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Jo Thompson garden designer
Jo Thompson Garden Design offers a full service garden design consultancy to clients seeking an outside space which is beautiful, functional, relaxing, high/mid/low maintenance and generally a nice place to be.
You may want a relaxing space in a small urban courtyard, a safe country garden in which your children can play happily and safely, or a roof terrace on which to entertain your friends. From small urban spaces to full-scale rural landscaping, I offer a range of services including the development of the initial garden design concept, construction project management, planting and garden styling.
Gardening design styles
My garden design portfolio includes a wide range of garden designs from contemporary roof terraces with Mediterranean planting to large country gardens with traditional planting, town gardens to kitchen gardens, front gardens to children’s gardens, lakes to ponds, kitchen gardens to patio pots, and walled gardens to window boxes.
My gardens are recognised for their strong, clean, architectural lines softened by abundant planting. You’ll see elegant styling and use of colour, effective garden lighting and bespoke water features.
Working together
I work collaboratively with you, listening to your needs, to ensure that the garden design brief is clear and is interpreted correctly in the plan.
However large or small your outdoor space, we work together to create a distinctive, imaginative yet practical garden to suit your needs and budget, listening carefully to your requirements, ideas and wishes. In particular, when developing the garden design plan, I aim to reflect as closely as possible your style tastes and existing design choices home so that there is a strong visual relationship between the inside and outside spaces. I often work alongside architects and interior designers to ensure that this can be achieved.
Anything is possible
I work closely with a select number of trusted landscape contractors, water feature and lighting design specialists who will carry out my specifications to the highest standard. We ensure the garden design process from initial concept to project completion is smooth and seamless.
All the plants are sourced from specialist nurseries whose quality is assured and for a more instant effect I can bring in mature specimens. I can specify and source seating, fencing, play equipment, storage solutions, trellis, obelisks, water features, furniture and planters, bespoke or off the peg.
Dates & Events
Morden College
Jo Thompson Garden Design have been commissioned to design a Diamond Jubilee commemorative garden for Morden College, London
Ideal Home Show 2012
Jo has been invited to speak at this years Ideal Home Show at Earl’s Court.
She will be explaining how show gardens don’t have to be unattainable spaces, and how ideas taken from these gardens can be replicated in real gardens.
http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk/
Best Rural Garden
Jo Thompson is named designer of Best Rural Garden at the New Homes and Gardens awards
http://www.newhomesgardenawards.co.uk/
RHS Chelsea: Jo Thompson's design
http://bit.ly/taLYgU
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012
The gardens are announced:
http://cot.ag/vdBHFu
The Guardian
Jo’s garden at the Gardening World Cup http://bit.ly/o3HwPV
Daily Telegraph - 23.10.11
A very British success (!)
http://tgr.ph/r0cHAX
and gallery
http://tgr.ph/qzrFtF
Jo and the Bright Green Shoots at the National Gardening Show 2-4 Sept 2011
Bright Green Shoots is an exciting new feature at the National Gardening Show http://www.bath.servup1.co.uk/national-gardening/95/ which brings together four entrepreneurs who are making their names in the horticulture world with their gardening skills and creative flair. The project is the brainchild of Jo Thompson: the four pioneers are Mark Diacono who set up the award winning Otter Farm, Armando Raish, the founder of Treebox, and Fabrizio Boccha and Georgie Newbury from Common Flower Farm
Easy Living - July 2011
Jo gives summer outdoor living design ideas in this month’s Easy Living magazine
Magic of Design at LCGD - May 3rd
The London College of Garden Design has brought together three designers, Cleve West, Jo Thompson and Hugo Bugg, to explain and illustrate their design process.
http://bit.ly/edgdqv
The Sunday Times
March – Jo Thompson Garden Design in
http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/
New Green Places article
Turning the concept of food production on its head
http://scr.bi/gtJGPt
House and Garden
Jo Thompson is listed in the House and Garden Magazine’s guide to the 10 rising stars in garden designers.
APL Awards 2011
Association of Professional Landscapers Award 2011 – Kent garden.
Warsaw University
March -Andy Sturgeon, Andrew Fisher Tomlin and Mark Gregory and Jo guest speakers in Warsaw at the conference of the Association of Landscape Architects in Poland. http://bit.ly/sUKViR
The Guardian
The Guardian – The Hot List!
http://bit.ly/gqhfct
RHS Gold Medal Award
Gold medal and Best Urban Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2010. Click here to view my award winning garden's photo gallery »
Green Places
Green Places have asked me to become a regular contributor to their magazine, writing about design issues in public spaces. Read more »
Bespoke water feature design
Currently designing bespoke water features in conjunction with Privett International.
Garden design tips & advice
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