Zen Forest Gardens

Instant Impact Garden Design, West Sussex & Hampshire...

Get in touch for Garden Design, Planting, Big Pots,
Irrigation advice. We Provide Evening Appointments Tue, Thu & Fri... First Indepth Design Consult is On Us...

We Specialise in Helping you Find...

Unusual Big Plants, Signature Trees, Topiary, Magnificent Pots as well as a complete Garden Design Service. Plus irrigation Advice…

Creative Garden Design in West Sussex & Hampshire.

Landscaping & Garden Design

Creative Garden Design & Horticultural Consultancy

If you already have a garden design worked out, it could pay to get a professional to look at your plant selection to ensure they suit your climate & soil type... A mistake in plant selection can cost a lot in replacements.

If you need some new ideas, or want us to create a beautiful, functional, living garden design for you then, first & second in-depth design chats are free...

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Topiary, Niwaki & Screening Trees...

We specialise in helping you find that perfect Topiary or Niwaki (Cloud Pruned) Tree. Or perhaps your looking for a unique & majestic Statement Tree as a centrepiece. An Opulent Olive, a Sculpted Yew or the Autumnal colours of an Acer to finish of that special place in your garden. We can help you find it.

We also specialise in screening, designing & providing screening to make your garden the calming sanctuary it deserves to be...

Big Plant Pots & Large Ornamental Planters

Sometime plant have to go in a large planter in a courtyard or paved areas of your outdoor space... Sometimes it simply the right thing to do to show of a magnificent tree to its fullest...

The right Big Pot with the right Majestic Tree can become a sculptural centre piece, to your space. A pleasure to glimpse from your home, even more pleasurable to sit under and share a glass of wine & a story with friends...

What We Do - Who We Help...

We Help You Turn Your Outdoor Space into The Amazing Sanctuary You Know it Can Become...

There are three ways we can help you create the garden you want…

1. We can take your design & find you the plants to make it a reality, we may warn you against plants that will struggle in your area, but we will find you alternatives that will thrive in your place & garden…

2. We can look at your space & give you a plant list of the most suitable plants for your local climate & then work with you to come up with a design that gives you what you want…

3. You give us a blank sheet & we will create something wonderful for you, show us your space and a few ideas about the kinds of plants you enjoy & well take it from there. 

4. Let us come to your site, give us a budget & go on holiday for a few weeks & when you get back you’ll have somewhere new & unique to spend endless summer days. (Nobody has ever taken option 4, I challenge you to be the first)

 

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Why Choose Us...

We Specialise in Frost Tolerant Tropical & Hard Exotic Plants, Especially Coastal Planting, Courtyard Gardens, The Use of Big Beautiful Pots, Topiary, Niwaki, Cloud Pruning & Elegant Screening.

No Designer can do everything & the best designers specialise. We are no different. 

Our main focus is using and sourcing what we call hardy exotics, plants that look & feel exotic and will give you that tropical jungle feeling, but using plants that are hardy enough to make it through a UK winter unscathed. In other words we design with frost tolerant exotic & mediterranean plants.

We have a long career of planting in and around Chichester harbour so we have gained a lot of experience in what works and what doesn’t work in our coastal environment. We can help you avoid costly plant choice mistakes.

We have access to the most beautiful & magnificent plants the nurseries in the UK have to offer so we can help you find stunning topiary, from box hedging, to cloud pruned Niwaki, imposing yews and a whole bunch of trees you may not even know exist.

We have access to ancient Olives, the most stunning Acers, unusual multi-stem species, palms & some of the most rare plants available.

What You Can Expect During Your FREE Design Call...

What You Can Expect To Get From One of Our Design Calls

The Service We Can Offer To You...

Garden Design

We offer a FREE initial garden design & horticultural consult. This is designed to allow us to get to know your project and for you to get to know us and find out what we can do for you. 

We will ask you about your project your goals & desires for your space. We will talk about the types of plants and trees that will suit your area, your climate, your soils type. This will be a list you can take to another designer if we are not a good fit for you & it could save you making some bad plant choices. We also have access to a lot of exotoc plants not all designers have access to which could be just what you need for your project.

