McKay Samantha

Henriette de Vrijer
5 Star
Sam designed our garden for us 17 years ago, so our garden is now mature. We still love the design every day and we have not made any major changes since. The design served all the purposes we asked for and working with Sam was easy and straightforward. We thought the price was on the steep side at the time, but as we are still benefitting from Sam’s professional knowledge after 17 years, it has proved to be an excellent investment.
Friday 17th June 2022

anthony m
1 Star
The worst service I have ever experienced (several broken 'deadlines' and now a completely lost planting season) and, in my opinion, at £720 for "a couple of hours" work it's very poor value for money. Go elsewhere if you have a "small" garden! It's just lies lies lies and more lies in the response! I never asked this woman to do anything "free of charge" and always offered to pay a reasonable fee! She knew from day 1 that I only needed help choosing "25 plants" and NOT a full design service. She omits to comment on the numerous 'missed appointments' which are fundamentally the crux of this matter. I hoped to have some plants in my garden this year but, thanks to SM Gardens, this is not possible now as I wasted three months waiting for her! I feel a design service should involve the client so I also never asked her to go out and buy any plants which I did NOT choose and DON'T meet my 'design criteria'! She also omits to say that she planned to drive past my house in a few weeks but couldn't be bothered to simply have a look at my garden and TALK to me (for which I would have paid a reasonable fee but NOT £720!!). The option of a telephone call was NEVER offered as she rarely even replies to emails and asks clients for a reminder service as she is so disorganised! I stand by my original review. AVOID this woman if you have a small garden as she is clearly only in business to make money and not help people or even to provide a professional service. PS A list with "ongoing maintenance advice" is an absolute joke. This list didn't even include details about the eventual size of the plants or even include any pictures!
Sunday 3rd October 2021

Sandra & Glen Mackay
4 Star
Last year we commissioned Sam to completely redesign our garden, which needed to incorporate retaining walls, circular steps, two patio areas and a water feature. After a couple of visits and a few tweaks we had the design we wanted. Once the landscape work had been completed Sam came back to discuss the planting plan, incorporating our ideas with hers. She planted the garden at the beginning of March and although it is early days yet we are very pleased with the results.
Monday 1st April 2019

Jane Preston
5 Star
In 2015 this team made me the most fabulous garden out of what was a real wreck. They had to clear the site, plan the design with me, layout the design which involved paving, pebbles, fencing and borders along with plants shrubs and many bulbs. The finished result, after around 7-10 days and now 2 years of growth is the most beautiful garden ever with fabulous flowers to cut and bring in to the house and give away. I cannot believe how hard they worked. I would thoroughly recommend them and have passed on their names to my friends. The end result was so beautiful and peaceful. Well done Samantha and Graham.
Sunday 21st January 2018

Karen Easter
5 Star
Absolute first class service from design to completion. Samantha was thorough, diligent and very patient throughout when dealing with a couple who really had no idea where to start. The result has transformed our garden into a beautiful contemporary space we could only have dreamed of! We would not hesitate to recommend her work to others
Sunday 7th April 2019