Garden Design Portfolio

A masterplan and design for a development of six new, high-end, coastal homes in Barton-on-Sea, near Bournemouth. The landscape has been sensitively designed to work in harmony with the Art-Deco style buildings. Our designs set out to anchor the new development to place – its coastal location. Water is a pervasive theme which is an […]

A series of gardens around an innovative property in Fulham Cemetery – the house is soon to be featured on Channel 4’s Grand Designs. The garden spaces required a sensitive treatment, a design which would enhance the bold, contemporary architecture whilst paying respect to the original Neo-Gothic building. To sit comfortably within its context a […]

A contemporary design for young working professionals in West Hampstead. This modest sized garden has been transformed to take advantage of the space and facilitate an outdoor living lifestyle. Two terraces have been created, one for al fresco dining and the other as a sun trap and place for evening drinks. The lawn extends the […]

A contemporary garden for a family in South London. As the children were growing up, the clients had reclaimed their outdoor space and wanted a garden in which they could entertain and unwind after a busy week at work. A large terrace with statement pots allows for al fresco dining whilst a generous sunset decking […]

The client’s brief for Long Barn was to create a world in its own right. A wellness retreat with a focus on connection with nature and personal development through yoga, meditation and eco-therapy activities. The retreat is to be entirely off-grid and sustainable at its core, with a contemporary feel. The 22 acre site is […]

The brief was simple – bold foliage and textural contrasts. Curvaceous borders are filled with tropical and architectural plants intermingled with grasses, ferns and a selection of hard working, flowering perennials. Feature walls allow for a play with light and shadow as the sun moves through the space whilst delivering a spatial divide between the […]

A naturalistic planting scheme for a roof terrace in Notting Hill. This space had to function on multiple levels – a space to relax, a place for entertaining and a somewhere which is looked out onto from within. The planting delivers year round interest with Spring bulbs and a host of high impact perennials / […]

A low maintenance planting scheme for a courtyard garden in Notting Hill. Bold foliage and form were used alongside architectural plants, such as the tree ferns, and contrasting fine textured grasses. A simple selection of flowering perennials were chosen to provide a long season of interest and to enhance the characterful boundary wall behind. Completion: […]

A family garden outside of Ascot which is enclosed by woodland. The design takes inspiration from the woodland streams which run alongside the property. A curvaceous, stained timber decking winds through the space and delivers the main landscaped elements – a generous terrace, pathway, seating and a vegetable garden. You journey through different environments as […]

An ultra low maintenance planting scheme for a front garden in Notting Hill. A matrix of grasses provides a textural carpet which gently sways with the breeze. A simple palette of flowering perennials and bulbs are interplanted amongst the grasses to provide a long season of interest from Spring through to late Summer. Yew hedging […]

A large London garden which needed to incorporate a football pitch for the children, a garden office, a large entertaining space and generous planting. The terrace allows for al fresco dining, substantial space for a BBQ and outdoor furniture. An evergreen hedge screens the games pitch from the terrace, affording privacy and defining the spatial […]

The future is green! We feel strongly that it is our duty to ‘green the grey’ of Britain. With the urban heat island effect increasing temperatures in our cities to record levels, it is so important to use our walls / vertical surfaces and roofs to accommodate planting. Here is a selection of some small, […]