Design Services

  • Garden & Landscape Design

    For those that want to transform their outdoor space, Zoe offers a garden and landscape design service. This is perfect for those that want to evolve the layout, add features and improve the look of their outdoor spaces. From town courtyards and small family gardens to multi acre estates, she will work sensitively with you to create and then realise a beautiful and practical place.

    Zoe loves collaboration and happily works directly with private clients and/or with architects, property developers, interior designers and estate managers.

    To minimise stress and boost the results for her clients, Zoe takes a hands on approach during each stage of the project.

    For more information about the design process and what is involved, click here.

  • Planting Design

    For those happy with the size and shape of their planted areas, but don’t like the plants within them, Zoe offers a complete planting design service.

    Here Zoe will work with you to create a personalised planting design that is beautiful to you and ecologically minded for your site. Once the design is finalised, Zoe will source the plants and her planting team will install the design for you. After the plants are in, you will be supported to establish the plants well with a bespoke care guide for your garden.

    Other plant support services are available and are tailored to your requirements.

FAQS

  • For design work we provide you with a bespoke estimate, based on your site, project requirement and our studio hourly rate, after an initial site visit.

    To upgrade to the complete service, where we oversee the garden build and source plants and objects at preferential rates, we charge a percentage of the overall construction budget.

    Planting installation work is estimated based on the design you settle on and the maturity of the plants you require.

    For more information about the costs of hiring a garden designer we recommend this 2023 article in Ideal home.

  • Costs to build a new garden vary enormously depending on the site, what you need and your final material choices. As an initial very rough guide, quotes from contractors registered with reputable trade bodies within Greater London show that - depending on your access - currently you could expect to pay minimum of £500-£600 plus VAT per square metre. In rural areas or those with better access to the garden and space for a skip, this might fall to £300-400 plus VAT per square metre for hard landscaped areas, or less in larger open areas. Broadly speaking for planting design we recommend clients plan £150-200+VAT per square metre for a professional job.

    There are of course a multitude of non monetary benefits in the way your new garden will enhance your daily life, but in addition to that research by Foxtons estate agents suggests that investing between 4% and 10% of your house price in a well thought out garden can create an uplift in house value of 20% .

  • Yes, of course. Our services are bespoke to your needs so if you would like to evolve only part of your space that is an option.

  • Yes. For those wishing to manage the build themselves, or plant their own garden, we offer a ‘design only’ service.

    For this service we will estimate a design fee based on the project requirements.

  • We mainly design gardens and plant schemes across London, Surrey, Berkshire and North Hampshire

    If you live outside these areas and would like us to design your space, do get in touch and we can see how we can help you.

  • Project lengths vary depending on the scope of works, third party lead times, supply levels and whether or not planning is needed. However the process, from initiation, to get a new garden designed and installed takes at least 6 months. To get new planting designed and installed, takes at least 3 months from initiation to the plants being in.

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