A Wildlife Garden

I was delighted to be commissioned to design this wildlife-friendly garden with an informal naturalistic cottage garden style and pollinators at it’s heart.

An established existing hawthorn on a drystone bank provides a statement centrepiece to the design, and a large lump of existing granite provides an interesting feature to negotiate when using the paths.

As well as including many of the client's favourites, the great majority of plants used in this design are included on the RHS Plants for Pollinators list.

The garden appeals to a huge range of pollinators including bees and butterflies but also moths who provide food for bats in the evenings.

There will be something in flower year round, thus extending the pollination season for those brave pollinators willing to venture out even in winter.

Apart from a small seating area, the brief was that the garden should mainly be used as a corridor between the cottage and a the vegetable garden (with large wildlife pond beyond), chalet, and multiple birdboxes.

I used gently curving paths to trace the natural routes through the garden whilst forming some substantial planting beds where previously there was just lawn.

A complete biodiverse transformation which compliments the surrounding wild Cornish countryside beautifully!