Garden Designer in Burgess Hill
Bespoke garden design for Burgess Hill homes and family gardens, shown here through sweeping borders, repeated grasses and planting that unifies the house and surrounding trees.
A Unified Garden With Sweeping Borders
Our client wanted the design to create the sense of a beautiful, unified whole, softening the different styles of the house and the assortment of big trees around the perimeter.
This design concentrated on creating sweeping borders and rhythmic repetition of the Japanese woodland grass Hakonechloa macra.
The vivid rose, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, is also splashed rhythmically through the borders, linking the shady and sunny sides of the garden.
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The Burgess Hill Garden
A real Burgess Hill garden project by Glorious Gardens Sussex. Please click on each photo for greater detail.
Planting That Brings the Garden Together
This Burgess Hill garden is about unity: using repeated grasses, sweeping borders and roses to soften a complex site and make it feel whole.
Softening Different Styles
The planting helps the house, boundaries and mature perimeter trees feel connected, rather than like separate pieces competing with each other.
Rhythm Across Sun and Shade
Hakonechloa macra and repeated rose colour carry the design through both shady and sunny parts of the garden, creating movement and continuity.
Burgess Hill Gardens and Local History
The old Burgess Hill page connected garden design with the town's horticultural societies, pleasure gardens and nearby historic gardens.
Burgess Hill has a long horticultural history. Its horticultural society can trace local flower shows back to the nineteenth century, and the society has hosted well-known gardeners while continuing to run meetings, shows and outings for local members.
The Victoria Pleasure Gardens opened in 1897 in honour of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The gardens included a boating lake, theatre, restaurant, dance floor, roller skating rink and fairground amusements, and were designed as an all-year attraction.
Nearby Borde Hill is known as one of the country's great gardens, with azaleas, rhododendrons, roses, an Italian garden, woodland walks, lakeside views and parkland. The old page used these local examples as a reminder that garden design can draw from the history and character of its surroundings.
Andrew Staib — Over 30 Years Designing Gardens Across Sussex
Andrew started his first gardening business at 14 years old in Sydney, Australia. Since founding Glorious Gardens Sussex in 2010, he has designed gardens for clients across Brighton, Hove, Burgess Hill and the wider Sussex area.
A practicing artist as well as a designer, Andrew brings a considered eye for form, colour and proportion to every project. Every garden starts with listening carefully to the client and the place.
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Garden Design in Burgess Hill: FAQs
A few practical answers for Burgess Hill homeowners considering a new garden design.
Do you design gardens in Burgess Hill and nearby Mid Sussex areas?
Yes. Glorious Gardens Sussex works with clients in Burgess Hill and nearby Mid Sussex towns and villages, creating gardens that suit the home, the site and the way each client wants to live outdoors.
Can planting help unify an awkward garden?
Yes. Repetition, border shape, plant rhythm and carefully chosen colour can make a garden feel more coherent, especially where the house, boundaries or existing trees create competing styles.
How does the garden design process start?
It starts with a conversation and, where useful, a site visit. Andrew listens to how you use the garden, what is not working, what you love, and what level of design support you need before recommending the next step.
Can you help with a complete garden redesign?
Yes. Depending on the project, Andrew can provide a full design service covering ideas, layout, planting, materials, detailed drawings and guidance through the build so the finished garden follows the design intent.
Designing a Garden in Burgess Hill?
Tell Andrew what you are working with and what you would like your garden to become. A conversation is the best place to start.