I have been lucky enough to collaborate with Ana on a number of projects and would highly recommend her professional approach to bring something beautiful and unique to a space. Ana is able to take a client’s brief and create something wonderful that both compliments the architecture, site and surroundings whilst also standing out as a unique considered design with strong structure and often soft, romantic planting. She is able to overcome awkward spaces and challenges, including proving a design for a green living wall to be used as a surround to a contemporary window seat. She is a delight to work with and I am looking forward to working together on the next project.
Simon Mack, Architect, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
Ana has been a gift. It's absolutely true to say that without her, our garden would not have materialised.
She has proved herself to be innovative, resourceful and above all - cheerful! To say that the last few months have been a tad stressed for us would be an understatement, but during this time, while completing our new-build, we've not had to even think about the garden. Ana has taken care of everything. Having designed us a fantastic garden, making creative and exciting use of the long and narrow space, we knew that we could simply leave the execution to her to manage.
Her attention to detail and eye for aesthetics are matched by her comprehensive knowledge of the plants she has sourced for our garden (right in the Thames floodplain). Ana 'got' us and the space straight away, designing us a garden that completely fulfills our hopes and expectations. We couldn't have found a better person to create a garden for us and wouldn't hesitate to recommend her services wholeheartedly.
Mr & Mrs O, Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
Lorenzo’s vast plant knowledge, keen eye for detail and skilful design have enabled us to have the garden of our dreams, which we will continue to develop and evolve with Lorenzo over the coming years.
We feel extremely lucky to be able to leave the land that surrounds our house in the capable and sensitive hands of LSV. We bought a house sat on a plot of dry land, and Lorenzo has designed us a garden that has in turn created a home – he brings everything to life in the most natural and elegant way.
Mrs G Hayman, Italy
We met Ana at a show in Henley and commissioned her to help with redesign of our garden. her ideas are absolutely fab and now, two years after planting we are more happy than ever with her layout and plant choices. We would ask her to do more if we had more to do!
Mr & Mrs L, Lower Basildon, Berkshire
Ana’s designs blow me away. I really thought I was going to get just another ordinary design and she wowed us!! She really thought out of the box, listened and came up with solutions I would never have thought of. Her contemporary ideas were way ahead of anything I'd seen before. We will be using all the ideas including the sunken fire pit and seating area. Great enthusiasm, we would highly recommend her.
Mrs R, Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
Ana completed our garden project in 2021. When I first met with Ana, she listened carefully to my vision of how I wanted the garden to be colourful, attract birds and mini beasts, easy to maintain and to include a water feature alongside two distinct patio areas. She put a lot of thought into the garden design considering the colours and textures and produced detailed and a variety of designs which were exactly what I wanted. She organised all aspects of the project liaising with the landscaping company on a frequent basis. She was very visible during the project and visited me a few times after it was completed, to check on the progress of the plants and gave great tips for the after care of them. Ana is a very talented and knowledgeable garden designer and I would thoroughly recommend her. My garden genuinely puts a smile on my face every time I look out at it, walk around it or sit and relax in it.
Mrs F Mckecknie, Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
Having moved to Ruscombe House, I was very keen to take on the upkeep myself, but didn’t know where to start. After a very relaxed first meeting, Ana was able to build up a picture of what I wanted to be able to do. She came up with a long-term plan of how the garden could develop, complete with mood boards, planting plans and full maintenance schedules. In order to help me take on the maintenance, we went round the garden and Ana showed me how to carry out each of the tasks correctly and at the right time of the year.
I can thoroughly recommend Ana as a garden designer and a horticultural coach.
Horticultural Mentoring: Mrs W, Twyford, Berkshire
Ana has been an absolute pleasure to work with, & we couldn't be happier with our garden - it has been completely transformed. She listened to all the things we asked for, & delivered everything & more!
Mr Mrs C, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
Ana has the rare quality of combining a passion and encyclopaedic knowledge for plants and flowers, with a wonderful sense of humour that makes working with her great fun and very rewarding. I have learnt so much through Ana, who adopts a very thorough and practical approach in everything she does. She has a huge respect for the grand masters of gardening, and thereby a natural understanding for historic styles; she envisages gardens fitting to a house. She has helped me move my prized Syringa, which belonged to my grandfather, to my new home, showing me how to eliminate all disease, so that it was sure to survive. She is also a master at spotting any pests, such as weevil attack, thereby saving me many plants. I could not recommend her more highly.
Horticultural Mentoring: Mrs H, Binfield Heath, Oxfordshire
Redesigning our garden was part of a big house refurbishment project. Right from the start Ana was brilliant at being able to take on board the existing house and patio designs, understand our needs, tastes and style and bring it all to life with well thought out planting plans. We now have amazingly lush flower beds with a combination of colour, texture, structured and soft planting that is often commented on and admired by visitors. Having once had a garden that was largely unused, we now have something that is beautiful and that we thoroughly enjoy spending time in. Ana really cares about her gardens and still checks in with us to see how things are going and to offer much appreciated help and advice.
Family Garden, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
After an extensive house renovation, it was important to have a garden which reflected the contemporary look of the building. Ana Mari understood our wishes and created a design with hard and soft landscaping, of paved areas, raised beds and lawns, perfect for the house. She then drew setting out instructions for the landscaping team. Ana Mari’s attention to detail was commendable and during the work visited regularly. Her planting plans have given us a garden which is easy to maintain and full of interest throughout the year, differing shapes, sizes and textures and all in a soft colour scheme, creating a calm and relaxing space. We are very pleased with the garden and highly recommend Ana Mari Bull.
Mr & Mrs W, Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
As a contractor working with Ana has been a pleasure, her landscape drawings and spec were precise and to the point. I have over 35 of experience in the landscaping Industry and would definitely recommend Ana and her services.
Mr M, Contractor, Berkshire
Ana brought a wealth of professionalism to creating new flower beds for our garden.
She suggested the design, colour theme and specific plants, then ordered the plants for us and oversaw their planting. She has endless patience and was very understanding of our lack of knowledge.
The garden still looks great, and we are really pleased with the result.
Mr & Mrs P, Lower Shiplake, Oxfordshire
We had lots of pre-conceptions of what could be done with our patio garden. Ana Mari skilfully picked her way through all of them and managed to delivered a compact, practical design which her preferred local team built on time and on budget.
Mr & Mrs O, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire