Appletree Garden Designs is run by John McLaren, a North London garden designer, and is an established garden design and garden landscaping company offering a comprehensive range of services throughout North London; Garden Design, Installation with professional Hard Landscaping, Planting Plans, Planting, Garden Maintenance and experienced Project Management.
Our credo is good design well executed and beautifully planted. John is a contemporary garden designer who trained at Capel Manor and runs a client-friendly small to medium scale service. Our versatile garden design portfolio includes: contemporary garden design, traditional garden design, courtyard, minimalist, roof gardens and roof terraces.
Our planting design and planting plans include: low maintenance, contemporary, and the emergent trends in garden design: drought tolerant, ecological and wildlife gardens; front gardens are a speciality.
Our credo is good design well executed and beautifully planted. John is a contemporary garden designer who trained at Capel Manor and runs a client-friendly small to medium scale service. Our versatile garden design portfolio includes: contemporary garden design, traditional garden design, courtyard, minimalist, roof gardens and roof terraces.
Our planting design and planting plans include: low maintenance, contemporary, and the emergent trends in garden design: drought tolerant, ecological and wildlife gardens; front gardens are a speciality.
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What we wanted above all was a simple, uncluttered framework within which we could play at being gardeners over the years to come. What we got was something quite beautiful in its own right, exceeding all expectations. Throughout the entire process, from initial design ideas to the final touches, there was never any doubt that the integrity of the end product was of paramount importance.
Landscaping provides the structure for the garden. It can be a feature of the garden or it can be unobtrusive, quietly fitting in with the planting. We work with a range of experienced professional hard landscapers to ensure your garden design is executed to the highest quality. Alternatively you may wish to employ your own hard landscapers to carry out the design for you.
Over time we have come to realise that planting means very different things to different people - one person's delight is another's eyesore. What we take care to do is produce a planting plan for you that is your delight, and will work all year round to give your garden seasonal interest. Whether you are a keen gardener or want your garden to look good without much work we can design the planting to suit your tastes.
Aftercare: Appletree provides regular aftercare for your planting throughout North London to keep your garden looking its best. We found John entirely by chance, but the chance became a blessing - he has been a real inspiration to us. We had previously found gardening a bit overwhelming, and he has managed to be informative without being patronising, and a really hard worker whilst maintaining a calm demeanour.
Reviews (9)
Mike Fox
Oct 17, 2019
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Our garden redevelopment was triggered by the need for screening from new properties built to the rear of our house - we took the opportunity to have the whole of the back garden redesigned. We had many sessions with John looking at options for trees, plants, aggregates and paving, firepit, exotics area, etc. John was very professional and easy to work with. He made proposals that took our requirements on board and refined the plan to meet our budget etc. We are delighted with our new garden and highly recommend John.
Andrew Lewry
Jul 17, 2019
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We're absolutely delighted with the recent design and implementation for our back garden thanks to John/Appletree. Thank you so much. We don't know much about gardens/planting but had an idea of what we like and felt in safe hands from our first meeting. Now the garden is finished we have a beautiful tranquil place and are looking forward to many years of enjoyment. We can confidently recommend Appletree and for our part say 'brief given and exceeded'. Andrew and Rhona
Anne Phillips
Oct 01, 2018
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Suz T.
Sep 26, 2016
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2 years ago we wanted a complete overhaul of our back garden. It was dark, overgrown and on all sorts of various levels. We wanted it to be bright, easy to maintain and 'dog friendly'. We knew it was not going to be an easy job at all. We found John and his website on Google. He was calm and professional and always had a lot of time for us. His design was detailed, sophisticated and practical. He would be patient and listen to any changes we wanted to make and integrated those with ease. The landscapers were a great team. They were neat and tidy as they worked (non-stop). We now have a bright,
Toby H.
Sep 08, 2016
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We found Appletree Designs through google and from the start found John Mclaren to be very professional and reliable. Our project involved the re-designing of front and back gardens. John was very thorough in explaining the process and was always very keen to get our input in all steps along the way and I was very impressed with his attention to detail. All the work is now finished and we are very happy with the outcome. Not only are he and his team very professional, they are all also very nice people, which made quite a contrast to some of the builders we had used. I would thoroughly recommend
Angelica Gottlieb
Jun 25, 2016
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Mandy Banton
Nov 14, 2014
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In 2012 I moved into a house with a garden which consisted mainly of rotting decking and assorted weeds. I had one definite idea about what I wanted – no lawn – and a number of vague ideas about layout and planting. In a series of planning meetings and email/telephone discussions John patiently took me through the realistic possibilities, presented a plan which was quite perfect, suggested planting to incorporate my favourites and match my colour preferences, and arranged the hard landscaping, which was installed to a very high standard. The whole process, from first approach to completion
Judy Y.
Oct 10, 2014
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I found John and Appletree Garden Design via a Google search, and wanted someone very knowledgeable and professional to redesign my small, north-east facing back garden to complement a recent building project. The brief was to bring together a very modern 'Bauhaus' style with a Mediterranean look and colour scheme, inspired by Cesar Manrique's beautiful creations in the Canaries - no small challenge in a wet, shady plot in north London. John came up with a brilliant garden design, making the most of the small space, but giving the garden exactly the kind of modernist.structure I was after, with
Mice & Me
Nov 08, 2013
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Delighted with our new garden, John transformed a muddy, shady space into a tranquil oasis. The planting is beautiful.
John took time to understand our needs before preparing the plans which resulted in a design which is fresh & exciting, the garden seemed to grow!
The landscapers were brilliant, considerate & very fast.
The transformation is something I would never expected from our small space,
we're delighted!
John was extremely easy & a pleasure to work with. A garden redesign & landscaping is an expensive extravagance but worth every penny. It feels like we have another large room to
John took time to understand our needs before preparing the plans which resulted in a design which is fresh & exciting, the garden seemed to grow!
The landscapers were brilliant, considerate & very fast.
The transformation is something I would never expected from our small space,
we're delighted!
John was extremely easy & a pleasure to work with. A garden redesign & landscaping is an expensive extravagance but worth every penny. It feels like we have another large room to
