JWGreatGardens
A Suffolk garden and brick house covered in flowering wisteria

JWGreatGardensquality gardening & design

Thoughtful gardening and planting in Ipswich and across Suffolk, from Joanna Weaver — bringing life, colour and joy to gardens, balconies and small outdoor spaces.

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what I offer

Four ways I can help

Take the whole journey or just one part of it. Whether your garden is a blank canvas, a well-loved border or a tiny balcony, everything starts with a good conversation about your ideas, the conditions and what you can comfortably spend.

01

Garden consultations

An unhurried chat about your space, ideas and budget, using photos, magazine inspiration and plant pictures to find a shared direction.

02

Planting design

Planting ideas and plant lists shaped around your space and conditions — right plant, right place, with room for ideas to evolve.

03

Planting & sourcing

Plants sourced to suit your budget, then planted in areas, borders, pots or hanging baskets — a little colour and life at any scale.

04

Garden care

Return visits arranged to suit you: fortnightly, monthly, twice yearly or as needed, with a fresh look at progress and planting gaps.

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kind words

What customers say

Jo has transformed our garden from a wilderness into a lovely cottage garden. She is always coming up with new ideas, works incredibly hard and has kept it looking lovely all year round. It is enjoyed and loved by all the family.
Suffolk garden client · Name withheld

gardens in bloom

Previous work

Gardens designed, planted and cared for across Suffolk — generous country borders, gravel front gardens, spring bulbs and quiet corners in between.

A timber-framed barn covered in yellow climbing roses above a border of white roses and scabious
A country garden border full of blue forget-me-nots, silver foliage and spring flowers
Purple alliums and euphorbia in a deep border beside a pantiled barn
Apricot and white roses around a large terracotta jar by a brick cottage door
Pink lupins and purple alliums in a cottage border in front of a greenhouse
A long clipped border of alliums and euphorbia beside a paved terrace
Purple alliums and acid-green alchemilla flowering beside a lawn
Raised timber beds of soft perennial planting around a lawn and garden shelter
A dense summer border of magenta penstemon, white umbels and grasses
A wisteria-covered pergola over a seating area with red-leaved shrubs
A brick house covered in flowering wisteria above a paved seating area
Gravel planting with purple verbena, red flowers and ornamental grasses
A raised bed of silver foliage, pink peonies and alliums beside a timber shelter
A border of blue forget-me-nots, purple heuchera and yellow flowers against a brick wall
A formal rill and lawn in front of a long brick house and pantiled outbuildings
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garden transformations

Before & after

The same garden, photographed as the work progressed — so you can see exactly what changes.

The front garden before work began: bare, compacted soil beside the house and drivewayBefore
Bare ground, no structure and nothing to hold the eye.
The same front garden after landscaping, with timber edging, gravel and young shrubsNewly planted
New timber edging, gravel and young planting going in.
The finished front garden with purple verbena, grasses, heuchera and a pale sculptureAfter
Grasses, verbena and heuchera settled in, with a sculpture as a focal point.

One front garden in Suffolk, from bare ground to established planting. More transformations will be added as Joanna photographs current projects.

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