The process
From everyday life to a landscape plan.
The process begins with your priorities and the conditions of the site. Scope and deliverables are agreed before detailed work begins.
Listen and observe
Describe the garden as it is now. Talk about the moments you want more of, the parts you avoid, and the practical constraints you know.
Shape the brief
Prioritise circulation, gathering, privacy, and planting. Establish what the design should solve and what is outside the agreed work.
Explore a direction
Use a plan and simple visual references to test a coherent spatial idea. Discuss the choices while they are still easy to change.
Resolve and hand over
Bring the agreed direction into the drawing detail needed for the next step. Confirm what belongs with the studio and what calls for a separate contractor or specialist.
How we think
Design for the whole year.
A garden changes in small increments. We use that movement as part of the design.
Rhythm
Repeat a useful idea
A few recurring forms can bring coherence without making every part of the garden identical.
Season
Make room for change
Structure holds a garden together while flowers, foliage, and light take turns in the foreground.
Care
Be realistic early
A garden works best when its maintenance needs fit the attention someone can give it.
Next / Start with the need
Tell us about
your garden.
Share the kind of help you need and a little context about the space. The sample brief guides you through the relevant questions.
Build a sample brief