About Us
Helen Young Horticulturist is based in Willoughby on Sydney’s leafy North Shore, and has been established since 1993. Our aim is to create beautiful and functional gardens that suit the needs of our clients. The business is a member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM) and Helen won the Plantscape Design Award in the 2008 AILDM Landscape Design Awards. For more information see www.aildm.com.
Specialising in garden renovations, we also offer garden consultations, design and a range of soft landscaping services,as well as supplying premium quality plants at competitive prices.
We pride ourselves on the quality of service and work that we provide. Nearly all of our work comes from word-of-mouth recommendations and repeat business. We return calls, turn up on time and keep our promises. References are available on request. Click on our testimonials page if you would like to read what some of our clients say about our service.
We are happy to do small jobs as well as large projects. Our experience in balconies, terraces, courtyards and semis is based on our belief that the smaller the space, the better it has to look. We are also experienced in landscaping around new and renovated houses, and in preparing properties for sale.
About Helen
Apart from running the business, Helen is one of the regular garden experts on 702 ABC radio's Saturday morning gardening program. She writes a weekly column in The Weekend Australian and is the Gardening Editor of Australian House and Garden magazine. She is also a regular contributor to Your Garden magazine.
She co-authored a book with Jennifer Stackhouse on form and foliage plants for Murdoch Books in 2004. Her first solo book, Balcony: Gardening in Small Spaces (Lothian Books) was published in 2005. Click here for more information about this book .
Helen hosted a garden tour to Spain and Portugal for the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in 2002. In 2005 she led a tour for The Australian newspaper to the gardens of Italy and England, and in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 led garden tours to France, England, Italy, Japan and Tasmania. In November 2010, Helen will lead a garden tour to New Zealand. The 2011 garden tour will be to Italy, visiting Venice, Florence, the Italian lakes, Locarno in Switzerland, the Cinque Terre and also London for the famous Chelsea Flower Show. For more information on this tour contact the travel agent Travelrite on 1800 630343 or www.travelrite.com.au.