Burton Hastings

A garden rescue in Warwickshire

Chris Cooper-Hayes Garden Design – Leicestershire & Warwickshire - creative garden design, consultancy and planting services. We keep nature at the very heart of every project.

Project Description

A garden rescue in Warwickshire

Less garden design, more a rescue mission.

In 2017 I met a lady who was nothing short of in despair with her home. She had bought a lovely new house, only to find the seller was a corner cutting developer who took her money and left her with more problems than she was prepared for. This included leaving the garden in ruin, full of weeds and debris. She wanted to just shut the door and walk away and was very very down. I reassured her and told her I would help her fix the garden. I didn’t design it really, I simply took some emergency measures to restore this lady’s faith that she had bought a home to live in. So last summer I stripped the garden bare, tackled the weeds, cultivated the soil, laid new lawn and created some simple planted borders that would add some colour and flowers to her life. When I finished planting in autumn she actually cried, because she felt for the first time she had a home. Now in its first spring it’s looking bright and colourful, to the point where people have slowed their cars to admire the plants. Tulips gave way to alliums and foxgloves, and right now salvias are stealing the show. A woodland border is specked with whites and blues.

I tend the garden once a month just to check it’s doing ok, and instead of it being a rescue operation, we can turn our thoughts to getting creative and adding even more colour to what is a really lovely space. It is amazing what gardens and plants can do for people’s happiness, and in just one year this garden has made a real difference to this lady’s life.

Contractor: CHGD
Maintenance: Client/CHGD

Cottage garden | Garden Rescue | Woodland Garden

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