Garden Design in Wraysbury.

That is usually the starting point rather than an afterthought here, given how many Wraysbury gardens sit against a former gravel-pit lake. We design the terracing, planting and any hard landscaping to read as one scheme with the water rather than stopping short of it, with the edge treatment and drainage worked out before the rest of the layout is drawn.

Species that tolerate periodically saturated soil rather than merely damp soil, because that is the real condition on the Thames and Colne Brook floodplain for a good part of the year. We specify differently for the drier pockets over sound worked gravel than for the heavier backfilled areas nearer the water, based on what the soil test at survey actually shows rather than a single blanket planting list.

Yes, as standard rather than as an add-on, because the village sits on the floodplain of both the Thames and the Colne Brook. That means grading level changes so water is directed away from the house, choosing surfaces and planting that recover well after a wet spell, and checking flood zone conditions against your specific plot before the design is finalised.

Where a garden backs onto the Colne Brook corridor, recognised locally for its wildlife value, we design planting and any boundary work to work with that setting rather than against it — native marginal planting, gaps for wildlife movement along the boundary, and hard landscaping kept back from the bank. We flag the corridor's status at the design consultation so it shapes the scheme from the start.