We approached Mark Goddard following a recommendation from friends. We were after something different from the standard garden of hedged English Box and lawn that seems to be favoured for new gardens in our area. We wanted native plants to bring colour, native animals, birds and butterflies to our new garden. Mark was able to provide a design layout that met these requirements, being generous with his time by setting up several meetings during the process. He has a professional knowledge of garden design, recommending trees of a certain height after taking into account our block orientation and our future house extension. He has a particular talent with colour combination of plants due to his photography background. He was flexible with changes and very easy to deal with and provided detailed professional drawings and also information to maintain and care for the garden into the future.