Garden Design

Creating a garden from scratch can be daunting, even for gardeners. I take a client-focused approach to starting you on the journey to a relaxing garden space. I’ll take you through every step, making sure that your garden is to your lifestyle and personal style requirements.

I enjoy going on this journey with you and always aim to achieve a colourful, wildlife friendly environment you can chill out in. Even formal gardens can be havens for wildlife and pollinators.

I take a right-plant, right-place approach to planting design and my years of being a maintenance gardener gives me the knowledge to create a garden with as little maintenance as possible. No garden is maintenance free, and should you not want to take it on yourself I offer a maintenance to many of my garden design clients.

Benjamin Mallow

Garden Designer & Maintenance Gardener

Who I am

My name is Benjamin Mallow. Everyone calls me Ben.
I am a horticulturalist (a plantsman) and trained at Capel Manor where I attained a Distinction * (Star) in Level 3 Advanced Technical Horticulture. I am a proud member of both the Chartered Institute of Horticulture, and the Gardeners Guild. I am insured for all the work I carry out.

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  • Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
  • Trying to take a nice photo of me pruning is quite difficult!
  • Up the top of a ladder pruning a grape vine
  • Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
  • Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
  • Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
  • Asplenium scolopendrium
  • Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
Wisteria winter pruning, putting up new wires as well. These tensioners are great. #gardenexpert #gardenmaintenance #wisteriapruning #wisteria
1 week ago
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Trying to take a nice photo of me pruning is quite difficult!
Trying to take a nice photo of me pruning is quite difficult!
2 weeks ago
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Up the top of a ladder pruning a grape vine
Up the top of a ladder pruning a grape vine
3 weeks ago
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Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
Black currant pruning today. These haven't been pruned in a while so I am removing a third of old wood, and any crossing or damaged stems. #blackcurrant #pruning
1 month ago
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Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
Bulb planting today secured from squirrels by wire mesh!
1 month ago
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Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
Bramble the daschund "helping" me naturalise bulbs in the lawn! He got his entire nose in the hole at one point.
1 month ago
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Asplenium scolopendrium
Asplenium scolopendrium
3 months ago
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Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
Under planting this Amelanchier lamarkii with Hakonachloa macra, and soon bulbs as well. Will look great once it fills out some more!
3 months ago
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Ben has only been working in my (very large and previously rather messy) garden for a few months but I can already see the improvements that his skills are making.
I would thoroughly recommend him.”

Leighton Buzzard