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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Planting design for a Saffron Walden garden. This garden transformation included challenges that are common to many gardens: 🧱Softening an area of existing hard landscaping (in this case a large patio) with planting 🌿Appropriate planting for a n
“Haven has added a real sense of joy to Southbank Centre’s classical Brutalist landscape. It’s a delight to see the plants coming and going with the changing seasons” says @cedarlewisohn, curator of site design at @southb
Naturalistic family garden for a mid-century style home 🌿 I’ve recently been working on a design concept for a family garden in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire. My clients’ mid-century style house was built in the 1970s and is cur
It seems a better year for butterfly numbers than last, what do you think? During a quick walk around my garden this morning I saw: 1. Common Blue 2. Common Blue (underside) 3. Large Skipper 4. Comma 5. Peacock 6. Large white (lots) 7. Gatekeeper