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Melissa Morton Garden Design
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About Us
Garden Designer & Horticulturist.
Every client is unique in what they want from their garden. Each garden is unique in terms of its context within its surroundings. My approach guides you through a design process, distilling your ideas. The result is a creative, thoughtful & logical response to your garden and its setting. Your involvement in the process means you will have a better understanding of your designed garden.
Services Provided
Garden Design, Construction Drawings, Planting Design, Consultations
Areas Served
Ilkley, Leeds, Ilkley, Leeds, Addingham, Baildon, Beckwithshaw, Bingley, Birstwith, Bradford, Bramhope, Burley in Wharfedale, Cowling, Cracoe, Dacre Banks, Fewston, Guiseley, Headingley, Horsforth, Keighley, Menston, Otley, Oxenhope, Pool, Rawdon, Saltaire, Shipley, Silsden, Skipton, Harrogate
Awards
PG Cert Landscape Architecture (part time, one year)RHS Horticulture level 2 (General) and level 3 (Advanced)PhD, BSc Hons Chemical Sciences
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Business Name
Melissa Morton Garden Design
Phone Number
01943 700142
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Address
Ben Rhydding
Ilkley, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS298QU
United Kingdom
Typical Job Cost
£20,000 - 100 000
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11 Reviews for Melissa Morton Garden Design
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Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars5.0|11 reviews
Work Quality5.0
Communication5.0
Value5.0
Little Jem
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
We invited Melissa to come and give a basic assessment of our back garden. It had been an uninspiring patch as the house had been a rental property for many years, and then as a builders' yard while we had renovations done in 2017-2018. Since we were starting from scratch, we wanted advice on how to make the best use of space. We had one or two ideas, but then got stuck. Melissa made one suggestion in particular which transformed our thinking, and we were then able to work on that, so that the other elements fell into place. We were lucky in that she came in early March 2020, just before the first lockdown. It wasn't until the Autumn of 2020 that we were able to get the plans put into action, but everything is complete now, and it looks lovely !
28 May, 2021
Melissa provided a great service in creating and implementing a simple planting design for our newly landscaped front garden. Melissa is easy to work with, professional, efficient and, most importantly, takes the time to really understand and respond to the client's requirements and priorities. We are looking forward to seeing the planting scheme develop in the coming years.
2 January, 2019
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Thank you Mark for taking the time to submit a review. I'm delighted you discovered the experience to be enjoyable and stress free. It's rewarding also to hear that you feel your preferences where taken into account, and we worked in your favourite plants to complement the ones you already had. The Flash Planting Design service as a springboard to the One off Consultation worked particularly well to thrash out those hedge screening options for you. It'll be lovely when that Purple Beech comes into life next year! I'm looking forward to helping you plan the aftercare of the planting scheme to make sure the plants work as hard as possible for the area you have. Enjoy!
Helen Henley
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed working with Melissa. She was very professional, knowledgable and her work and those of her sub contractors was of the highest quality. I felt she really took the time to discuss what we wanted to achieve from our garden. Melissa was also interested in the sustainability of our project and how the garden would develop and grow. This was the first time we have used a garden designer and I would highly recommend her.
20 December, 2018
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Thank you Helen for your kind words and supportive comments. I’m so pleased that you’ve enjoyed the journey, learning about your new garden, and what we’ve done together. We’ve achieved what you wanted by tailoring my Unique Garden Inspirations and Flash Planting Design services to explore options and working on very much a collaboration to achieve your ‘just right’! The roof terrace has been fun. I’m looking forward to helping you both look after your investment to ensure it develops and evolve into your special place you want it to be...
We had Melissa to help us with a one off consultation to help us with some design of our garden while we were doing a big renovation to our house. Her input was really helpful and we got great benefit from the session. Melissa was flexible and worked on some quite short timescales for us. She really led us in our thinking and we will likely be using her service on the actual plants and flowers part once our renovation is done. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending her - in fact - I wish we had contacted her earlier!
9 September, 2018
Storylines Interior Design
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Having completely fallen out of love with my garden, I got in touch with Melissa for some inspiration, guidance and advice. I engaged Melissa for a one-off consultation and she gave me some great ideas and inspiration. Melissa is knowledgeable, professional and enthusiastic. I now have a plan in place, Melissa has helped with some other additional work and I'm engaging her for the planting too. I'm excited about my garden for the first time in a long time. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending Melissa!
30 April, 2018
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Goodness Caroline, Sorry not replied sooner - although I've seen you plenty of times since. Thank you for your kind words. We achieved quite a transformation and on budget too!
