Blackwells Garden Design is a professional design studio committed to providing a quality, personal service for a wide range of projects.

We are proud to create individual gardens and landscapes of elegance and beauty that hold year-round interest and answer the vision and needs of our clients.

Based in Shropshire, our work takes us regularly into the neighbouring counties of Cheshire and Staffordshire, but often extends also into the counties of the Welsh Borders and across the wider Midlands Region.

Whether you are familiar with the idea and purpose of garden design, or are taking a first step of discovery, we hope that our website provides a useful insight into the process and the merits of having your garden professionally designed.

A lifestyle choice

We are here to inform, inspire, advise and guide you through the creative design process. We invite you to take a look at what can be achieved by this lifestyle choice and the positive impact it will have on your day-to-day living and well-being.

A professionally designed garden is not only a new beginning for your garden – it is a new way of life for you.

Why a professionally designed garden?

We all know that expertise in any sphere is important to achieving the best result. As professional garden designers we bring a diverse range of knowledge and skills – from understanding important design principles through to plant expertise – that enables us to create coherent, harmonious and practical designs that work throughout the four seasons.

We understand how disparate features and spaces can be orchestrated to work as a unified and beautiful whole, how to connect the garden with its immediate setting and the wider environment, and how the creative choice and use of materials and plants can make all the difference to the feeling and flow of a garden.

Our knowledge, experience and innovation is a resource we put fully at your disposal.

“I had always dreamt of having a lovely garden but was very nervous of asking a garden designer. I needn’t have worried, from our first meeting Cheryl put me completely at ease and enabled me to happily explore my dreams. Cheryl was a real delight to work with – extremely knowledgeable, approachable and patient. I was amazed at the level of detail involved and learnt so much about my own garden that I never knew before. I would happily and heartily recommend Cheryl to anyone thinking of having their garden designed – her thought could very well save a lot of rework and expense if doing it yourself”

Mrs H, Newport

one user

“Our difficult and sharply sloping garden was featureless with areas of lawn and lots of steps. The new terraced design has created distinct level areas and allows easier access to the house whilst the ‘country house’ planting scheme provides year-round structure and makes the garden look rather grand and in tune with the surrounding countryside! We would never have attempted such a dramatic change without professional advice and designs. We chose Blackwells Garden Design because you listened to what we wanted but you also guided us away from ideas that might not work”

Mr & Mrs D, Stafford

one user

“As a landscape contractor I look for accuracy and attention to detail from a garden designer – for ease of interpretation and implementation – which is exactly what I get from Cheryl’s plans. Her understanding of how to build a garden shows through in her designs whilst at the same time incorporating innovative and delightful features”

Tom Edgar, Gardening & Landscaping Services, Oxfordshire

one user

“The garden really relaxes me now and it’s thanks to your design … thank you”

Ms C, Market Drayton