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Cat-Friendly Wildlife Garden Makeover

This project was all about a planting transformation! The owner wanted to keep her existing paths in place to save costs, while turning the garden into a lush, wildlife-friendly oasis. Crucially, every plant selected is 100% cat-safe, creating a thriving natural haven for pollinators and the owner’s favourite feline companions to explore.

Project Type: Border Makeover & Planting Plan

Key Features: Cat-safe non-toxic plants, wildlife-friendly perennials, low-budget makeover

Flowerful Front Garden Transformation

In just 18 months, this customer transformed their front garden from a dull, uninviting space into an absolute flower fest!

The Challenge: The front garden felt unwelcoming. The homeowner wanted a joyful, vibrant entrance to their home that that was affordable and practical.

The PlantPlots Solution: We created a simple, easy-to-follow front garden layout design paired with a colourful planting scheme.

Project Type: Front Garden Layout & Remote Planting Plan

An Oasis for Wildlife in London

The Challenge: A tiny, cramped London plot that needed to fit a functional home office and create a buzzing wildlife friendly garden oasis.

The Solution: A clever, easy-to-follow layout design that maximized every inch. The owners built the garden themselves transforming this tiny plot into an insect-friendly sanctuary in under 12 months (inspiring the neighbours to ditch their bare patches and do the same!). Affordable, practical and beautiful garden design ideas by PlantPlots

Project Type: Small Urban Garden & Planting Plan

Key Features: Compact garden office integration, wildlife oasis, easy owner-built design

New House, New Garden

The Challenge: Becoming a gardener for the first time with a blank new-build plot, the design has to match aspiration with real world practicality

The Solution: By using our remote design service, the owners could create an easy-care, gorgeous space they love. Building it themselves —proving first-time gardens can be gorgeous and beautiful, but also easy and practical

Project Type: New-Build Plot & Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Low-maintenance, beginner-friendly, budget-friendly easy design

Small, Narrow Townhouse Garden with a Steep Slope

The Challenge: A narrow, blank new-build plot on a steep upslope. Many landscapers suggest expensive terracing, but these plant-loving owners wanted a joyful, vibrant garden without huge build costs.

The Solution: Using our remote design service, we worked with the slope rather than against it. The owners used a landscaper to build the garden, creating a happy, plant-filled haven that will only get better over time!

Project Type: Sloped Garden Redesign & Remote Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Budget-friendly (no expensive terracing required), narrow plot solution, DIY-friendly plan

Any Space Can Become a Garden

The Challenge: Creating a quiet, private sanctuary using the only outside space available—a grave forecourt next to where cars were parked.

The Solution: After a 1-on-1 consultation, the owner had the confidence to design and create this garden. Using open horizontal slatted fencing gave privacy without it feeling boxed in, while a lush container planting scheme brought the space to life.

Project Type: Consultation & Container Garden Design

Key Benefits: Small space solution, budget-friendly container garden

Small City Garden Oasis

The Challenge: A tiny, square city plot that needed to fit a family trampoline, seating, and a wildlife haven for bees, birds, and bats—and have some privacy from surrounding houses.

The Solution: Retaining the existing diagonal path saved on costs, while a custom open-centered pergola with angled corner slats created instant privacy without blocking the sunshine. The owner built and planted it himself—turning a overlooked city patch into a flower-filled sanctuary!

Project Type: Small City Garden & Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Clever privacy design (octagonal pergola), dual-purpose family & wildlife space, budget-friendly owner build

Accessible Wildlife Garden for a Granny Annexe

The Challenge: Transforming a derelict garden corner into a safe, accessible sanctuary for an elderly person. It needed flat, wheelchair-friendly paths and wildlife-friendly planting that would mature quickly for immediate enjoyment.

The Solution: Packed with affordable, practical and beautiful garden design ideas by PlantPlots, we designed a gentle, circular walking loop with wide, safe paths. The custom planting scheme was selected to grow quickly with lots of bulbs for year round interest.

