Coolings Garden Centres - Located in Kent and Sussex

Sustainable Environment
Sustainable Environment
We support alternatives to single use plastics
Consumption & Conservation
Consumption & Conservation
We harvest rainwater from our on-site reservoirs
Reduced Carbon Footprint
Reduced Carbon Footprint
With 80% of bedding plants grown onsite
Composting & Recycling
Composting & Recycling
We recycle over 90% of our on-site waste

Phoebes Landscapes

Garden Design that’s Personally Different

Phoebes Landscapes, based at Coolings Lifestyle, is just that little bit different when it comes to garden design services.

This well established business offers the full turn key package for entire gardens from the smallest of plots to the largest landscaping and planting projects, including water features and ponds. All overseen by Phoebes’ Owner and Director, Mike Jordan with work carried out by his close and long serving team of knowledgeable employees, the majority of which have been with the company for over 20 years!

When you first contact Phoebes you will be offered an in-person appointment with Mike, Phoebes’ professional garden designer, who will listen to your needs and make expert and practical suggestions to ensure you get the most out of your garden. As with lots of companies, you will then be provided with a written specification and quote. If you are in agreement, then a provisional starting date is scheduled ready for your garden transformation.

The Personal Difference…

However, as an added part of Phoebes’ service, which really is unique, before any planting takes place Mike will personally walk you around the extensive plant area at Coolings and make recommendations and point out the plants based upon your plan, so you can see if you actually like the plants or not! And if not, then Mike will make further recommendations, so it really is a very personal plan that is tailor-made to individual your tastes, with the assurance that the choices made will thrive within your garden space.

As Mike points out, “A planting plan doesn’t always mean much to clients, it is a 2D representation of their garden, so the individual walk around brings the plan to life. We will go through and see all the shrubs, trees, climbers, plants and herbs; all that’s suggested in the planting plan to ensure that not a single plant goes in that the customer doesn’t like.

Mike is a true plantsman at heart, with over 40 years’ experience. He actually trained alongside the late Paul Cooling, and has had very close associations with Coolings ever since, so he knows the quality and range available and that he can rely on the longevity and profusion of what is planted. And of course, it is backed by the Coolings Hardy Plant guarantee alongside Phoebe’s own guarantees.

If your garden design incorporates hard landscaping, London Stone is also based at Coolings Lifestyle, and has an extensive showroom with displays that customers can walk through with Phoebe’s designers to pinpoint the style of paving they would like.

Planning Framework

Every garden and every customer is different, so at the heart of the service provided by Phoebe’s is the ability to interpret and understand what you want from your garden and to factor in practicalities too, especially around children, accessibility and other key requirements.

The starting point is to ask for specifics and the garden is designed and built from there, so it is entirely tailor-made. Mike adds,  “Customers generally like low maintenance, so we look to include a combination of shrubs and herbaceous, injecting form and texture with evergreens, which also ensures there is always winter colour. We look at foliage, colour and form as a basis for borders, and flowers are a bonus! We can work to colour schemes too across the full depth and breadth of a garden. Everything that goes into a customer’s garden is designed around what they love – we are very passionate about delivering on that”.

Aftercare

Once your garden project has been completed by the Phoebe’s team, you will be left with a list of plants and post planting advice on how to look after them and Mike is always on hand to offer more information if needed. And after you have lived with your garden for 12 months, Mike will come back, free of charge, and review with you how it is growing.

To make the most of Phoebe’s unique and very personal approach to garden design and build, contact them now!

Opening Hours

Monday – Friday – 09.00 – 16.30

Saturday & Sunday – Closed

Tel: 01959 546400

Email: info@phoebes.co.uk

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