Garden Designer in Haywards Heath
Bespoke garden design for Haywards Heath homes and Mid Sussex gardens, with modern structure, geometric planting and softer borders that connect the house with the landscape beyond.
Geometry, Soft Planting and the Fields Beyond
I wanted to create my own take on a pre-existing, unimplemented design and use more geometric shaped plants while continuing the gabion wall around the property.
The aim was to take the modernity of the house and link it with the fields beyond, so angles collide with softer planting.
That tension gives the garden continuing interest, while the planting still needs to be robust and low maintenance.
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The Haywards Heath Garden
A real Haywards Heath garden project by Glorious Gardens Sussex. Please click on each photo for greater detail.
Modern Structure With Softer Planting
This Haywards Heath garden uses geometry, gabion structure and softer planting to connect a modern house with its wider setting.
Linking House and Landscape
The design carries the gabion wall around the property and uses strong angles to echo the modernity of the house, while opening the garden towards the fields beyond.
Robust, Low-Maintenance Interest
The planting is designed to be practical as well as expressive, with forms and textures that give the garden interest without becoming demanding to look after.
Haywards Heath Gardens and Local History
The old Haywards Heath page included Borde Hill, local geology and Oathall Farm as part of the area's garden and landscape context.
Borde Hill, near Haywards Heath, is known as one of the country's great gardens. It includes the Azalea Ring, rhododendron gardens, a rose garden, an Italian garden, subtropical dells, woodland walks, lakeside strolls and Grade II* listed parkland.
Haywards Heath lies on a complex succession of sandstones, silty sandstones and mudstones of the Hastings Beds. The drift geology is limited in places to alluvium and head deposits along the Scrase Stream, a tributary of the Ouse, making local soil and drainage important considerations for planting.
Oathall Farm was established in 1941 in response to the Dig for Victory campaign. It has grown from an acre of cultivated school land into extensive fields, animal enclosures, glasshouses and a farm shop, reflecting the area's continuing relationship with cultivation and practical horticulture.
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, Haywards Heath 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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Glorious Gardens designs gardens throughout Brighton, Hove and wider Sussex
Garden Design in Haywards Heath: FAQs
A few practical answers for Haywards Heath homeowners considering a new garden design.
Do you design gardens in Haywards Heath and Mid Sussex?
Yes. Glorious Gardens Sussex works with clients in Haywards Heath, Cuckfield and nearby Mid Sussex areas, creating gardens that suit the home, the site and the way each client wants to live outdoors.
Can you work with an existing or unfinished garden design?
Yes. Andrew can respond to an existing idea or unfinished design, keeping what works and reshaping the garden so it feels coherent, personal and practical.
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 Haywards Heath?
Tell Andrew what you are working with and what you would like your garden to become. A conversation is the best place to start.