What Is It?
What I Make
My focus is on hands-on garden essentials and habitat features. This includes trugs, deep planters, raised beds, potting steps and garden seats. I also build for my smaller clients, such as wildlife hotels and insect stacks. Some work involves edging and setting boundaries, or larger projects such as sheds.
How Its Shaped
Each piece is built to handle soil, weather, and constant use. I select timber for its outdoor durability, often oak, larch, or robinia. These are joined with strength in mind. The process features strong, clear construction. You can see the carpentry and finishes that protect without being overly complicated. The goal is a piece that feels sturdy in your hands and settles confidently into its corner of the garden.
Thought Behind It
A good garden piece is a quiet workhorse. They make the daily tasks of gardening more pleasant and support the life of the plot, without dominating it. I design for longevity and straightforward utility. The best fixtures are those that become worn in, not worn out, gaining patina and belonging over seasons of use.
Where It Fits
This work is for home gardens, allotments, community growing spaces, and school gardens. It’s for anyone who needs a deep bed for roots, a haven for beneficial insects, or a simple, solid seat placed where the sun hits in the afternoon. It fits wherever practical, purposeful making meets the living world.
Overview
The objects we use to tend a space should feel like natural companions to the life that grows there. This work is less about ornament and more about creating thoughtful partners for the daily ritual of gardening. Planting, nurturing, harvesting, and observing are all part of the story. I approach each planter, trug, or bench as a junction between human care and natural growth. The materials are chosen not only to withstand soil and season, but to evolve with them. Solid timber, left to grey softly or treated with natural oils, will change over time. Its surface will bear the marks of tools, weather, and hands. It is a record of a history of use that mirrors the garden’s own cycles. Beyond pure function, there is an opportunity to foster connection. A raised bed built at the right height invites a child to help sow seeds. A raised planter allows a wheelchair to access its bounty. A bee hotel positioned beside a bench creates a moment for quiet watching. These small, deliberate details are where utility becomes care. My goal is to create pieces that don't just serve a garden, but belong to it. They should settle into their role with an unassuming grace. They become so woven into the fabric of the place that, after a few seasons, it’s hard to imagine the garden without them. They're built to last, to weather, and to rely on. Honest tools for the enduring, rewarding work of helping something grow.
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