​Horticulturist, landscape designer, garden curator, and permaculture practitioner.
Get in touch to see how we can help with your latest garden design or soft landscaping project. 
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Cut-Flower Herb Garden: Eryngium 'Picos Amethyst' compliments Lavandula angustifolia 'Hidcote', submersed in a prairie-like surroundings. An ecological garden with additional edible functions.
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Sub-Tropical Paradise Garden: A rain forest ecosystem observed and replicated in Fowey, with large leaves and contrasting forms.
Soft Landscaping - Garden Design - Permaculture
Gardens Of Eden takes on a range of projects, whether you need a master plan for a new landscape design or plant lists and planting plans for stunning borders. We aim to make each garden a paradise using appropriate garden design theory and Permaculture principles, tailored to the setting and needs of the client. Based in Fowey, Cornwall.
​"We have known Zac for 2 years. He is our gardener & garden designer at our property in Fowey.  
Along with the weekly maintenance of our garden, Zac single handily designed very specific and different planting plans for 2 of our large flower beds. He was also responsible for implementing his design plans, both in terms of ordering the plants and subsequent planting. We have been delighted with the results. 
Zac always pays careful attention to what he does. His design specifications are very thorough and thoughtful. Zac is very conscientious and honest, always checking that we are happy with his work and coming up with suggestions. He works very tidily, he turns up when he says he will and invoices precisely. We have found him to be extremely trustworthy. 
Zac has spent the past year successfully building up his own business “Gardens of Eden”. We have recommended Zac several times and would not hesitate to recommend Zac again either as a garden designer or for general garden maintenance work." 
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​Celia & Julian Allbut ​
Gardens Of Eden was founded by Zac Harris. His passion for horticulture, sustainability and food security led him to study a BSc in Horticulture (Garden and Landscape Design) from the Eden Project, achieving a 2nd Class degree. Zac also holds a Permaculture design certificate. His gardens have achieved 2nd place in 'Fowey in Bloom.' Zac has also delivered presentations on Edible Landscaping at the Cornwall Garden Society 'Spring Flower Show' and at the Eden Project.

Projects:
Specialising in; Edible Landscapes and Ecological Garden Design - Gardens Of Eden creates beautiful, nature inspired ecosystems that can produce food for humans as well as food and habitats for wildlife.  Each project is unique to the location, some can be seen below.
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No-Dig For Victory Garden: An Edible Landscape planted entirely with edible plants. The garden produces an abundance of sustainably produced, organic food as well as food and habits for wildlife. The garden also contains bug hotels and bird boxes.
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Woodland Wildlife Garden: Woodland themed ecological planting, combined with shade tolerant meadow mix, creating a harmonious merger between woodland and meadow habitats. The garden also contains bug hotels and native hedges.
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Arid-Succulent Garden: Inspired by the mountainous regions of Lesotho. The Arid-Succulent garden combines hardy succulents with an arid, rocky landscape. The rocks create a warm and dry micro-climate, by storing heat and increasing water run off. Contains hardy, edible cactus; Opuntia humifusa

Happy People
​"Zac has a wonderful combination of enthusiasm, plant knowledge, skill and care which he has used to great effect on our garden in Fowey. He has recently planned and planted a small area of woodland with native species, and is working to improve the planting elsewhere to encourage more wildlife into the garden. He works very hard and is as excited as we are by the improvements that he has made."

Liz and Malcolm Wall
"Zac Harris has tended and nurtured our rather wild cottage garden in Lostwithiel for about a year with knowledge and imagination and brought it under control. He has an eye for the architecture of plants and is scrupulously tidy. He has a real love of  plants and gardens and is a pleasure to work with. I cannot recommend him too highly.

Elizabeth Blishen​.
"Very good work  
Worked hard 
I will use again"
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​Mrs Morris
"Zac was great. Worked really hard and was very reasonably priced. Wouldn't hesitate to call on him again when we need more help on the garden. Would definitely recommend  to anyone."
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Tanya Millard
"We have known Zac for 2 years. He is our gardener & garden designer at our property in Fowey.  
Along with the weekly maintenance of our garden, Zac single handily designed very specific and different planting plans for 2 of our large flower beds. He was also responsible for implementing his design plans, both in terms of ordering the plants and subsequent planting. We have been delighted with the results. 
Zac always pays careful attention to what he does. His design specifications are very thorough and thoughtful. Zac is very conscientious and honest, always checking that we are happy with his work and coming up with suggestions. He works very tidily, he turns up when he says he will and invoices precisely. We have found him to be extremely trustworthy. 
Zac has spent the past year successfully building up his own business “Gardens of Eden”. We have recommended Zac several times and would not hesitate to recommend Zac again either as a garden designer or for general garden maintenance work." 
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​Celia & Julian Allbut 
"We have known Zac for over a year during which time he has been employed by us as a gardener and 
landscape designer. Zac was highly recommended to us by another employer and we have similarly 
recommended him to others. More recently he has also worked collaboratively with us on other 
business ventures.  
During the time we have known him he has been unfailingly courteous, enthusiastic, motivated, 
creative and an excellent problem solver.  He has a strong focus on providing excellent customer 
service, and he is a clear communicator who quickly builds, and sustains,  positive relations with 
customers and contractors. He works diligently and to high standards, taking great pride in what he 
achieves. 
We consider ourselves fortunate to know Zac and would have no hesitation in recommending him for 
employment."
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Dr Caroline Yates