Kathie Busby
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Melissa gave us the inspiration and ideas we were looking for, to get the most of our garden. She provided a prompt and efficient service (Garden Inspirations Design Service) which was good value for money. Thank you Melissa.
8 November, 2017
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Thank you Kathie. The Garden Inspirations design service was new for 2017 and it certainly suited your situation. You have a great garden overlooking fields and valley and woods beyond and the proposed subtle modifications will enhance your garden experience. I'm looking forward to working with the landscapers in 2018 and making progress with the transformations.
Elspeth Jackson
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I requested this service as I needed help to design/organise my garden. The service Melissa provided surpassed my expectations and was food value for money. Melissa came up with some very good ideas. Walking round the garden together really helped me focus on what could/should be done and what couldn't/shouldn't. I found the whole experience inspiring and can't wait to get started on the ideas Melissa had.
7 November, 2017
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Thank you Elspeth for taking the time to review your experience of my One-off consultation service. It was a great way for you to discuss your garden, and I must say you have a great selection of plants I like what you’ve chosen. We just need to make better sense of it all. The session has given you the confidence to remove a couple of trees and better prune others which will make significant impact on its own. I look forward to working with you in the future. Do give me a call to discuss what suits you best.
penny_cheetham1
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Melissa was very professional but approachable. I used her '1-off Consultation' service so we had 2.5 hours of discussion about how to give my garden more cohesion whilst keeping it informal and wildlife friendly. She had lots of ideas some of which I am already putting into place. At the end of the session she provided a written list of topics discussed with a few annotated photographs.
I found the discussion very useful.
8 March, 2017
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Thank you Penny for your kind words and taking the time to write a review here on HOUZZ. The One Off Consultation service has been developed over the last year to ensure it can be a complete standalone service. This allows clients like yourself to be better able to transform and enhance the garden independently if they wish to. I'm really pleased you found the session inspiring and constructive. Good luck with your garden.
AMC design
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I used Melissa Morton Garden Design to transform our garden through the Flash Planting Design Service. She was a pleasure to deal with and made the process a really enjoyable one.
With Melissa's help, I learnt that despite my ignorance of gardens and plants, I have strong preferences, and Melissa translated my choices into a beautiful and elegant garden which is perfectly suited to the site and to our lifestyle. By bringing me to the nursery, and discussing plant styles and our garden, I felt involved in the project and I'm thrilled with the result.
Highly recommended.
13 December, 2016
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Many thanks Ann Marie for your kind words and taking the time to submit a review.
The 'Flash Planting Design' service was truly bespoke for you and worked well to ensure the borders looked great for your garden party and showcase your beautiful home.
I am thrilled with your engagement in the process. As an interior designer, you definately knew what you didn't want
The 'Flash Planting Design' service was truly bespoke for you and worked well to ensure the borders looked great for your garden party and showcase your beautiful home.
I am thrilled with your engagement in the process. As an interior designer, you definately knew what you didn't want
Emma Gordon
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
I was lucky enough to spend a couple of hours in garden with Melissa. I arranged the consultation as we’re in the process of having new windows and doors fitted and I needed advice on the best way to prune back our existing planting close to the house to allow the work to be undertaken. As it turned out, this was the least of what we covered in those hours! I absolutely loved our time together and the consultation far exceeded my expectations.
Melissa is extremely knowledgeable, a great teacher and very good fun! I’m keen to improve my own gardening skills and Melissa took the time to describe to me what she was doing and why, in the hope that I might be able to do it next time on my own. We agreed on a plan of works for the front of the house which will include several more ‘teaching’ visits over the next 6 months.
Having made a plan for the front we moved on to a really enjoyable, visionary and creative conversation about the possibilities for our small yard garden at the back of the house. At the end of the 2 hours I felt totally inspired about the future of what is essentially quite a small and uninspiring space. No small feat!
I also spent the rest of the weekend gardening.
I’m really looking forward to Melissa’s great eye and superb knowledge influencing the shape of our garden over the next few years.
7 October, 2016
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Comment from Melissa Morton Garden Design:
Thank you Emma for your kind words. We'd never met before but felt like we had! I'm pleased to hear you've learned something and would like to learn more. Especially delighted to hear you spent the rest of the weekend in the garden - feeling inspired. Good luck with progress and look forward to helping you further.
kind regards Melissa
kind regards Melissa
suegold174
Average rating: 5 out of 5 stars
in just 2 hours Melissa has given me an inspirational vision for a garden that I had given up on! As a recent retiree keen to learn more about gardening Melissa's advice has set me on the right track. I look forward to learning more. Having spent the day after her visit in the garden I can already see a difference and am enjoying gardening once again.
18 March, 2016
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