We can highly recommend working with Konia, who has helped us transform our garden from a largely empty and soulless gravel and paved area with a couple of crushed and overcrowded beds, into an infinitely more attractive space.  Throughout the project, she has listened carefully to what we liked, needed or wanted for the garden, and responded accordingly.   We initially contacted her because although we had a large garden in our previous home, the location/climate/soil were completely different in our new home, and we were at a loss on how to work with the sandy soil and relatively dry and hot climate of Nairn.  We also needed major infrastructural work done in the garden (fencing, removal of overgrown large shrubs, building raised beds & compost bins, slabbing and pathwork) and Konia recommended a fantastic colleague for this part of the job.  During the whole project, Konia has been clear in her communication and very reliable.  She is also very open to working with people to different degrees, supporting you as little or much as you need (e.g. we’d said we were happy to do the physical labour of planting ourselves, but needed guidance about what species were suitable, who to buy them from, and where to place them).  In our initial brief, we’d said we would like to extend the colour and life in the garden for a longer part of the year; attract wildlife such as bees, butterflies and birds; work with the soil and climate rather than struggle to nurture plants not suited to it; have space to grow some edibles and for compost bins; add a fruit tree or two; retain a grass area for our dog; and keep the garden sufficiently low maintenance that we were not overwhelmed by its upkeep.  Konia has delivered this in spades (haha).  Even though we only planted it up at the end of June, the garden has flourished.  We still have some colour and interest now at the end of November.  We’re very much looking forward to see how it develops over the next couple of years, and we know we can ask Konia back as needed to guide us through any future stages where we could use professional help. C & S McC, Nairn