Wildlife friendly, Naturalistic Garden & Landscape design

Based near Saffron Walden on the border of Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, I work on varied projects from small urban gardens to country estates.

I am a qualified garden designer with a painterly approach to planting. My work is enriched and underpinned by practical experience gained working as a professional gardener and through training in horticulture.

View across deep border with Euphorbia, alliums, Iris siberica with multistem tree at back Prunus cerasifera
Close up shot of flowers of Helleborus foetidus
“Maeve listened and interpreted our brief impeccably. Her gentle and artistic approach has resulted in a simple but elegant garden design”
— Private client, Cambridgeshire

Case studies

  • Wildflower garden on triangular balcony of the Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre

    Haven

    A garden for wildlife in central London commissioned by Southbank Centre.

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  • Thatched cottage front garden with roses in summer

    Cottage Garden

    My own romantic country garden in North Essex.

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About me

  • Handmade cleft chestnut fence against snow

    My approach to Garden design

    Appropriateness and sustainability in gardens and landscapes.

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  • Woman walking in garden at the front of a seventeenth century cottage having collected chickens' eggs

    Biography

    My background as a gardener and designer.

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Garden designer’s journal

Notes from my own garden near Saffron Walden along with designs for landscapes and gardens that I am currently working on with clients.

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Our collaborative project Haven @southbankcentre will be in bloom for its third year this summer. We are delighted that the Southbank Centre have now extended the project to be in place until September 2027. Eleanor @denmangould and I revisited Have
Would you like some fresh ideas for your garden to kick start the new year? I offer a Garden Consultancy service for clients within an hours drive of Langley Upper Green, Essex. The Consultation includes; A one hour in-person consultation in you
Construction of my client’s wildlife garden in mid Suffolk is now nearing completion, with my design being implemented by local contractor @stewartlandscape It’s a good moment to look at the ways in which this garden design aims to be s