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Over the years we have gained experience with
a wide range of garden situations and many diverse clients. Being
located in south-east England allows us the opportunity to design
gardens set anywhere from the heart of London to the coast, from
downland to woodland, on free-draining chalky and acidic soils
to heavy wealden clay. Whilst much of our work is carried out
Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Kent, we also work in London and
nationally throughout the UK. Recent international projects include
gardens in France, Spain and California.
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Awards
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Media
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Acres Wild have been featured in a variety
of publications including The
Times and Sunday
Times, as well as magazines including Gardens
Illustrated (Acres Wild July/August 2001, Design
Showcase February 2002 and Inside Out May 2004), Landscape
Design, The Garden
Design Journal, Horticulture
Week, Water Gardener,
Ponds USA, Garden
Inspirations, Sussex
Life, The English Garden, Elle Decoration and House
and Garden (Directory of Britain’s 50 Leading Garden
Designers)
The directors along with various of their
designed gardens have also been featured on television in
the pioneer BBC series Gardens
By Design, the southern arts programme The
Pier and most recently The
Garden Makers.

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Publishing
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‘Creating
Garden Ponds and Water Features’ (HarperCollins
2001) was the first book authored, illustrated and
photographed by directors Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith:
'...This
is a book for the more creative gardener...who is
looking for the ideas and inspiration to introduce
something into their garden that is a bit different
from the norm...' RHS The Garden 2001
'...Treat
yourself to a visual feast in the pages of this lovely
book. As practical as it is stylish...' Ponds
Magazine USA 2002
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Acres Wild designed gardens and photography
have also been published in books including Contemporary
Water Gardens, The
Garden Book, Creating
Gardens with Atmosphere, John
Brookes Garden Masterclass and most notably The
Modern Garden Makers (Ward Lock 1999) and British
Landscape Designers and their Creations (Stichting
Kunstboek 2004) where a total of ten gardens, designed and
photographed by Debbie and Ian, are featured.
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… Roberts and Smith seem adept
at composing a series of interlocking spaces with linking
water features, while considering the more philosophical
elements of the relationship between a house and garden
and the wider countryside…’ Penelope Hobhouse, Gardens
Illustrated 2000

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‘...these
two have created some of the most successful contemporary
country gardens in England…’ Sally Court, The Modern
Garden Makers
Acres Wild were also profiled in the March
2005 issue of the Garden Design Journal - click
here to see this profile.
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