Mr c. Sherwood, London, SE11

Garden envy is a thing. We got it bad when we went to a friend's house near Crystal Palace for lunch. This was the day we first learned about Richard, for he had recently transformed their garden into a picture postcard image of green and brown perfection. Soon after that we moved into a house in Kennington with an overgrown and unkempt garden. It was our turn, and we didn't hesitate to enlist Richard to design and create our new haven.

After coming to meet us and measure the space, he quickly came back with 3D renders of his vision for the garden, and we just said yes. It was perfect in light of what we had communicated to him in terms of both our tastes and our functional needs.

We couldn't be happier with the end result and the garden envy it elicits. Indeed it was a matter of weeks after finishing ours that Richard was commissioned to do our next-door neighbours' garden as well! Clearly, the results speak for themself.