Martin Watt Gardens, Alma Consultancy

Background - Having qualified twice from Heriot-Watt University in Landscape Architecture and Town Planning, I worked several years in local authorities, private practices and in Australia establishing my own business in 1990. Appointments - I have been appointed as a regional design consultant for several product manufacturers who have recognised the quality of my service and recommend me to their clients.

To Start - Most projects begin with an initial discussion over the phone to get an outline of what a client wants and how I can help. Initial telephone discussions are of course free of charge but survey and sketch designs are chargeable relative to the scale of work needed.

This was a very large property needing a master plan design for a large front garden and driveway with new entrance and a large rear garden that wrapped around the house. The challenge was to achieve a meaningful and attractive use of such large spaces in a coherent style that suited and complemented the high quality architecture and created effective focal point features.

This should be one of the first questions a client asks a designer but it is a surprisingly late consideration for most. My answer is yes! One of my most experienced skills is advising instantly what any element, material, detail, style or layout is likely to. Read the rest of this article.

These are some of my reviews from Google and Facebook; recorded here because Google especially often remove reviews, if that person is not active on Google and I want to safeguard the efforts of my clients sharing their experience of my service. Martin is extremely personable and from the outset listened carefully to what our objectives were and how the garden was to fit in with our renovation plans.