“We have the challenge of maintaining two different gardens - an old cottage garden and an established contemporary garden. Caz’s experience and skills have been invaluable from expert pruning of very old fruit trees, care of delicate shrubs and deer protection for the cottage garden to regular hands on help for our contemporary garden. ”

“The Garden Design Hive has provided us with a professional and friendly service for the past eighteen years. Originally giving shape to an overgrown space with the design brief to suit the the needs of a family; a designated area for play, entertainment, a fun veg patch with low maintenance as a priority was created. 

More recently The Garden Design Hive masterminded a garden makeover to reflect our changing needs now the family has grown, reducing the number of large shrubs creating softer lines and perennial borders abundant in colour. My garden has become a place of joy and relaxation. My friend told to me that she has ‘border envy.’

Over the past eighteen years The Garden Design Hive with Caz at the helm has maintained our garden, advised on planting, pests, diseases plus taken charge of all the heavy work and hard landscaping. Caz gives a personal service, having the ability to listen to your ideas, equally making suggestions based on their professional experience and expertise. 

The ultimate achievement is the legacy afforded us in the memories we’ve made in our garden with family and friends. We wouldn’t go anywhere else for Garden Design and would recommend Caz without reservation”

“The creation of my garden by Caz Skinner far exceeded my expectations in the inspirational design, planting advice, diligence and hard work to change then transform my sizeable plot into a garden that I love and is admired by all who pass by.

The brief was for a garden to be strikingly unique and Caz interpreted my ideas brilliantly with great attention to detail. The project was carried out quickly, with budget and environmental considerations always in mind.

Caz was professional, kind, thoughtful and helpful from inception to completion of the project and continues to have ongoing interest in its natural development. I consider Caz to be an extremely reliable, gifted garden designer and a delightful person to engage”

“We have known Caz for many years and she was the only one we wanted and trusted to re-design our back garden. Caz was so easy to work with and had such creative ideas.
The design and build went very smoothly and was completed quickly- paths, walls and beds all built with quality materials.
The garden is so beautiful this year and Caz has also planted our pots and baskets this season. We just love looking at all she has done.
Caz maintains our garden now and we would be lost without her. ”

“We got in touch with Caz as a result of seeing and liking her work at a neighbour’s property. The job was sourcing and replacing about 30m of fencing. Caz came for peek, listened to what we thought we wanted, gave us a good overview of how we could meet those expectations. She also gave us a good insight with respect to the economics and value for money associated with the options.
This allowed us to decide pretty quickly what we were going to do and to get the ball rolling.
The gates had to be manufactured to order, but within 2 weeks they were delivered and Caz and Emma got cracking. The weather was not great, cold, wet, windy and by the end, muddy. However, that didn’t stop the work being completed with thoroughness and attention to detail in only just over two days.
The result is that we have a great fence, well constructed, great value for money, and we are very, very pleased.”

“I have been so pleased I had my previously ‘functional’ garden redesigned by Caz just before lockdown. It’s been a source of exercise - gardening for me and play areas for the children plus a place to escape quietly at the end of the day! We don’t have a large plot but it’s amazing what you can achieve when you have some expert help.”