Architectural Landscapes

 My grandfather served as Head Gardener to Lord and Lady Cranborne — their formal title, of course, being Lord Salisbury. It was a post of great expectation and precision: immaculate lawns, flawless vegetable gardens, and — on occasion — even the newspapers hot-pressed and delivered upstairs.

In those early days, he walked the grand walled gardens beneath ancient trees, a quiet steward of beauty and order. That love of land and living things was passed first to my mother, who wandered those gardens by his side as a child, and then to me — in our own humble garden at home.

It was there, in that modest patch of soil, that my grandfather taught me my first Latin plant names — long before I’d mastered my times tables. I didn’t know it then, but those gentle lessons would shape the course of my life.

Years later, I trained as an arborist. Trees became my study, my skill, my centre. But the calling grew. As we began building homes and remodelling others, my love for trees — and for windswept, untamed landscapes — found its place in every design.

At Brackett Contracting and now Brackett Developments, we don’t simply build homes. We shape environments. Every garden we create is intentional — curated with ornamental grasses, sculptural forms, and the grounding permanence of architectural concrete.

Because for me, it all began with a garden gate, a grandfather’s hand, and a legacy of care that continues to guide everything we do.

Scott Brackett | AbbeyLeix, Ireland