Medieval Inspiration

Combining beauty and practicality in this ornamental vegetable garden in Fife Tucked away behind a lovely old terraced house in a Fife village, this sunny garden is a hidden gem. Inspired by Medieval rude screens and monastic gardens, the shapes of the beds echo the curved green oak timbers in the sun room at the back of the house. The design incorporates reclaimed bricks found on site, combined with cobbles, timber and sandstone paving to create textured detailing. The brief included a requirement to look good from the balcony above and we think it does!

It was a great pleasure to go back and photograph this garden again under new ownership and to hear how much a young family are enjoying growing their own herbs and vegetables here. For them the garden was a reason to buy the house – and, if possible, not to leave it.

Our Clients Say....

"I cannot thank Jayne enough for her advice and help, planning my 3 acres of walled garden. She listened to the flowers I liked and the colours I wanted, and with great consideration of the position of the garden and the soil, came up with what is turning out to be a perfect design. Every tree and shrub is happy in its situation, and in a few years time I will have a lovely colourful, easily maintained garden. I could not have managed it all without her, and she was a pleasure to work with."

- Maureen Jessetts

"Jayne planned a garden exactly to our specification, using existing materials and providing us with a low maintenance garden in sympathy with the house. She provided excellent planting notes and guidance on follow up care of the garden. So much so, that she has also designed our back garden at the Bank House and hopefully will be planning another garden for us in our new house."

- John and Carol Pease, Blackford

Dear Jayne, Thank you so much for your thoughtful and creative design work in our front garden – we love it! We feel very blessed indeed.

- Jane and Kevin, Stirling

Jayne’s design provided the framework which has transformed an arid stretch of tarmac into a small and intimate garden that, still in its first year, has given us endless pleasure and interest.

- Private client, Doune

Jayne is an instinctive garden designer. Her natural sense of design and abundant horticultural knowledge combines perfectly with a strong practical sense. We now have a garden that all six of us delight in and our visitor’s exclaim at.

- Iona Leishman, Dunblane

“We are all delighted with the new garden. We used to be embarrassed by the garden and overwhelmed by the work it needed, but now we are really proud of it. Everyone in the family uses the garden much more now, and our daughter wants to play outside all the time.”

- Francesca Tellini

“Jayne has created a lovely garden from a sea of mud and builders' rubble. It meets our requirements for something easy to maintain. The garden sits well in our country setting and compliments our house beautifully. All in all we are quite thrilled with Jayne and her team's work and are looking forward to sitting outside taking in our stunning new surroundings.”

- Eleanor and Bill Wilson, Aberfeldy

"Jayne has created a lovely garden from a sea of mud and builders’ rubble. The garden sits well in our country house setting and compliments our house beautifully. It also meets our requirements for something easy to maintain. All in all we are thrilled with Jayne and her team’s work and are looking forward to sitting taking in our stunning new surroundings."

- Bill and Eleanor Wilson, Aberfeldy

“Jayne is an instinctive garden designer. Her natural sense of design and abundant horticultural knowledge combines perfectly with a strong practical sense. We now have a garden that all six of us delight in and our visitors exclaim at.”

- Iona Leishman