TESTIMONIALS FOR ANN-MARIE POWELL GARDENS
Genuine testimonials from some very happy clients, impressed critics, and media coverage.
Mending broken hearts
Ann-Marie designed and built the BHF Chelsea Garden for our 50th anniversary year 2011. She was a joy to work with and turned the ideas for a ‘mending broken hearts garden’ into a fantastic reality. … Princess Beatrice’s jaw dropped when she saw the garden on her visit on the Monday night.
A fantastic partner in garden design
Ann-Marie is a fantastic partner in garden design. She has creative and original ideas, but has involved us totally in the design process and made us feel at the centre of the project. Her boundless enthusiasm has made the process great fun (and) the results have been spectacular.
A pleasure to work with
Ann-Marie is great fun and a pleasure to work with. She makes you want to spend all your time in your garden as she makes it so easy. I love the way she uses colour and planting and very quickly the garden matures.
Something wonderful
Ann-Marie has transformed our garden into something wonderful. She came to us with loads of creative ideas and worked positively… We have appreciated all of her enthusiasm and energy to get things right!
Two gardens, one designer
Ann-Marie has designed two gardens for us and both times she just ‘got’ what we wanted straight away. The designs were completely different … but very appropriate for the style of house, surroundings and our life style.
Urban garden transformation
We love our urban garden, it is a great place for summer parties and we treat it like an extra room in the house. We are very pleased we went the extra mile to have Ann-Marie help us with it.
World class new spa gardens
When we were looking for a garden designer to create an exceptional garden as part of our ground-breaking new spa at Sopwell House we knew Ann-Marie was the perfect person for the job. Ann-Marie’s creative vision has transformed the spa garden to create a relaxing haven for our members and guests (which) perfectly blends the contemporary design with the historic gardens in which the hotel sits.
Book review for “Plans for Small Gardens”
Ann-Marie Powell’s “Plans for Small Gardens” is a bit of a godsend. … For 10 different garden types you get a detailed plan, a double-page construction brief, and a shopping list that goes all the way down to the number, size and type of screw you’ll be needing to do it all yourself.
A gem of a book
Here it is in one neat little volume – Plans for Small Gardens – a book that tells me that less is sometimes more and that a garden can be “limited to only a few elements but still be strikingly effective”.
RHS show garden praise
The British Heart Foundation garden by Ann-Marie Powell … refused to play by the rules and didn’t pander to expectations. I was drawn in to a thoughtfully planted space.
RHS gold-medal winner
Ann-Marie Powell’s garden for British Heart Foundation is stunning. Lush, bold and original.
A veteran?
Ann-Marie Powell — a TV and flower show ‘veteran’ in experience not years.