Muswell Hill Garden Design
Mindful gardens tailored to your needs.
We take your ideas and suggestions on board and discuss what the most suitable options are for your project and your budget.
It is essential for us that our clients get the best possible experience and achievable results.
Gardens should serve the purpose that you need the most.
We are based in North London, Muswell Hill, and serve Highgate, Hampstead, Crouch End, Finchley and adjacent areas.
3D Images for a garden in Muswell Hill.
Projects big and small are welcomed. From planting design to a full garden renovation.
If you need a landscaper to build your dreamed garden we could recommend our preferred ones.
Maintenance or after care garden advice could also be arranged.
It is important to us to transform your outside space while supporting the environment, welcoming biodiversity and considering sustainability to contribute towards healthier lives.
If you have any building materials that would like to incorporate in your design, we will consider the best opinions and uses for them and share our ideas with you.
Our services
Garden design
The design process :
1. It starts with a garden visit to find out more about your preferred planting style, your garden uses and plant choices. Then, we create a brief with all this information.
2. After that, your garden is surveyed (measured)and we asses the site (site analysis).
3. We start to shape the garden look visualising materials and plants through mood boards. This is how the concept for your garden is being shaped.
4.Then an initial sketch and design development follows after the client’s feedback.
5. Finally, you would get a presentation plan, planting plan and aftercare plan, if required.
Considering aesthetics, practical and technical aspects, we create a layout and a planting plan for your outside space.
We provide an initial consultation to create a brief that allows to tailor your garden to your specific requirements.
Urban courtyard garden.
Planting design
Considering textures, colours, form and site conditions we create a combination of plants to suit your garden style and your preferences.
It could be a new planting scheme, or just refreshing an existing one.
The planting can be done in the same style and just invigorated, or could be completely different.
Consultations
We arrange a visit to your garden, and have a relaxed talk about how to help you transform your ideas into objectives. We aim to add clarity to what your project and budget can achieve.
30 to 40 mins.
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Whether you would like a different layout to suit your needs best, or a private space to relax and recharge, we can help you. Let’s get started.
Case study
It all begins with an idea, building a garden with sustainability at the core.
The brief
Create a low-maintenance garden for a rental flat by reusing existing and reclaimed materials where possible.
As this is a private garden with access to a large communal lawn, no further lawn was required.
The planting should make the clients feel immersed, and there should be a seating area, space for a shed and a water feature.
N10 Sustainable Project.
Before:
The old concrete slabs were either reused (as a base for the shed) or broken down and incorporated as a sub-base for the paving, as were other pieces of concrete that were under the slabs.
All of the fences and the gate needed to be replaced. We used FSC wood fencing and local tradesmen.
The gravel in between the slab joints was discarded from an allotment and recovered by the landscaper, then washed and reused in this project.
Reclaimed sandstone for paving in hues of red to offer continuity with the red brick in the property façade.
Some of the big slabs were cut into planks and laid asymmetrically for a sense of movement towards the central space.
Permeable joints to facilitate rain percolation were filled with the reclaimed gravel. Corten steel was used as it offers longevity and has a rusty red that matches the scheme.
We installed some pipes to guide the irrigation system hoses under the paving for aesthetic and practical reasons.
Below is the new layout and the newly planted borders. We used small size containers for the planting, as a more sustainable and cost effective option. We added some climbers, tall shrubs, herbaceous perennials, some bulbs and a tree (left hand side below). These will get established and develop a stronger root system as they grow.
Carbon sequestration is higher while the tree is young and growing, so if you are happy to start with a small tree, you will see it developing and, in time, it will give good shade.
The final product is a garden that creates a central space for relaxation and privacy. It also serves as a passage, leading to access of a big communal lawn at the back.
There is a space reserved for a water feature, a shed and a raised bed that could be used to grow some vegetables. It is clean, easy to maintain, and offers food and habitat for wildlife, more and more so as it grows and develops.
After: