My Drawings

Sketch of funky new garden in Henley on Thames
A lovely mix of buildings forming this courtyard garden I designed for clients in Henley
Plan view of a funky structure to hold swinging chairs in this courtyard garden

All my garden design & landscape design schemes are hand drawn to scale.

A large Georgian house in the Chilterns with chess piece topiary planting

I work with a surveyor to ensure accuracy & CAD if need be, but as I’ve always loved drawing, it’s my preferred method.

  • Grand new entrance to a Georgian house in Bristol
  • sketch for a scheme in Bristol of sa Georgian style house with grand stairs & large new terrace
Georgian style house with quirky topiary
This design is for an organic shaped lake with boardwalk & pollarded willows

Gallery

These images give you a taste of what I produce – generally it is a series of sketches together with large scale accurate drawings for contractors to work from.

  • This is my plan drawing for a large walled garden with French stone fountain & knot garden near Henley on Thames
  • Here is my drawing for an inland pebble terrace for my client near Goring on Thames. The decorative pebble panel relates to the lovely flint barn & leads the way to the raised swimming pool.
  • drawing for a small eclectic Cotswold garden
  • This is one of my drawings of a reflection pool & roof trees for my client Alison
  • This s a sketch of a contemporary garden design for a large garden in Northamptonshire
  • This is my design for a reflection pool for my client Alison. It is part of a modern formal scheme in Northamptonshire
  • My drawing for this Cotswoldscheme incorporating a corten steel amphitheatre & pretty cottage garden
  • My drawings for inbuilt steps down to a sunken tennis court for this large Cotswold garden
  • A new garden for a new build house near Witney in Oxfordshire
  • A pretty design for a town garden with inset seating, herringbone paving & raised beds. There is a lovely tree house too for the children
  • This is my plan drawing for a very smart family garden around a manor house in Northamptonshire. Classic formal styling to suit the house but a children's play area is included too.
  • This is my sketch for the front garden of a Cotswold farmhouse. Lots of pretty flowers with topiary cubes & columns for structure
  • This is my drawing for a large country garden near henley on thames. Two large pools with a summerhouse, parterres, lavender & pleached trees plus room for a helicopter! A lovely project to work on.
  • Kitchen garden by Jo Alderson Design
  • This is my original plan drawing for the public spaces around 5 blocks of flats in Gerrards Cross
  • A formal parterre for a front garden by Jo Alderson Phillips
  • sketching out the rear terrace of a large Georgian house in Buckinghamshire

Testimonials

“We just didn’t know what to do with the small, neglected garden of our new house. But Jo did. She listened attentively to our ideas, then made exciting and quite daring suggestions that really stretched our imaginations, and encouraged us to be brave enough to go beyond the ordinary. The result is a stunning riverside garden that regularly stops passers-by in their tracks. Jo’s detailed and professional illustrations enabled us to visualise the new garden. Her knowledge of plants has given us a garden full of interest which, with the clever use of different levels and textures, looks much bigger then it is. And she really cares about the gardens she creates. Nine months after the garden was finished, when Jo heard that the Thames had flooded, she contacted us and generously offered her help with any repairs and replanting needed. But inspite of two weeks under water, we didn’t lose any plants or suffer any damage. Jo’s clever design and planting (flood resilience was part of the brief) gave us a garden that withstood the floods and came back looking even better in it’s second year. Jo was an absolute pleasure to work with.”

“We have been really lucky in dealing with a great creative talent, who also has the rare skill of listening to, and caring about, her clients.”

“I really do believe that when you’re doing the work you love, it shows up in the quality of the work you produce – that obviously applies to you!”

“…it looks as though it belongs to this house – it’s really really lovely. Thank you.”

“In 2002 we moved to a new house which was surrounded by 1/3 acre of rough meadow. We had clear ideas about what we wanted of our new garden, but no clue how to integrate or execute them. Jo provided the perfect solution, within budget, using an excellent team who worked hard to complete the job on time.
Twelve years later we have a mature garden of ‘rooms’ that surround the house harmoniously. The beauty of the garden lies in the strong structure that Jo gave to the initial plan and in her visionary planting that has provided us daily pleasure.
I cannot recommend Jo highly enough.“