with perennials that give us all year round interest. After only 1 year the garden is already looking phenomenal. Her time keeping and communication from start to finish has been impeccable. Helene has designed a new shaded garden for me which she will start tomorrow. I'm so excited.
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Client
Project Date
March 2019
Project Price
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Helene designed my front garden and turned it into a thing of beauty for a good price. She is friendly, professional and is always true to her word. She has a wonderful talent and I cannot recommend her enough.
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Comment from Helene Garden Design:
Thank you very much. It is always a great pleasure to work with you.
Lucy Eggleton
Lucy Eggleton
Relationship
Client
Project Date
April 2019
Project Price
£1,000 – £9,999
Helene created a design for our garden last year whilst we had major building works done. Our garden had been completely decimated. She knew I wanted something beautiful that was easy to manage and not too costly. She has been endlessly patient and understanding. We have just put in the first bed including four pleached trees. I love the way she works and her sense of style and patience and kindness. He is also generous with her time and I couldn’t recommend her more.
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HU-208718
Relationship
Client
Project Date
March 2018
Project Price
less than £1,000
Knowledgeable, engaging, really tries to understand her clients. Helene has done a great job designing and implementing a large, traditional border and shrubbery, advising on garden planning, planting and how a garden might grow in the long term. This is an ongoing relationship so project length and cost are indicative. Top marks. Highly recommended.

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