Elmfield Garden Design

Elmfield Garden Design is a landscaping business established in 2011. Jo McCreadie is the founder and designer. McCreadie worked as a Landscape Architect and Project Manager in the public and private sectors from 1995. She studied Applied Biology at Hull University, obtaining a BSc(Hons), and attended Sheffield University for Landscape Architecture, gaining a Post Graduate Diploma and MA.

McCreadie designed the Marshalls Paving award-winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden in 2018 and made guest appearances on the television programme 'Phil Spencer - Secret Agent'. Elmfield Garden Design provides design, implementation and project management services to private individuals, including Sketch Design, Master Planning, Planting Plans, Construction Detailing, Tendering / obtaining quotes and Project Management.

Elmfield Garden Design, based on Kenton Road in Gosforth, splits opinion sharply between those who worked directly with Jo on completed projects and those whose jobs stalled before reaching that stage. Positive accounts describe balconies, patios and full garden redesigns carried out to a high standard, with praise for Jo's knowledge of planting schemes and attention to detail once a design moved into the build phase, often delivered by an experienced contracting team used on repeat projects. Clients who reached this stage mention thorough initial consultations and designs that matched or exceeded what had been discussed.

However, other reviewers describe long delays in getting a project started, citing repeated changes to start dates and a lack of follow-up communication over several months, with one account referring to a year lost waiting on contractors. A further complaint concerns an initial enquiry that was never returned. These experiences point to inconsistency in project management once a design has been agreed, even where the design work itself was well received. The business operates limited hours later in the week, including a short Saturday slot between three and six in the afternoon, and is closed on Sundays.