a complete planting design project

We can help you transform your garden by selecting suitable range of plants that will thrive in your space.

Whether we design a completely new planting area, update an existing border, or create a planter, we believe that there is a plant for every garden situation.

Our strap line: gardens gently edited captures our design approach for existing gardens, meaning we gradually introduce new plants and gently edit what is already present.  With our gentle editing approach in mind we can help you transform your already existing garden space.

the design process

step one: initial conversation

We would like to meet you in person and see your garden.

During this face-to-face onsite consultation, we can discuss in more detail your ideas, your needs and vision for the space, as well as your budget.

We will assess the space and collect the information we need about your site.

After the site visit we will send you initial ideas for the planting design for your garden. We will also give you a rough idea about the cost of the planting design service for your garden project.

Concept design, Hastate Design

step two: concept design

If you decide that you want to move to the next stage of the project, if needed, we will visit your garden again to collect more detailed measurements.

We will then create a concept design for your garden, based on all the information we have collected.

The concept design will include sketches, collages, mood boards, notes and suggested plant palette.

At this point we will be able to give you more detailed quote for the whole planting design project.

Planting plan, planting palette, plant list

step three: final documents

When we have finalised the planting design for your garden we will send you all the documents needed, so you can successfully start the planting process.

These documents will  include a final planting plan with a list of plants, which will make it easier for you to visualise the positioning of plants on your site and help you or a contractor with planting.

You will also receive a plant palette, which will help you visualise the colours and textures of selected plants and their seasonality.

step four: purchase of plants, planting

We can assist with plants’ purchase needed for your project.

We also offer a planting supervision services after we have created a final planting design for your garden.

This will involve us coming to the site and helping with positioning of the plants around your garden as well as help with physical planting of the plants.

Planting plants, Hastate Design

step five: maintenance

It is important for us to make sure that the planting that we designed for you is thriving, therefore we are available to assist with the maintenance and after care advice. 

During the first growing season we will spend time with you, coaching you some simple gardening techniques, that will enable you look after the plants with confidence.

why work with Hastate Design

We deliver planting designs that feel in tune with nature and its cycles. We achieve this by combining our experience, unique knowledge of plants and artistic sensitivity.

Our naturalistic planting designs are inspired by natural environments, which mimic the patterns and layouts found in nature. For us it is very important to watch and learn from natural habitats.

We mainly work with perennial plants. This is because of their longevity and their changing appearance over the seasons, which makes the gardens we design interesting all year round.

selected projects

planting for a planter, plants, allium
Planting, Aberdour Golf Club
A garden border

Kornelia is a pleasure to work with - she listened carefully to what we were wanting to achieve, provided lots of information on the various plants being used and provided a fully illustrated planting design. We are delighted with the results and would highly recommend Hastate Design.

- Gail, Bonnyrigg