Project Type: Accessible Garden Layout & Rapid-Maturity Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Wheelchair and walker friendly, fast-maturing wildlife friendly plants

Evolving a Family Garden into a Grown-Up Sanctuary

The Challenge: A wide garden with a former children’s play lawn and overgrown, plain shrubs that no longer suited the family’s changing lifestyle. The space needed a fresh, formal look, privacy, and a way to disguise a large shed.

The Solution: The new layout featured a central octagonal lawn framed by deep borders, plantined with pastel shades and a central water feature. Horizontal slatted fencing was used for the rear boundary and cleverly mirrored to hide the shed—creating an elegant, formal but modern garden -perfect for grown-ups.

Project Type: Modern Redesign & Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Disguised shed, formal octagonal layout, cottage style planting scheme

Awkward Triangular Plot into a Wildlife Sanctuary

The Challenge: A narrow, awkwardly shaped new-build plot that tapered to a sharp triangle at the end. The owner wanted a tranquil wildlife haven for birds, bees, and bats, but didn’t know how to handle the shape.

The Solution: The garden was too small for a traditional lawn, instead we designed the garden as a journey, putting the planting between the house and a patio creating an immersive green retreat where you walk through the garden to reach your seating area.

Project Type: Awkward Plot Design & Wildlife Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Clever triangular space layout, wildlife friendly, budget-friendly owner build

Cottage Garden Transformation in Sussex

The Challenge: A plain, unshaped lawn with a seating area at the back that felt completely exposed to the house and lacking in interest.

The Solution: Proof that you don’t need expensive hard landscaping to make a dramatic difference! By simply creating a dynamic new lawn shape and digging out sweeping curved borders, the garden was transformed. The new cottage-style planting creates a charming journey down the garden, concealing the back seating area into a private, hidden sanctuary. Garden makeovers made possible by PlantPlots

Project Type: Lawn Reshaping & Cottage Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Zero hard landscaping costs, added seating privacy, easy budget-friendly makeover

Long Narrow Garden redesign with a stylish modern twist

The Challenge: A typical rectangular, narrow plot with a large shed at the end that was used daily for bike storage. The owner wanted a lawn-free, modern space that felt wider and stylish—that must be practical and provide easy access to the shed.

The Solution: The design trick was to create a geometric, angled layout. Setting the main patio off-parallel and running a diagonal path through lush borders making the garden feel significantly wider while hiding the shed in plain sight!

Project Type: Lawn-Free Geometric Layout & Remote Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Widens narrow plots, practical, low-maintenance design

Tiny Semi-Detached Plot with Potting Shed & Dahlias

The Challenge: A very small, modern garden tapering into a narrow triangular point at the end. The homeowner needed space for a large potting shed without it overpowering the plot, plus plenty of border room for her beloved dahlia collection.

The Solution: The design used overlapping circular layouts to create an inviting journey. An arched entrance and clever circular flow draw the eye toward vibrant colourful borders—integrating the potting shed seamlessly so it feels like a natural feature rather than an eyesore!

Project Type: Small Plot Layout & Remote Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Softens awkward triangular angles, seamless potting shed integration, high-color border layout

Unifying a Disjointed Family Garden

The Challenge: This family garden that felt like a patchwork of separate elements—a home office, trampoline, patio, and odd shaped tired looking borders that needed a makeover

The Solution: The lanw was reshaped into a wide oval lawn, and by surrounding the home office path with lush planting, the path becomes less of a feature while the planting takes centre stage—creating a cohesive, flowering haven with plenty of play space for the kids!

Project Type: Family Layout & Remote Planting Plan

Key Benefits: Oval lawn redesign, budget-friendly family space

First-Time Gardeners: Family Entertaining Space

The Challenge: First-time gardeners needed to connect their house and garden together. They needed a big family patio and lawn that felt designed rather than just “plonked” at the end of the garden, plus a way to disguise a long, bare new fence.

The Solution: The design focussed on the family patio linking it directly to the house by a simple, elegant pathway. A square play lawn gives the kids room to run, while deep, lush borders disguise the new fences.

Project Type: Family Friendly Layout &  Planting Scheme

Key Benefits: Easy Low maintenance planting, deep fence-screening borders, budget-friendly layout