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Ernest George MSGLD

Registered Practice: Geo Designs Landscape and Garden

Ernest George founded Geo Designs in 1995, practising in the home counties before moving to the Scottish Highlands, where he has designed gardens for over 23 years. Based in Strathconon, he works across Inverness, the Black Isle, Easter Ross, Nairn, Dornoch, Beauly and the wider Highlands.

Trained as a landscape architect, he works at every scale, from town gardens in Inverness to walled gardens and country estates. The demanding Highland climate has given him a depth of plant and site knowledge that informs every project.

His approach is rooted in ecology, with a particular interest in historic and cultural landscapes. "Every garden begins with listening; to the land, the light and the landscape around it", and to the people who will live with it.

Geo Designs has created show gardens for brands at Kensington Olympia and the SECC Glasgow, and a trade stand at RHS Chelsea, earning RHS recognition and Best in Show at the inaugural Urban Gardens show. The practice has featured in the national press and in Homes & Interiors Scotland.

Here are the images contained in this designer’s gallery. Click on any image to view a larger version and see its description.

Formal garden near Evanton in the Highlands overlooking the Cromarty Firth and the Black Isle. Clipped evergreen domes and a pale stone terrace set off the house, with a multi-stem amelanchier in spring blossom as the focal point.
Highland cottage garden near Tain, enclosed by a native hornbeam hedge to create a sheltered sanctuary. Generous, layered perennials and shrub roses sit alongside sandstone raised planters, a timber pergola and a productive kitchen garden.
Highland cottage garden near Tain, enclosed by a native hornbeam hedge to create a sheltered sanctuary. Generous, layered perennials and shrub roses sit alongside sandstone raised planters, a timber pergola and a productive kitchen garden.
Hillside garden in Fort Augustus with views across forested Highland slopes. A sandstone terrace leads to a raised stone pool with a cascading water blade, framed by stone steps, timber terracing and textured grass planting.
Formal pool to a manor house near Tain. A still, stone-edged rectangle set in gravel reflects mature parkland trees, with clipped evergreens and a simple timber bench giving quiet structure through the winter months.
Garden in Fort Augustus. A raised stone pond with a water blade sits between the sandstone terrace and a timber deck, where built-in seating surrounds a cloud-pruned pine, with sleeper beds and gravel planting below.
Village garden in Auldearn, near Nairn. An ornamental herb garden in raised timber planters sits alongside a granite sett seating area, with crab apples and perennial borders planted for pollinators.
Oriental-inspired garden near Tain. An old granite quern stone, fed by a bamboo spout, forms a quiet water feature against a dry-stone wall, softened by Japanese acers and river cobbles.
Formal courtyard garden near Evanton. Historic stone gate piers frame a contemporary terrace, where a multi-stem acer glows in autumn against old walls, with clipped evergreens in rust-toned planters beneath a modern pergola.
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Business
Geo Designs Landscape and Garden

Address
West Porin
Strathconon
Muir of Ord
Ross-shire
IV6 7QQ
United Kingdom

Landline Phone
01997 477319
Mobile Phone
07921577395

Website
geodesigns.co.uk

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