• Edible Landscaping 
  • Exotic Garden Design 
  • Food Forests 
  • Ecological Design
  • Wildflower Meadows
  • Permaculture
  • Edible Forest Gardening
  • Wildlife Gardens
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Woodland Wildlife Garden: Woodland themed ecological planting, combined with a shade tolerant, wildflower meadow seed mix, creating a harmonious merger between woodland and meadow habitats. The garden also contains bug hotels and a native hedge.
Design Solutions for real world issues. Edible Landscaping and Ecological Design
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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.
Planting Design | Soft Landscaping | Permaculture
​Gardens Of Eden is a professional planting design, permaculture and soft landscaping business. Specialising in Edible Landscaping and Ecological Design. 
​We design and create beautiful green spaces with additional practical functions. All our gardens will benefit wildlife and some will also produce sustainably produced organic food. Mini Gardens of Eden in both domestic and public space settings. 
​"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. Zac wanted to start a planting design and soft landscaping business that creates bold exciting gardens that can also produce food sustainably and benefit wildlife. This was driven by Zac's passion for horticulture, sustainability and food security and after graduating with a BSc in Horticulture (Garden and Landscape Design) from the Eden Project, Zac founded Gardens Of Eden. Also holding a Permaculture Design Certificate, Zac was inspired by the concept of Edible Forest Gardening and combined this with conventional ornamental garden design theory to form a basis for Edible Landscaping. Ornamental gardens with an edible twist!
​Zac's gardens have achieved 2nd place in 'Fowey in Bloom.' He has also delivered presentations on Edible Landscaping at the Cornwall Garden Society 'Spring Flower Show' with TEVI and at the Eden Project.

Projects:
Each project is special to us and designed bespoke - After a site survey and establishing a brief, we create plant lists, elevations and planting plans tailored to each setting and the needs of the client. We aim for all our gardens benefit wildlife and some also produce sustainably produced, organic food. 
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Sub-Tropical Paradise Garden: Rainforest ecosystem observed and replicated in Fowey. Garden was created using the principle of Forest Gardening to create the aesthetic of an authentic wild rainforest. Inspired by Amazonian landscapes. Naturalistic, tropical and wild.
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Cut Flower-Herb Garden: Culinary herbs are combined with ecological cut flowers and grasses within prairie-like surroundings. An ecological garden with additional edible and practical functions. A favourite for bees and pollinators.
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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

"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 
"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 
​"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