Design

Every landscape we design begins with a sensitive response: to our clients, to place, to architecture, to the natural world. From this we shape atmospheric, abundant places that are heightened versions of nature itself. Through considered design, these frame and amplify the setting, rather than compete with it.

Awards and Accreditations

2025

House & Garden’s Top 50 Garden Designers

House & Garden’s Top 50 Garden Designers

2025

Pro Landscaper, Sustainability and Biodiversity Garden Design Studio of The Year

Pro Landscaper, Sustainability and Biodiversity Garden Design Studio of The Year

2024

RHS Chelsea Flower Show: RHS Feature Garden

RHS Chelsea Flower Show: RHS Feature Garden

2024

Society of Garden & Landscape Designers Awards

Society of Garden & Landscape Designers Awards

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2024

Spear’s Home & Design Index - Best Landscape Designers

Spear’s Home & Design Index - Best Landscape Designers

2023

RHS Chelsea - People's Choice Award Winner

RHS Chelsea - People's Choice Award Winner

2023

House & Garden - Garden Designer of the Year Rising Star Category

House & Garden - Garden Designer of the Year Rising Star Category

2023

RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Silver Gilt Award

RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Silver Gilt Award

2022

Society of Garden & Landscape Designers Award Winner

Society of Garden & Landscape Designers Award Winner

2021

Society of Garden & Landscape Designers Award Winner

Society of Garden & Landscape Designers Award Winner

2020

Pro Landscaper ‘30 under 30’

Pro Landscaper ‘30 under 30’

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Regular tutor at the London College of Garden Design, Kew Gardens

Regular tutor at the London College of Garden Design, Kew Gardens

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Guest Speaker on Planting Design and Environmental Design

Guest Speaker on Planting Design and Environmental Design

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Pre-Registered member of the Society of Garden Designers

Pre-Registered member of the Society of Garden Designers

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London College of Garden Design, Kew Gardens - Top Student Award

London College of Garden Design, Kew Gardens - Top Student Award

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Scholarship to Study Garden Design at the London College of Garden Design, Kew Gardens

Scholarship to Study Garden Design at the London College of Garden Design, Kew Gardens

Recent Press

2025

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - The Eden Project

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026 - The Eden Project

2024

Financial Times – multiple features

Financial Times – multiple features

23-24

House & Garden - multiple features including 2023 Rising Star Garden Designer Award

House & Garden - multiple features including 2023 Rising Star Garden Designer Award

23-24

BBC One & BBC Gardeners' World Features

BBC One & BBC Gardeners' World Features

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23-24

Country Living - multiple features

Country Living - multiple features

23-24

The Times - multiple features

The Times - multiple features

23-24

Daily Telegraph - multiple features

Daily Telegraph - multiple features

2024

Gardens Illustrated - multiple features

Gardens Illustrated - multiple features

2024

BBC News - multiple national and local features

BBC News - multiple national and local features

2024

BBC Radio - multiple national and local features

BBC Radio - multiple national and local features

2024

Homes & Gardens

Homes & Gardens

2023

The Guardian, The Observer - multiple features

The Guardian, The Observer - multiple features

2023

BBC One, BBC London & BBC Radio

BBC One, BBC London & BBC Radio

2023

The Independent - multiple features

The Independent - multiple features

2023

Evening Standard

Evening Standard

2023

Waitrose Weekend

Waitrose Weekend

2023

Country Homes & Interiors

Country Homes & Interiors

2022

Grand Designs ‘Dulwich Estate’ Garden Feature

Grand Designs ‘Dulwich Estate’ Garden Feature

2021

Channel 4’s ‘Grand Designs ‘SW London’- Designed the garden that features in this episode

Channel 4’s ‘Grand Designs ‘SW London’- Designed the garden that features in this episode

Harry Holding

Harry has a deep connection with the natural world, having grown up in a family of horticulturists. He trained with designers, landscape contractors and nurseries across the UK and Australia before founding Harry Holding Studio in London in 2016.

Recognised among House & Garden's Top 50 Garden & Landscape Designers and Spear's Best Landscape Designers, he has shown multiple gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show: the People's Choice Award in 2023, a Feature Garden in 2024, and a 2026 commission with the Eden Project. Alongside teaching at the London College of Garden Design at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he is the author of Eat Your Garden (Chelsea Green, May 2026) and one of ten designers selected for the British Library's landmark publication Gardens of the Future.

Design team

Alex

Alex

Senior Designer

After a successful career in sound design working on some of the best film and television, Alex followed a long-held passion into landscape and garden design. A childhood in the Scottish Highlands instilled a deep love of plants that continues to shape his work. Senior Designer at HHS since 2020, Alex takes a lead role on many of the studio's projects. He has a passion for planting design, and enjoys travelling to see plant communities in the wild.

Amy

Amy

Ecologist

Camilla

Camilla

Studio Manager

Chloë

Chloë

Designer

Growing up exploring the parks and hidden wild spaces of London, Chloë’s background in Fine Art naturally led her to combine an artistic eye and a deep love of nature with a career in Garden Design. She brings a curiosity and care for connecting with people, understanding place and bringing a space to life through that relationship. With experience at Landscape Architecture practices and out in the field as a gardener, Chloë joined HHS in 2025.

Matt

Matt

Senior Landscape Architect

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