I have been designing and making gardens as Earthworks Garden Design since 2003 and I offer bespoke, client focussed garden design throughout Yorkshire from my base in Leeds. The above film will give you a good insight into how I can help you create a garden you truly love. As part of my professional qualifications I worked as a gardener at the Royal Horticultural Society's Harlow Carr Gardens in Harrogate.
After achieving my qualifications, and after twelve years of designing gardens professionally, I was invited by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to deliver garden design courses. For five years, until 2020, I wrote and delivered two highly popular courses on behalf of the RHS: An Introduction to Garden Design; and Forging Ahead with Garden Design.
I am an accredited Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers, which is the only UK organisation solely dedicated to maintaining professional standards for garden designers, and representing the very best of the industry. I have been an assessor and a mentor on the RHS Green Plan-It Challenge; and have lectured in garden design for over a decade at various levels, up to Foundation Degree.
After achieving my qualifications, and after twelve years of designing gardens professionally, I was invited by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to deliver garden design courses. For five years, until 2020, I wrote and delivered two highly popular courses on behalf of the RHS: An Introduction to Garden Design; and Forging Ahead with Garden Design.
I am an accredited Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers, which is the only UK organisation solely dedicated to maintaining professional standards for garden designers, and representing the very best of the industry. I have been an assessor and a mentor on the RHS Green Plan-It Challenge; and have lectured in garden design for over a decade at various levels, up to Foundation Degree.
Services
I offer a flexible set of services including garden design consultancy, horticultural consultancy, Concept Plans, Detailed Master Plans, and Planting Plans. I can prepare Tender Documents using the same process as an architect uses in order to obtain competitive prices for garden making. I will also work with you to design an area of your garden, such as a border, and will supply plants.
Reviews (8)
Alice Bagley-Harrison
Mar 20, 2021
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Cheri is really easy to work with and a true professional. She helped with some great creative solutions for our garden design and advised on placement and plant species. She took our needs and the garden setting into consideration and we are now embarking on using her design to slowly create our garden. We would highly recommend Cheri!
Helen Hanna
Nov 29, 2018
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I have recently been on the Introduction to Garden Design Course run by Cheri at Harlow Carr near Harrogate. I feel as though I have learnt so much in 6 sessions! Cheri is a very warm, knowledgeable tutor who made our sessions fun and interesting.
The group was very friendly and Cheri helped us to get to know each other at the beginning of the course so that we felt like friends by the end of it. There were opportunities to share ideas and Cheri gave us 1 to 1 time on our own designs which was very valuable. Her advice was always creative and incisive.
I would recommend this course to anyone
The group was very friendly and Cheri helped us to get to know each other at the beginning of the course so that we felt like friends by the end of it. There were opportunities to share ideas and Cheri gave us 1 to 1 time on our own designs which was very valuable. Her advice was always creative and incisive.
I would recommend this course to anyone
Mags Shevlin
Nov 24, 2018
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I recently completed the Introduction to Garden Design course at RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate. Cheri is an excellent garden designer and tutor, really knows her stuff and has a very creative and engaging approach to teaching. I enjoyed the course and learnt a huge amount from it. It changed my thinking about what is possible in my garden and inspired me. I came away with a garden design that I feel confident to implement. Definitely recommended!
Jenny Hayward
Nov 12, 2018
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I recently completed ‘An Introduction to Garden Design’ course at RHS Harlow Carr, taught by Cheri. It was a fantastic course, which I’d highly recommend to anyone wanting to design their own garden, or just learn more about the garden design process. The course took us through the different stages of garden design, with the opportunity to apply them to our own garden designs. Cheri gave us very useful 1:1 advice, as well as the chance to discuss our burgeoning designs with the group. Cheri is an enthusiastic and inspiring teacher, who fostered a friendly and open-minded ethos within the
Jenny Shevlin
Nov 02, 2018
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Jackie Godfrey
Oct 02, 2018
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Having renovated our house in Harrogate, we decided the garden came next. We had an idea of what we wanted and had a design in mind, but felt the need for the reassurance of someone more experienced.
I found Cheri's website on the internet, contacted her and she agreed to help us design our garden. She has been very professional in every way. She listened to our ideas, discussed the pros and cons of these at length and went about designing the garden. We are absolutely delighted. Although we had ideas of our own, she brought a fresh pair of eyes and experience to the garden and sorted these into
I found Cheri's website on the internet, contacted her and she agreed to help us design our garden. She has been very professional in every way. She listened to our ideas, discussed the pros and cons of these at length and went about designing the garden. We are absolutely delighted. Although we had ideas of our own, she brought a fresh pair of eyes and experience to the garden and sorted these into
Judith Cusworth
Sep 07, 2018
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Earlier this year I attended the Introduction to Garden Design course at RHS Harlow Carr. The course taught by Cheri, covered the different stages of garden design and the relevance and importance of each stage to achieve the required result.
Cheri's inclusive and motivating approach created lots of opportunity to work together and a relaxed atmosphere in which to learn and practise as we progressed.
Her experience in garden design is both extensive and refreshing and in the individual sessions, she helped each of us to create a design we could confidently develop and implement.
Harlow Carr
Cheri's inclusive and motivating approach created lots of opportunity to work together and a relaxed atmosphere in which to learn and practise as we progressed.
Her experience in garden design is both extensive and refreshing and in the individual sessions, she helped each of us to create a design we could confidently develop and implement.
Harlow Carr
Dan ONeill
Oct 21, 2015
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Just like to leave a few words to thank Cheri and Earthworks Garden Design. Brilliant design and planning and felt involved at every step of the process. Cheri herself is a lovely person with bags of horticultural knowledge and listens to what you want and gives you something much more than you hoped for in return. Would highly recommend her!