At the end of our first meeting, if you like us & if we like you & your project then we will offer to take you on as a client & draw up some design ideas for you, again this will be FREE to you & we will only go ahead with the project if you like the designs we come up with.

We will come up with a plant list & initial pricing based on past projects, which will give us the opportunity to pair back the design & make it simpler if your budget is capped. But we will always design to your gardens full potential so you will always know what could be possible. We also have the experience to work on your garden in phases. With additions over time as funds become available. 

You get to control the process & we will make sure the design & the price fit your vision & budget.

If we are not a good fit, then we can give you options and suggestions for other designers & no matter what we will part as friends. We understand that 

Sourcing Plants

Once we have a design you like we will find the plant needed to make it a reality. This could mean us sourcing from more than one place because certain elements of the design may require a tree of a certain shape to bring the whole design to life. Which is why we have suppliers all over the UK. 

We will of course source from the most local suppliers first to reduce the miles plant need to travel to get to you, but if your garden & your design needs something special we will find it. 

If you do not need a design & all you need are some statement trees. Maybe topiary to bring structure to a wild area. Perhaps trees suitable for screening a special area of your garden from the windows of a neighbour. 

Maybe a tree to remember a loved on who has passed or to celebrate the birth of new life, whatever the reason we can give you some ideas of unusual but highly suitable trees & we know where to find the most magnificent.

Irrigation

Often times your investment in your garden is not insignificant, and it really is an asset, it will increase the value of your home, it will increase the enjoyment you can have with friends & family around for an evening of good food & conversation, it will give your children a place to battle dragons and triumph over tyrants. These plants need to be protected and nurtured so they can thrive and the best way to love a plant is to give it all the water it needs each and every day.

An automated irrigation system is the only way to make that happen, without you needing to lift a finger, it’s so much better for a plant for it to get a little bit of water twice a day than to receive a deluge once a week. We can fit a system for you or show you have to fit your own. The system we use is easy to expand as you add plants to your outdoors kingdom.

If you already have one then great, we’ll show you how to use it to protect your investment. If not we’ll show you they only system we trust in our own personal garden.

Our Private Portfolio...

You won’t find our portfolio here, which may seem strange to you, but let me explain.

Some gardens are a very personal thing, & not everyone wants their sanctuary made public.

We also design gardens with meaning, which cannot be conveyed in a simple image, it’s true that a picture can be worth a thousand words, but it’s also true that a thousand words can convey depth & meaning in a far greater way than a simple picture.

So our portfolio is available to you during the initial chat you have with us and during every future call we have with you, your designer will pick out the projects that show you what’s possible in your garden & you’ll talk though them, often understanding the deeper meaning of why things were done they way they were. 

Unorthodox perhaps, but give us a call get a personal tour though our portfolio & see if it doesn’t bring it to life more than a couple of images thrown up on a web page…

Our Growing Team of Professionals...

Jay

Client Guide.

My mission is to be your point of contact through the entire project. Someone you can always get in contact with.

Our designers get busy with other clients & I protect their time. So when they are with you or working on your project ,they are with you 100% zero distractions. When you need to speak with them we'll schedule a time that works for you both.

I also deal with all the marketing, website, admin so they are solely focused on you...

Kate

Lead Garden Designer, Horticultural Consultant & Tree Huntress.

Kate's Mission is to design you an eden, an oasis of beauty & peace that you can step into at any time of day & feel relaxed.

She will also hunt down the most magnificent statement trees & plants for you & your garden, because with our designs it begins with a centrepiece tree or two & the garden will evolve around that.

Find those hero trees & the rest will fall into place, we promise you of that...

Sara

Commercial Design & Project Manager.

Sara's mission is to work with you if you have a commercial project, property management company & you need someone to simply get it done & deal with everything to do with your landscaping & garden spaces.

She is amazing & you'll soon come to rely on her to just make it happen, no matter what you have planned.

Sara can also help you sell your home, with a the right design the value of your home will go up, we've seen it happen...

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