Garden Design & Maintenance for creating flourishing outside spaces.

As both a designer and gardener, Gardens by Gemma creates wildlife-friendly gardens. Offering creative designs and maintenance for gardens that support nature and wellbeing.

Welcome to Gardens by Gemma

What I do

  • Full garden design

  • Guidance via garden consultations

  • Monitor garden design builds

  • Planting plans, mood boards and seasonal charts

  • Garden lighting or irrigation plans

  • Garden maintenance

My guiding principles

  • Client Satisfaction: People are at the forefront of my work, with each garden tailored to suit individual requirements.

  • Right Plant, Right Place, Right Material: Plants and landscape materials are carefully chosen to fit the reality of each site.

  • Respect the Environment: As an organic gardener, I aim to work sensitively and in the best interests of wildlife.

Where I work

  • Located in Bristol, UK

  • Working in Bristol, Bath, North Somerset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and South Wales.

  • Open to working throughout the UK.

  • Available for work on special projects internationally.

Range of Services

  • Hand drawn bespoke garden design

    Full Garden Design

    A comprehensive and bespoke service to create a thoughtful design to optimise your garden’s potential.

    Starting with an initial consultation, the full design service includes multiple stages - from initial site survey to creating tendering documents. Everything your landscape contractor needs to build your new garden.

    To achieve a complete garden transformation, using all the design services is recommended, but other options are available as needed.

    From £1200

  • Picturesque garden of colourful poppies, surrounded by variety of other plants to increase  biodiversity and seasonal interest

    Planting Plan

    Transform your garden, whether it's a new build craving life or a mature space needing renewal.

    A bespoke planting plan will be created taking your style preferences into consideration and designed to help introduce colour, visual interest, seasonal variety, or more biodiversity into your planting borders.

    I can also source quality plants from local nurseries at a competitive price, helping you create an affordable thriving garden.

    From £300

  • Garden visiting garden in spring

    Garden Consultation

    A one-off consultation is an ideal option if you want some guidance without committing to a full design.

    Either in person or online, we will spend 1-3 hours discussing what you want from your garden. Afterwards you will receive a consultation report, which can include layout advice, material ideas, planting mood boards, or general planning suggestions.

    If you need more help, a consultation can easily transition into a full garden design service.

    From £100

  • Wheelbarrow filled garden waste in a garden, ready for use in planting or landscaping.

    Garden Maintenance

    I love to create gardens that are buzzing with wildlife and colour all year round. Sometimes this can be achieved through regular maintenance and timely changes.

    I offer border maintenance (e.g., pruning, weeding, tidying), plant sourcing and planting, fruit tree pruning, meadow management, pond care, vegetable tending and hedge trimming (up to 6 ft).

    As an organic gardener, I use wildlife-friendly methods to help support healthy and ecologically diverse gardens.

    From £30 per hour