Heather Dale

I have always been involved with plants and gardens for as long as I can remember, helping in my parents greenhouse or tending my own plot of garden. As a teenager I redesigned my part of the garden with a pond and rockery and showed plants at our local alpine shows. Saturday and summer jobs were working in plant nurseries such as Blooms of Bressingham, private gardens and landscape contractors. At University I studied Plant Science and Ecology, right through to a PhD in Plant Ecophysiology. Throughout I have developed the various gardens that came with the rented accommodation, keeping an allotment when no garden was available. I have always gardened organically, encouraging insects and wildlife whilst making beautiful spaces. Eventually I accepted that my passion is for gardens and plants and I retrained as a Garden Designer in evening classes, passing the HND Garden Design Unit with Merit.

I set up my design studio over ten years ago and have been working towards accreditation with the Society of Garden Designers which I achieved in 2024. My guiding principal throughout has been to leave each garden space more beautiful, with greater biodiversity and better for wildlife than it started. It is also important to me to make wildlife friendly gardening methods easily understandable and achievable for clients.

I have been involved in some fantastic projects, solving complicated problems and creating beautiful gardens. 

Lucie Jurak

Lucie joined us as a designer in 2026 having graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a master’s degree in landscape architecture in 2022 and having worked in urban and landscape architecture practice in Edinburgh for several years before leaving city life and moving to sunny Deeside.

Lucie spent much of her childhood in Czech countryside and has a curious, explorative nature. Lucie chose initially to pursue a degree in both intercultural communication and languages before converting to landscape architecture. She finds that both fields are neatly interlinked. Lucie has lived in several countries with varied cultural habits and climates including Ireland, France, Italy, and Scotland; and brings this cultural diversity into her work. Opening a discussion for new inspiring design ideas whilst respecting the existing site conditions and client’s desires.

As a landscape architect, Lucie focused on design for health and wellbeing using how close contact with nature can benefit our physical and mental health. Especially, encouraging multigenerational community interactions and applying seasonality, foraging, nature play, and wildlife into our daily lives. Personally, Lucie tries to advocate for foraging and pollinator friendly planting as well as changing foliage and flowers throughout the year because every season brings something wonderful to explore in our gardens.

Lucie believes we all have a vision to be explored and is honoured to work with clients to draw out and realise these dreams, using her talents, knowledge and personality to transform our surroundings. Lucie has been part of the Landscape Institute, is now a graduate member of the Society of Garden + Landscape Designers, and is working towards full registration.

Outside of work Lucie loves to spend time outdoors, in particular hillwalking, cycling, and playing tennis. She also continues her passion for singing and dancing being a trained opera singer and she is always up for exploring new travel destinations.

Nicky Cordiner

Nicky joined us as surveyor and Vectorworks technician in 2021.