Hello, I’m Mark Fenton, a professionally qualified, experienced Lancashire garden designer and Chartered Landscape Architect. I established my independent North West garden design service and garden statuary supply business after graduating with a first class honours degree in Garden Design in 2005.
Established for over six years, I work collaboratively with both corporate clients on complex, large scale landscape design projects and private clients on home garden designs. No North West garden design commissions are too large or small, whether urban or rural, contemporary or traditional. You can be confident each timeless landscape solution is unique to meet your individual specification and create an outstanding yet functional garden. I also advise about and supply garden statuary, including water features and statues, to add interest, elegance and a focal point to your outside space.
I am proud of my growing reputation and that much of my landscape planning and garden design work comes from referral by happy customers, based on my personal, friendly service, artistic flair, independent expert advice and meticulous attention to detail. I take the time to listen and sensitively interpret your vision and or provide garden design inspiration to turn your dream into a reality that is stylish, practical and low maintenance. We will work collaboratively to create a stunning design for you, never forgetting it is your garden, not mine! Your distinctive garden will have lasting, year round “wow factor”, making it a pleasure to relax in your oasis of calm!
Alongside private garden design, I have worked as part of a team on a variety of commercial North West Chartered Landscape Architect projects, ranging from local authority parks, public open spaces and leisure facilities, to retail outlets, offices, schools and children’s play areas. My original, visionary landscape designs have drawn acclaim from gardening celebrities, including Roddy Llewelyn. One of my innovative garden designs featured in the Society Of Garden Designers Review Of The Year and I have won silver gilt and silver medals at Southport Flower Show. Please contact me for a garden design or landscape design quote and to purchase from my unique collection of garden statuary.
My enthusiasm for and successful career in landscape design is founded on a combination of growing up in a family of keen gardeners, living on a farm surrounded by beautiful countryside and a talent for graphics and design at school. I have even supported lecturers at Myerscough College with teaching CAD (Computer Aided Design) modules to garden design undergraduates. My Garden Design degree dissertation was entitled Integration Of Architecture & Site, so I am particularly skilled in techniques to make buildings a feature in a garden, or to hide them by diverting the eye to more attractive features. For my Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture, I focused on wildlife habitat creation and submitted designs for an urban park in Leeds city centre with this purpose in mind. I also prepared environmental development plans for Myerscough College, with the aim of creating attractive outdoor public spaces to support a vibrant college community, whilst being sympathetic to the local countryside.
In 2011, I achieved a long held ambition to become a Chartered Landscape Architect. With running a garden design company, my future ambition is to design a stunning show garden at the Chelsea Flower Show! I derive great satisfaction from creating original, distinctive garden designs to turn your dreams into a stunning yet functional reality!
Employment at Wyre Borough Council has given me extensive experience of large scale projects, with budgets in excess of £100,000. I have also led smaller £30,000 and above design schemes to time and budget. Knowledge of local authority planning application assessments gained at Wyre Borough Council enables me to submit successful planning applications on behalf of my garden design clients.
Qualifications
First class BA (Hons) degree in Garden Design from Myerscough College (2005).
Postgraduate Diploma in Landscape Architecture (Distinction) from Leeds Metropolitan University (2008).
Chartered Landscape Architect (2011)
Professional Body Membership
Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute
Federation of Small Businesses