Examples of Nigel’s varied One-to-One projects
Nigel’s passion and broad expertise has led him to be involved with a variety of projects, including family-friendly back gardens, large country estates and urban green spaces for corporate clients.
On this page, you can view some of Nigel’s garden design case studies. If you want to hear more about our work, please don’t hesitate to call us at Nigel Philips Landscape & Garden Design on 07989 970575, or fill out our contact form if you prefer.
Ringmer – Housing Estate Garden
One-to-One
Italian Porcelain was chosen as the favoured material with angular greyish gravel in between.…
Lewes – Urban Sanctuary Garden
One-to-One
The slope meant that creating a flat area in this garden was a very…
Bexhill – Wildlife Waterside Garden
One-to-One
For any garden to attract wildlife then water is a wonderful incentive. Animals, insects,…
Weybridge – A Wildlife Back Garden
One-to-One
A larger wildlife garden where most of the lawn is taken up by meadow.…
Chichester – A Modern Garden
One-to-One
Using porcelain paving with rendered raised beds gives a modern contemporary look to this…
Lewes – Making The Garden Feel Larger
One-to-One
This garden to all intents is small. More like a courtyard garden. All we…
Lewes – High Street Garden
One-to-One
This garden is a very straight forward design a sort of no-frills garden due…
Goring – Comprehensive Garden
One-to-One
This garden has a lot in it but doesn’t feel cluttered. There are seating…
East Grinstead – Steps And Covered Seating
One-to-One
The design covers a part of a larger garden. A romantic covered dining area…
Walton-on-thames – Contemplation Garden
One-to-One
A larger wildlife garden where most of the lawn is taken up by meadow.…
Chichester – Gravel Front Garden
One-to-One
Front gardens are essential for parking the car and highlighting the front door but…
Chichester – Small Back Garden
One-to-One
A simple cost-effective design that suited the client’s requirements to the letter. Large lawn…
Lewes – Large Town Garden
One-to-One
A wonderful large back garden to this Lewes town house, with panoramic views out…
Lewes – Small Town Garden
One-to-One
A beautifully built small town garden using brick and stone and gravel. Oak timber…
Downland Garden – Poynings
One-to-One
This garden was shaped by its close relationship with the Downs. The views out…
London – Woodland Back Garden
One-to-One
A lovely woodland feel to this garden which is dominated by a large sycamore…
Shoreham – Urban Garden
One-to-One
With a garden of this size, under 400 square metres, there is a lot…
Ringmer – Circles
One-to-One
It came up in conversation that the garden should be made up of circles.…
Seaford – All Change
One-to-One
All change with this garden. Small timber retaining wall (see before picture) lifted up…
Brighton – Town Front Garden
One-to-One
Front gardens are so important. Here shade is cast by a large oak tree,…
Brighton – Town Back Garden
One-to-One
A garden for a family where the levels separate the two areas. The higher…
Wellingham – Water Garden
One-to-One
The walk to the front door is over a pond. Brave clients but what…
Ringmer – Small Ecology Retreat
One-to-One
Heavy clay soil needn’t be off-putting. (see before pic!!). Removing the back fence panels…
Lewes – Steep Access
One-to-One
Impossibly steep steps down into this garden made it physically and mindfully difficult to…
Southwick – A Social Whirl
One-to-One
This garden has everything from an outdoor jacuzzi to a swinging hammock and from…
Horsted Keynes – Mixed Sweets
One-to-One
This garden is a lovely mixture of all your favourite features. A greenhouse within…
Lewes – Inside-outside
One-to-One
This is more than a balcony as it includes a table for six (even…
Lewes – Edible Front Garden
One-to-One
This front garden faces south so ideal for growing fruit, veg and plants for…
Horam – Do-it-yourself Garden
One-to-One
The plan for this garden enabled construction by the client. Following the plan closely…
Haywards Heath – Cosy Seating
One-to-One
This seating is tucked into the folds of a grass bank opposite the kitchen.…
Chailey – Cost Effective Garden
One-to-One
The garden is luxuriously planted with minimal paving. A cost-effective way of creating a…
Funtington – Country Garden
One-to-One
There are many features in this large country garden. The most important was the…
Horsted Keynes – Alfresco Dining
One-to-One
A dining area dedicated to the marvels of a pizza oven. This way of…
Lewes – Small Town Garden
One-to-One
Whatever the size of a garden a design will make the most from a…
Lewes – Tiny Lower Terrace Garden
One-to-One
An almost impossibly small space in a low light basement patio needed to be…
Lewes – Balcony Garden
One-to-One
A small balcony garden hardly seems the sort of space that needs a design.…
Hove – Waterside Garden
One-to-One
Water is an important part of the make up of this large entertaining space.…
Brighton — Front Garden
One-to-One
Front gardens can be more important than back gardens as each day you leave…
Winchester – Long Back Garden
Option TWO with landscape detailing - £750.00
One-to-One
This garden includes two entertaining areas, one for eating, including a Pizza oven and…
Robin Dene Brighton
One-to-One
A contemporary garden created near the coast in Brighton. Rendered block wall and a…
Caledonian Road Chichester
One-to-One
A long thin garden which is to be used by visitors and holiday makers…
Lewes
Option TWO with landscape detailing - £750.00
One-to-One
This garden was all about a journey to the front door giving a good…
Gundreda Road
Option TWO with landscape detailing - £750.00
One-to-One
This back garden has a silver birch tree which we made into the main…
Lewes Back Garden
One-to-One
The survey (measuring up the garden) has been completed beforehand by the customer or…
Plumpton Garden
Option TWO with landscape detailing - £750.00
One-to-One
This garden was divided into two halves. One half for a workshop and edible…
Front Garden
Option TWO with landscape detailing - £750.00
One-to-One
What to do with an awkward-shaped front garden. Make sure the front door is…
Country Courtyard
One-to-One
To create a courtyard feel to a garden, maintaining privacy from passers-by but at…
Eastbourne
Option TWO with landscape detailing - £750.00
One-to-One
A garden with some steep banks that needed retaining. The timber raised beds for…
Plumpton Oak Cottage
Option THREE with landscape detailing - £1,500.00
One-to-One
The survey (measuring up the garden) has been completed beforehand by the customer. The…
Nigel spent the day with us understanding our requirements and ideas and measuring the garden space including the position of existing trees and shrubs. He then threw in lots of…
Jane Rivers
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