Urban Back Garden Design in St. Andrews
3 May 2025
The first step was to scalp the small back lawn, which was patchy and didn’t grow very well. There is no access to the garden, other than through the house, which makes it difficult to maintain it or to store gardening equipment such as mowers.
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Larch Timber Framed Garden Design
23 January 2021
As the garden is very compact, Ali created a design that would work well for all the family. Play time, relaxation and vegetable growing were ...
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Building an Outdoor Kitchen
15 January 2021
During these strange days of lock downs, limited travel and adventure, being able to chill in your own garden haven is a real luxury. Whilst ...
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Back Garden Make Over
9 January 2021
To compliment the paving we used limestone to create a semi circular bed with steps leading down to the garden. These had to be cut ...
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Prairie Design with Pergola
28 November 2020
First off I went in the week prior to the boys started landscaping to dig out plants that we wanted to keep for the final ...
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Bamboo is For Life Not Just For Christmas
21 November 2020
This garden was created in the 90’s and was quite heavy with large shrubs and a pond in the far corner. So, our first task ...
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Finalising Hillside Garden
6 November 2020
Amelanchier lamarckii Prior to planting the borders we planted a mature Amelanchier lamarckii (Snowy Mespilus) at the top of the hill, just down from the ...
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Preliminary Gardening Prior to Landscaping
31 October 2020
I always feel a bit sad when plants have to go to the great compost in the sky, so it was great that our customer ...
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Hillside Garden Progress
25 October 2020
We had a fair bit of rain half way through the week which made the going tough. The team were determined to soldier on during ...
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Hillside Terraced Garden Design
10 October 2020
The pathway has been scalped with the lower area in the above photo showing where the new lawn will be. We are raising up this ...
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Secret Garden have been looking after my garden for a couple of years and it has flourished under their care. Their hard work clearing, planting, and nurturing the garden has meant that I can just enjoy it. I like being able to use a local business, and I highly recommend them.
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"We have used the Secret Garden services to maintain our city garden for many years. We get excellent, reliable and efficient service, keeping our garden looking lovely all year round. The garden is looked after with expertise and enthusiasm, with continuous improvements being suggested and made. I highly recommend the Secret Gardeners."

"Secret Garden has worked for me both privately and commercially on many occasions. They have always been reliable and professional. Their work is of a high standard and has always been completed within budget and on deadline. I continue to use them for all my garden work and future projects"

"We are delighted by how well Ali understood our desire to move away from a rectangular space to a more interesting garden. The team were formidable – rain or shine, they slogged away and were at all times polite and friendly. Tamsin implemented a lovely planting plan and we look forward to seeing how it has matured this season. We are very happy to recommend Secret Garden. Their work brings us daily pleasure."

"We are very happy with our garden, especially the fencing, brickwork and planting, which looked beautiful this summer!"
