Coastal Gardens UK is not just about landscape and garden design but also planting and garden advice with particular knowledge of gardening adjacent to the Dorset & Devon coast, although not exclusively!

Based in and around Purbeck on the Devon& Dorset World Heritage Jurrasic Coastline, we are experienced in dealing with the coastal seaside weather extremes including salt and wind and varying soil conditions.

We believe that gardens should be an organic living experience and although the hard landscaping is important for a basic structure, functional necessary or a foil, it is also the plants and the planting that makes for a good garden whatever the desired look.

Designs and projects are managed by John Bickerton, who trained as a designer and gained a wide experience in this area working for Amateur Gardening and Your Garden magazines, designing and co-ordinating their show gardens at Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show, Ideal Home, Amateur Gardening Spring Show and the National Amateur Gardening Shows including achieving a Gold Medal at Chelsea '98.

John has gardened in the home counties and the on the coast for many years and as well as chairing question times for amateur gardeners he has also been member of the Amateur Gardening advice panel at gardening shows and telephone advice hotlines.