Jessica Louise Landscape and Garden Design

All systems go for this townhouse garden nestled in the heart of the Cotswolds. Inspired by our clients’ love for engineering and matching the industrial interior of the home, we decided to be brave with the small garden space.

Our favorite part? Adding a floating bench and steps, creating a unique and functional feature.

A garden walkway full of colour and texture 🐝

Gorgeous natural cottage garden pathway using reclaimed bricks, soften with creeping thyme and overflowing perennials.
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Lots of lovely projects being designed at the start of 2023. Here’s a sneak peak of a naturalistic, wild and whimsical family garden currently on the drawing board. Using natural stone pavers and gravel pathways to give an overall soft space.
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Luscious Green Gravel Garden 🍃
New concept on the drawing board this week. Gorgeous mix of texture and structured planting amongst the patio ‘stepping stones’ for a quiet place to sit and listen to the bird song whilst enjoying a cuppa ☺️

Project- Gravel Garden, Wiltshire.

‘Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle…’ - Barbara Winkler.

Finally got my hands messy and planted the front garden. Ive recreated my first show garden with some added extras.
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Shameful fact- Most of the plants were actually from my show garden in 2021 😂 The plants have been through 2 house moves with me and finally have there chance to shine and breathe out there pots 🫣. *do as I say, not as I do*

Project- ‘The Earth Smiles with Flowers’ BBC Gardeners World Live.

Septembers palette 🍃🍂

Planting design completed in June really thriving in the autumn sunshine.
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This whimsical family back garden is really settling in, being planted with a mass of greenery, texture and delicate pops of colour along with the wonderful owners additions of home grown annuals.

Planning underway for the front garden this autumn!

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A small but perfectly formed garden in the heart of Cheltenham. Looking forward to sharing this slice of paradise with you as it matures 💚
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A mix of blue and orange spires. It’s time to shine for these beauties!
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This gorgeous paving detail makes me swoon every time I visit.

Always get incredibly excited when clients are on board with my elaborate ideas to use there unused materials laying around their gardens and turning them into something texturally beautiful.

Back at it this week with planting design for a chocolate box cottage. An informal affair of cheerful tangles of flowers that form a kaleidoscope of colours and texture. The sunshine is definitely helping me get inspired and look forward what’s the come ☺️💚

Seating outside the cottage, watching nature at its finest ✨
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On the drawing board this week- a planting plan inspired by the clients love of the Hepworth Garden ☺️ Lots of different form, textures and a whole lot of bulbs!

📸 From The Hepworth, Wakefield

‘Don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are riotous.’ -Rumi

That’s the last of the tulips planted for this year and believe me there’s been thousands!

Now we wait for the riot of colour that awaits us in spring & I can’t wait to share the combinations we’ve gone for. ☺️
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Final details to be worked on transforming a sloping bare lawn into a series of terraced spaces looking down onto the river. Complete with wooden teepee, relaxing hammock, outdoor kitchen and lots of blousey planting ☺️
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What a beautiful afternoon to enjoy a moment of peace by the water feature ☺️

One more sleep until I’m off to build my beautiful border at BBC Gardeners World Live- ‘The Earth Smiles with Flowers’.
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Throughout the past year we have all learnt just how important an outdoor spaces are for self care and mental wellbeing. 

My beautiful border is inspired by long and dreamy walks through the rolling meadows of the Cotswold’s and how we can create that feeling walking through our own gardens. The concept of my design is a naturalistic and whimsical cottage garden walkway, bringing the meadow style planting (mimicking the form of wild flowers) into the modern cottage style garden.
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I can’t wait to see it come to life and share it with you all.

It may be raining outside but my mind is on summer colour and outdoor bbqs!
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Visuals for an entertaining garden near Cirencester. Contemporary, clean and crisp to match the interior of their newly renovated home.
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Wonderful, wispy, fluffy plumes of stipa waving in the slightest breeze in this newly planted garden this week. The summer colours are starting to poke out amongst the grasses and I for one can’t wait to see this garden in it’s full glory!
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Oh you sneaky lot! ☺️ What a lovely email to receive that I’ve been nominated for the best garden designer in my area for the upcoming muddy stiletto awards!

It would be super kind if you had the time to nominate/ vote for me by heading over to there website but don’t forget to nominate your favourite local businesses in your area! There’s so many categories to choose from!

https://glosworcs.muddystilettos.co.uk/nominate/garden-designer
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I love seeing the gardens grow just as much as the clients! ☺️

This cottage border is really coming into its own this year with its rich purple spires, peachy hues of the self seeding foxgloves and drifts of white flowers throughout the border creating an informal affair of charm and grace.
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Shadows in the courtyard. Using oversized pots, blank walls and architectural planting is a simple and modern way of playing with light, scale & structure.
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On the drawing board this week- A farmhouse courtyard with gorgeous views of farmland.

Brief- To create a modern courtyard garden for a U shaped converted farmhouse, incorporating the existing pleached trees, using wide paths, English country garden formality, mixed with meadow style planting mimicking the surrounding landscape.

The central seating area is essential for not only entertaining family and friends but to host business meetings outside when the British weather allows. A more relaxed area is located by the kitchen for evening fires by the reflection pool. Using materials that compliment house we’ve included beige clay pavers for the pathways & grey smooth limestone under the seating area.
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