Organic Gardening Professionals in Leeds, West Yorkshire

“I met with Josh today for an initial consultation and look forward to seeing his vision of our space. I hope this is the first stage of our journey.”

“I knew that North Leeds Garden Design were right for me when I received their questionnaire. It was reassuring to feel that Annabel and Sarah set out to understand my needs, and how I might live in the space. My outdoor space is a little awkward, being 2 north-facing balconies connected by a spiral staircase that sits in the middle of the bottom balcony. But we worked together to agree a layout that would make the most of the light and space. Annabel and Sarah were honest with me about the things that would impact my budget, and gave me lots of options to consider at each stage. I don't know a huge amount about gardening, but they were able to take my inspiration board and turn it into something that would work within the constraints we had. As part of the design, they commissioned a bespoke cedar bench from Nicholas Edward Gardens, which looks fantastic. I'm so pleased with the results, and I can't wait to see the plants flourish next year. Because of COVID-19, I'm still waiting for a few plants and a small tree to arrive. I will share some photos when the garden is complete.”

“We thought that we had a good design for our garden and just needed some help with plant selection as we are not very experienced gardeners. We signed up Tracy for the planting design and supplied her with some photographs and the measurements of the garden to enable her to draw up a plan. She quickly came back to us with a number of excellent suggestions to improve the design (e.g. size, shape and position of beds and paths) before it even came to the plants! At the commissioning stage we had already told Tracy that we wanted a low maintenance cottage style garden. Once the shape of the garden was agreed, we had a videoconference with Tracy to establish our preferences - for example, plants we liked or loathed, colours, scents etc., not to mention the all important budget! We used Pinterest to provide examples of plants and of "look and feel". Tracy provided us with a planting plan, "shopping list" and photographs of the selected plants. Her plan had two layers - in addition to the herbaceous perennials, she showed suggested locations for bulbs that could be planted in the autumn in a second phase. We were delighted with the work that we had commissioned and decided to take an extension of Tracy's service. We live in the same part of the country as Tracy and the first Covid lockdown was being eased, So we paid Tracey to source and plant out the garden. Our reasoning was that (a) she would know suppliers of plants in good condition, (b) buying plants at trade price would offset some of the cost of her time, (c) she could make a judgement call if the specified varieties became unavailable in the patchy post-lockdown supply conditions. She was also able to adjust the disposition of plants if the work of the landscaper did not exactly match her plan. On the agreed date she arrived shortly before delivery van from the suppliers and the planting was swiftly and efficiently completed. She took the time to advise us on how best to care for the new beds and answer any gardening queries we had. She remained in contact after the planting was completed to ensure that we were happy. Overall an excellent job from start to finish. It would not be fair to post photos at this stage as the plants are not yet established but it already looks great and has prompted compliments from passers-by!”