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Gardens in gravel, sun, and colour.

A selection of Mediterranean-inspired planting, gravel paths, and outdoor spaces designed to thrive through dry summers and wet winters.

Chichester

Gravel and Sand garden

Three island beds use locally sourced sand as a planting medium. Stone and gravel paths and terraces are nestled within the planting, with some grasses and herbs encroaching into the gravel, blurring the boundary between beds and paths and creating a scented, immersive experience.

A lush Mediterranean gravel garden with outdoor dining and purple flowers

Sunlit view through pleached trees and an olive tree towards a glass-walled house with potted planting

Purple salvia, achillea and grasses seen through birch trunks in a sand bed

Overhead view of euphorbia and oregano growing in a sand bed

Olive tree over a decked terrace with dining table and pots

Sandstone paving winding through pleached hornbeam and dry planting

Lavender and scabious along a deck edge with clipped hornbeam behind

Backlit fennel, gaura and salvia spires in evening light

Fennel and purple salvia catching low sun beside a gravel path

Planting elevation showing layered perennials, grasses and shrubs for the gravel and sand garden

Deep burgundy scabious flowers rising above soft green foliage in afternoon light

Chichester

Self seeded border

Early Primulas, Daffodils, Tulips and Camassias give way to Foxgloves, Euphorbia, Alliums and Forget-me-nots by early June. Stipa, Deschampsia and Anementhale grasses are emerging between them. This border self seeds itself and requires minimal maintenance.

Self-seeded spring border with foxgloves, euphorbia and birch trunks beside a timber-clad house

Magenta foxgloves rising through grasses and euphorbia in a gravel spring border

Lush shady border planting with foxgloves, ferns and rich green foliage

London

Shady courtyard garden

A project for a tiny shady courtyard garden with an Eastern influence as the client used to live in Japan. The garden is carefully designed to give interesting views from the two overlooking windows throughout the year.

Elevation drawing of the courtyard showing bamboo, ferns and foxgloves beneath a mature pine

Annotated planting plan for the shady courtyard garden

South-East London

Mediterranean garden

The Client wanted a garden that reminded them of their holidays in the South of France. The design recreates the “Garrigue”, the semi wild beautiful landscape of the Mediterranean.

Hand-drawn aerial illustration of the garden masterplan with cypress, terraces and kitchen garden

Colour masterplan drawing of the Mediterranean garden layout

Planting elevation showing grasses, salvia, achillea and eryngium

Garrigue planting structure with olive tree, fennel and gravel underplanting

Visualisation of the entertainment terrace with dining table and water bowl

Seasonal flowering calendar for the garden plant palette

Garrigue planting elevation with olive trees, shrubs and flowering perennials

House of Commons

New garden for relocated House of Commons

A garden for MPs next to a temporary Parliament building while the Palace of Westminster is restored. A place for them to decompress, relax and also have meetings in a beautiful setting.

Whitehall Green masterplan drawing for the relocated House of Commons garden

Overall aerial view sketch of the Whitehall Green garden

Planting elevation for the 'undecided' lobby border

Planting themes board for the Whitehall Green garden