Garden Design Services - Testimonials

Without hesitation, I recommend Eliza Gray! This was my first experience of engaging the services of a garden designer and it was so enjoyable. From the start, Eliza's personality, enthusiasm and knowledge shone through - and I knew we were going to 'click'. Eliza is organised, professional and a great communicator. She has a process which brings out your own preferences and ideas on plants and materials (she's a good listener) and then she applies all her skills, knowledge and experience to recommending a design plan. Each step of the process - including the costing/payments - were made clear and delivered exactly to schedule. When the builders made an error in the landscaping, EIiza immediately came to the rescue, stepping in to communicate with the builders and resolving the problem.
It's a big step both financially and practically to make major changes to your garden. For me, collaborating with Eliza Gray, it's been so worth it and I now have a beautiful garden in which the whole family can relax and enjoy.

Jules Taylor, Bath

We have a small garden with an extension to the kitchen being built into it and I remember saying to Eliza the first time I spoke to her that there wasn't 'much wiggle' room - I couldn't have been more wrong. Eliza came up with an original design that took us by surprise but completely works and makes the most of everything our space has to offer. She is a designer full of smiles, creativity and good listening. The planting plan chimes with all that we had told her we liked and she gave us lots of tips for suppliers and how to keep costs down. I highly recommend her.

Joanna Burge, Bristol

We engaged the garden design services of Eliza Gray Gardens as we wanted to create something special for our Showpiece Home at our flagship development in Keinton Mandeville.

Eliza was professional and very easy to work with throughout the garden design journey.  She understood and worked to the brief incredibly well and her commercial awareness was notable from the start. The design plans were produced in a timely manner and were visually engaging, easy to understand and went over and above our expectations.

We would not hesitate to recommend Eliza and will readily work with her on future projects.

Victoria Creber, Director of Sales & Marketing, Galion Homes

We moved to our house in Bradford in Avon in 2014 and inherited a long narrow garden full of difficult slopes. Previously we had designed our own gardens but this was a challenge too far so we turned to Eliza Gray for help. She produced for us a design which completely met the brief.

First and foremost it completely removes the problem of slopes by clever use of dwarf walling. The garden is laid out with pleasing sinuous curves which take the eye along the full length from the seating area at one end and the summer house at the other, and provides plenty of borders for flowers and shrubs. Her planting plan is working very well in this its first full year, with plenty of colour throughout the spring and summer. Finally, she redesigned a previously very dull front garden to give increased privacy with a beech hedge, a very clever curving path to the front door, and a border of cloud-pruned box.

We approached other designers but found them snooty and off-putting! One seemed more concerned with telling me how expensive it would be to sort out our garden's problems rather than constructively engaging with actually doing so. By contrast, Eliza was pragmatic. easy to work with, understood our requirements quickly and then met them with a truly imaginative design.

Mr & Mrs Holden, Bradford on Avon