Layered green planting and tall grasses along a narrow gravel path in a sheltered ridge garden
Portrait of Elin Marchetti, garden and planting designer

Pearl Ridge Garden Studio

Elin Marchetti

Garden & Planting Designer

I design gardens for windy ridges and thin soil — planting that still reads well in February and holds its shape through a dry August.

Email Elin Describe your garden

Studio visits and site walks across the Pearl Ridge valley and the coastal townships.

Diary open for the spring planting window — taking four masterplans this season.

Selected work

What I take on

  1. Garden masterplans

    A measured survey, levels and a light study, then a staged plan you can build in one season or across five.

  2. Planting design

    Species chosen for exposure and soil depth, set out as a schedule your nursery or contractor can order straight from.

  3. Courtyard & terrace renewal

    Small footprints handled properly: paving falls, edge details, screening and one or two specimen trees.

  4. Handover & aftercare

    A pruning calendar, a watering year, and a walk-through with whoever keeps the garden going after me.

Enquiries

Tell me about the site

Every enquiry gets a reply, usually within a few working days.