True North Gardens
GARDEN DESIGN SERVICE BASED IN THE NORTH EAST
Designing stunning outdoor spaces that make sense to you
BASED IN NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND WORKING ACROSS THE NORTH EAST
A full garden design service plus planting and garden styling
Transforming a garden is a significant project, no matter the size. As our home and work environments continue to change, an appealing outdoor space is a valuable place to spend time in. Whether you'd like a design to implement yourself, or a plan for a landscaper to install, I can help. A True North Garden balances beauty and functionality to deliver a creative, cohesive space woven with delightful detail.
Selected projects.
A handful of projects that show the range of gardens I've transformed. These vary in size and style, but each reflects the personality of it's owner, and support their way of living. You might just spot the beautifully concealed shower for the Japandi style courtyard near the beach. You may not see at first the trampoline in the family garden, as your eye is diverted by the texture and pattern surrounding it. The tiles popular in new-build construction are bought into balance with complementary colours and layers of texture and interest. You'll find more transformations in my work section below.
Location: Whickham
Brief in brief: A sophisticated, sanctuary space to retreat into for relaxing, eating and socialising.
City retreat Garden
Location: North Shields
Brief in brief: Re-imagine a new build garden into a beautiful, balanced space for a busy family looking to spend plenty of time outdoor living.
Balanced Garden
A True North garden reflects what truly matters to you
A free consultation is the first step in transforming your garden. It's an opportunity to find out your personality, your values, your aesthetics and your daily lifestyle. This helps me design an outdoors space that you blend into seamlessly. A True North garden is one that reflects what truly matters to you, and supports the way you wish to live.
KIND WORDS FROM OUR CLIENTS
'Charis helped me to understand how space, light, plants and careful landscaping could work to create a beautiful outdoor haven even in a small back yard. She made the planning fun and interesting, listened carefully to my own ideas and was hands on from beginning to end making sure that the result was just what I wanted. I was so happy with it that I asked her to redesign my front garden as well! I highly recommend True North Gardens and would turn to Charis again for any future project.'
Shirley, Tynemouth
KIND WORDS FROM CLIENTS
Charis was an absolute delight to work with! Her vision and design ideas were truly amazing, and she captured everything we wanted in multiple designs, giving us plenty of options to consider. She provided clear budgets for each option and was incredibly flexible, ensuring we got exactly what we wanted while staying within our desired budget. She fully understood our brief and brought so much enthusiasm and fun to the process. We are over the moon with our finished garden—it’s everything we hoped for and more! Charis even designed, sourced and planted all of our trees and plants, and knowing everything was in such capable hands gave us total peace of mind. If you’re looking for a talented, passionate, and dedicated garden designer, I would thoroughly recommend Charis. She is absolutely incredible!
Eve, N. Shields
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We have a large garden that we knew we could make more use of, and we wanted to create a covered shelter area so that we could sit outside more. However with two boys and a dog, we wondered whether we’d get the relaxation area we wanted! Charis was brilliant at understanding all the family needs and we have ended up incorporating a covered shelter with a corner sofa, a BBQ area and a lawn area bordered with some really nice planting. Charis even designed a hidden sports area for the kids with rubber matting and a basketball hoop, which isn’t visible from the house but hides neatly behind our outdoor shelter. Charis even cleverly designed the planting to be dog-friendly and fragrant, so that any stray footballs would only knock robust plants like lavender and release the perfume. The garden functions perfectly for all of us, and we’ve been able to stretch our outdoor usage from a couple of weeks in the summer right through the autumn and spring, with pizza oven nights in the shelter in colder months to summer BBQs with friends in the summer. It’s transformed our enjoyment of our garden, and was the best investment in our home.
Joanna, Fenham
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My project was very complex within a fairly small space and the attention to detail and level of diligence were a delight to see. Charis really understood what I wanted to achieve better than I did and came up with designs that were had to choose berween. She found creative solutions to create a space that I continually enjoy using.
Astrid, Whitley Bay
KIND WORDS FROM MY CLIENTS
We had a boring new build garden and knew we wanted something different but didn't know where to start, so the design process Chris took us through was so helpful. It was really exciting to see the designs become a reality. Our garden has been totally transformed and we couldn't be happier.
