Old Mill House
Site An old mill house in extensive grounds, with a ruined mill. Brief We’ll be working alongside the architects to resolve changes in level, renovate a swimming pool, frame the entrance to the house and create a sense of romance and wonder. Response / Design We have identified ways to position steps and entrances around […]
Garden Shaped by Memory
Site A long-established garden beneath Glastonbury Tor, rich with structure and history; with red brick walls, a collection of rare trees, follies and greenhouses, ponds and a grove of bananas. Brief To draw together three generous distinct landscapes into a coherent whole, while allowing the garden’s accumulated character to remain; for the clients and grandchildren […]
A Garden with ‘Rooms’
Site A city-centre constrained multi-level garden across many levels, that needs to create outdoor rooms for a high-end property. Brief To create a series of intimate spaces that feel generous despite their scale, with planting that is both romantic and enduring; to add value to the house; including two dining areas. Response / Design Our […]
Stepped Landscape
Site Our client is creating a once in a lifetime grand design renovation to make a contemporary timber clad home. Brief To respond to a bold architectural language with a landscape that balances structure and softness. Response / Design We are designed floating concrete steps that wrap around the house, tracing its edges and guiding […]
Sustainable Large Garden
Site A large setting around a barn conversion, outbuildings and extending into orchard and woodland. Brief To create a garden that is both low in maintenance and light in its environmental impact, with a sense of permanence and calm. Response / Design This project has been evolving for a number of years alongside a thoughtful […]
Garden for Living and Gathering
Site A compact sequence of front, side and rear spaces of an end terrace property. Each space needs to work hard for a young family. Brief To bring three distinct areas into a coherent whole, shaped around the rhythms of family life and the need for ease of care. The garden has several entrance points […]
Framing the Valley and Finding Privacy
Site A garden that wraps the house, open to the wider valley yet closely edged by its immediate surroundings. Brief We were invited into this garden, where the structure had already been set, to work with planting as a means of bringing cohesion and quiet resolution. Response / Design This is an ongoing project shaped […]
Flood Resilient Garden
Site To incorporate a piece of land purchased into the existing garden; taking into account annual flooding. We needed to develop a plan that would be incorporate flooding into the design and build. Brief We incorporated the new land into the existing garden, linked a new garden building and created a design that increased the […]
Low Maintenance Townhouse Garden
Site Grade-listed crescent townhouse house; with many levels to negotiate. Brief Our client is a property developer who wanted to create an elegant garden to suit the full renovating throughout the house. We needed the garden to resolve the changes in level, look great from inside the house, use site won materials and create a […]
Old Vicarage Contemporary Garden
Site The Old Vicarage sits beside a church in a village location; it had been renovated throughout with a glazed extension. Brief We worked alongside the builders extending the house to create a new garden which could be seen on both sides of a new extension. We needed to make the most of the views […]