SERVICES
The Lucy Huntington Garden Design Partnership offers a number of services including:

• Garden Design
• Lecturing and Training

Garden Design

The Lucy Huntington Garden Design Partnership combines some thirty years of the partner's experience in Garden Design, Landscape Design and Land Management.  Clients are drawn from across England and Wales with an emphasis on the larger country garden - work is also currently being undertaken in the USA and Australia.

Garden Design Consultancy

We are able to make a half day visit to the garden to advise on the future planning and development of the garden, followed by a written report detailing the advice given.

The Overall Garden Plan

We will survey the garden and draw up a survey plan, we will then prepare the overall plan.  A  return visit is then made to discuss the proposals and finalise the detail, once the garden owner is happy with the plan the final version is completed.  If required a coloured plan and an axonometric projection can also be provided.

Planting plans

The provision of planting plans may follow the overall garden plan but is also available to those garden owners who just need planting advice and guidance.  Lucy's skills as a planting designer are particularly in demand where clients need to revise existing planting schemes or to experiment with new layouts.

Construction drawings

It is essential that any new hard surfaces, garden structure or buildings are fully designed and the provision of construction drawings can be prepared when needed.  Occasionally the services of a structural engineer will be required and we are able to brief a qualified consultant to do this work which is then incorporated into the design.

Specification

We are able to provide a specification for the work to be carried out so that the building or garden contractor knows exactly what is required and the standards which are to be followed.

Contract documents

We are able to prepare contract documents on behalf of our clients so that the relationship  between client and contractor is properly established.

Project monitoring

If requested we are able to monitor the contract as it proceeds to ensure that the work is being carried out correctly and that any modifications proposed by the client or variations introduced by the contractor are properly documented.

Regular visits to advise on garden maintenance

We have many clients of long standing who value our regular visits to discuss the progress of the garden and to advise on its maintenance and development.

Lecturing and Training

As a skilled and enormously enthusiastic communicator Lucy has always sought to share her knowledge and skills with others.

Imperial College at Wye

Lucy is a lecturer in Horticulture and teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students - for further information on BSc courses in Horticultural Science and Environmental Science, and the MSc course in Landscape Ecology and Management see :   www.wye.ac.uk

College of Garden Design

Lucy is joint Principal of the College of Garden Design which offers specialist short courses for practising garden designers who need to take advantage of continuing professional education.

For full details of the courses on offer please write or phone for details to :

Francis Huntington - CGD Admin. Office, Cumberland Court, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5BJ Tel No. 01233 813884

Other Courses and Lectures

Lucy and Francis are guest lecturers from time to time at a number of venues - when these are planned they will be listed under News.