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HOW TO COMMISSION A GARDEN DESIGNER

The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) is a great place to start your search, as the registered designers have all been subject to scrutiny and the adjudication of their projects, with the letters MSGD and FSGD denoting a qualified member (visit ). ‘Most designers are “civil engineers” with a love of plants, meaning that the entire project comes under their jurisdiction,’ says Louisa Bell MSGD. But it’s not just about the technical side, says Juliet Sargeant FSGD. ‘A good designer has the imagination to create a bespoke design for

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