Garden design · Surrey & Sussex · since 2001
Gardens designed by Ruth, planted to feel like they were always meant to be there.
Down to Earth Gardens is Ruth Beamont's design studio near Godalming — twenty-five years of turning bare plots, tired borders and blank new-build gardens into places families actually live in. A full design service from £1,295, or start with a 90-minute visit.
Designing gardens since 2001 · near Godalming
★★★★★ · 16 five-star reviews
Since 2001
designing gardens across Surrey
Design-led
survey, concept, planting & build co-ordinated
Ruth & her team
the same people, start to finish
From £1,295
full design service, clearly priced
What Ruth does
From a first visit
to a planted garden.
01
Full Garden Design
The complete design service — survey, scaled concept and a planted, co-ordinated garden. From £1,295.
02
90-Minute On-Site Consultation
A focused visit for direction and ideas, on the same afternoon. £125, deducted from your design fee.
03
Site Survey & Scaled Concept
The measured survey and scaled drawing that let you see the whole garden before you commit to it.
04
Planting Design, Supply & Installation
Borders designed for your soil and light, then supplied and planted — quoted separately from the design.
05
Landscaper Introduction & Co-ordination
Where a garden needs building, Ruth brings in a trusted landscaper and co-ordinates the whole job.
06
Seasonal Garden Maintenance
Three tidy-ups a year on new gardens, so young planting settles in and reaches its best.
In a client's words
“We moved into a brand new house less than 2 yrs ago. Had no idea what to do with the garden which consisted of a patio & grass. Found Ruth, who designed our garden to suit us, & she has done an amazing job. Our small garden is a riot of colour with trees, shrubs, grasses & flowers, & really has the 'wow' factor.”
★★★★★ — Sue Melvin, via Google
Recent work
Real gardens, in clients' words.
From patio and grass to the ‘wow’ factor
“Found Ruth, who designed our garden to suit us, & she has done an amazing job. Our small garden is a riot of colour with trees, shrubs, grasses & flowers, & really has the 'wow' factor.”
★★★★★ — Sue Melvin, via Google
Curvy borders, a garden transformed
“Ruth had lots of advice, adding curvy borders and now our garden looks totally different. Ruth and her team worked hard and would highly recommend them.”
★★★★★ — Angela Tomlinson, via Google
The most beautiful front garden
“We've been left with the most beautiful front garden that we couldn't be happier with… Ruth kept us updated throughout our landscaping journey with her.”
★★★★★ — Lydia Evans, via Google
A bare patch of turf, listened to
“From a bare patch of turf she really listened to what we wanted and came up with a lovely organic design. The landscapers she recommended did a lovely job on the patio and then Ruth came back to the planting.”
★★★★★ — Anna Ware, via Google
Independent · Godalming · Ruth Beamont
One designer, twenty-five years, and a team clients come back to.
Down to Earth Gardens is Ruth Beamont — a garden designer who has been drawing, planting and shaping gardens across Surrey and Sussex since 2001. She works the way a designer should: a proper survey, a scaled concept you can see before anything is dug, planting chosen for your soil and light, and a landscaper introduced and co-ordinated so the whole garden lands as one piece of work.
Clients describe it best. One had “no idea what plants would grow well” until Ruth arrived “with lots of ideas” and added the curvy borders that changed everything. Another moved into a brand-new house with nothing but “a patio & grass” and now has a small garden that is “a riot of colour… and really has the ‘wow’ factor.” Every one of Ruth’s Google reviews is five stars, and “start to finish” is the phrase that comes up most.
How it works
A visit, a design, a garden.
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A 90-minute visit
Ruth comes to the garden, walks it with you and listens to how you want to use it. You come away with ideas and honest direction the same afternoon. The £125 consultation fee is deducted in full if you go on to a design.
02
Survey & scaled concept
Ruth surveys the plot and draws a scaled concept design — borders, levels, sight-lines and structure worked out on paper before a single spade goes in, so you can see the whole garden before you commit.
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Planting, build & co-ordination
Planting is designed, supplied and installed to suit your soil and aspect. Where a garden needs hard landscaping, Ruth introduces a trusted landscaper and co-ordinates the work — one point of contact for the whole project.
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Kept looking its best
New gardens are given three seasonal tidy-ups a year, so the planting settles in and reaches its best rather than being left to fend for itself the moment the design is done.
Twenty-five years
Ruth has been designing and planting gardens across Surrey and Sussex since 2001 — the experience that turns “no idea what would grow” into a garden that looks like it was always meant to be there.
One designer, start to finish
Survey, concept, planting and the co-ordination of any build — all held by the same person. Clients describe being “kept updated with calls, messages and pictures throughout.”
Every review is five stars
All 16 of Ruth's Google reviews are five-star — but it's the words that matter more than the number: “5* just doesn't even come close.”
In their words
Dedicated, knowledgeable, and asked back.
“Ruth came with lots of ideas to how she could work her magic and she did. My garden has been transformed into a lovely place where we will enjoy for a long time. I had no idea what plants would grow well in my garden and Ruth had lots of advice, adding curvy borders and now our garden looks totally…”
“I couldn't recommend Ruth enough, 5* just doesn't even come close! We have had an amazing experience with her (& her wonderful team of ladies) from start to finish, and we've been left with the most beautiful front garden that we couldn't be happier with. Ruth is extremely dedicated, hard working…”
“Ruth was fantastic. We did not think anything would grow in our tired rear garden and we also needed help in the front of the house. Ruth gave us the confidence to have our garden redesigned. From transforming our flower borders and to bringing colour into our garden. Both Ruth and her lovely team…”
“Ruth did a brilliant job designing our new build garden. From a bare patch of turf she really listened to what we wanted and came up with a lovely organic design. The landscapers she recommended did a lovely job on the patio and then Ruth came back to the planting. We're delighted with our new…”
Where Ruth works
Godalming based, designing across Surrey & Sussex.
From a base near Godalming, Down to Earth Gardens designs and plants gardens across Guildford, Cranleigh, Shalford, Bramley, Elstead, Woking and into West Sussex. Clients from villages right across the area have Ruth back for the next border, the next bed, the next stage — the testimonials read like a map of the district.
- Godalming
- Guildford
- Cranleigh
- Shalford
- Bramley
- Elstead
- Woking
- West Sussex
Thinking about your garden?
Start with a 90-minute visit — £125, deducted from your design if you go ahead.