Welcome to MB Garden Design

MB Garden Design provides a friendly and professional garden design service across East Anglia. We specialise in creating stunning new borders, revitalising neglected garden spaces, and offering expert garden maintenance advice.

With over 40 years of combined experience, Tessa and Ali bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to every project. Tessa has operated her own garden design company for the past 11 years, consistently delivering beautiful and personalised garden designs that meet each client’s unique vision.

Please look at our gallery and get in touch if we can be of any help with your garden.

The Design Process

Step 1

Consultation to discuss your requirements and carry out an initial assessment.

Step 2

Site visit to gather more detailed information, take photos and measurements.

Step 3

Presentation ideas

Step 4

Sourcing, purchasing and placing plants.

Step 5

Hand drawn planting plans plus plant care notes if desired.

Step 6

If required, further site visits to advise with maintenance.

Our Other Services

To complement our garden design service, we can also offer a range of services that cater for all your gardening needs

Container Planting

Containers can transform the smallest of spaces or create focal points in your garden

Whether you desire a lush summer arrangement bursting with blooming flowers, a cosy winter display of evergreens or a fresh spring collection of bulbs we combine expert plant selection with creative design.

Containers can be versatile and suit a wide range of plants from annuals, perennials, shrubs, small trees and even vegetables.

Cutting Gardens

Bringing your garden indoors - all year round

We can help you either adapt an existing border or create a dedicated area to produce beautiful cut flowers.

We can guide you in selecting plants, considering colour palettes, bloom times and textures.

Homegrown flowers can offer a sustainable alternative to shop bought flowers and are therefore good for the environment.

General Garden Advice

Regular maintenance is key to how your garden flourishes

We can offer help and advice throughout the year

When to prune and cut back

Mulching and feeding

Watering

Bulb selection, placing and planting

Testimonials

“I commissioned Tessa to create a rose garden; I was completely delighted with the design and Tessa proved to be very professional, hardworking and above all a wonderful creative designer. She gave a very thorough estimate and came in within budget – it was an absolute joy to work with her. I would have no hesitation in recommending her for any project. “

Mrs M – Braxted

“We so enjoy every time we meet Tessa whether it is to design a border or to give maintenance advice. Our borders are so beautiful, the planting is exactly what we wanted and they really are favourite parts of our garden. Every stage of the process of designing a new area of our garden is enjoyable and really has enhanced our enjoyment of the garden as a whole.”

Mrs C – Newmarket

“Having renovated our house we employed Tessa to design the flower beds close to the house. She understood exactly what we wanted and was very efficient in producing clear plans and quotations. She sourced all the plants and we were thrilled with the scheme which compliments the house so well and is flourishing. Visitors have admired how stunning it all looks and how it fits exactly into the character of the house and existing garden.”

Mrs A – Nayland

“I was in desperate need of planting schemes for the borders around our new build house, in an arable field on the top of a hill in Suffolk. Tessa came up with a fabulous design for the front of the house, incorporating billowing grasses which has created a wonderful foreground to our new build. At the back she came up with a beautiful traditional scheme of herbaceous borders, which blend effortlessly with the wildflower meadow.

Tessa handled all the sourcing and selection of high quality plants, ensuring they will survive in our heavy clay soil.

I could not recommend Tessa more highly for any scheme large or small.”

Mrs V Bury St Edmunds