LandscapeDesignUK was founded in 2012 by landscape architect Fiona Hughes and ecologist David Grant, who shared a passion for melding artistic garden design with rigorous environmental principles. Beginning with a small studio in Oxfordshire, we have grown into a nationally accredited practice with regional hubs in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast. Our multidisciplinary team includes chartered landscape architects (CMLI), award-winning planting designers, soil-science specialists, and skilled installation crews—each committed to excellence in every detail.
Over the past decade, we’ve developed a unique six-step design methodology that ensures each project harmonises aesthetics, function, and ecology. It all begins with an immersive site-analysis: soil profiling, microclimate mapping, and biodiversity surveys uncover each site’s hidden opportunities and constraints. From there, we co-create vision boards and concept sketches with clients, weaving together cultural context, lifestyle needs, and ecological goals. Detailed 3D visualisations and hard-landscape mock-ups allow you to walk through your future garden, refining materials, lighting schemes, and planting palettes before construction begins.
Our planting designs champion native and climate-resilient species—from Scots pine and heather in the Highlands to lavender and wildflower meadows in the southeast—supporting pollinators, improving soil health, and reducing irrigation demands. Rain-harvesting cisterns, permeable surfaces, and swales mitigate flood risk and recharge groundwater. We source reclaimed York stone, sustainably felled oak, and recycled composites to minimise embodied carbon and champion circular-economy principles.
Education, collaboration, and community are woven into our ethos. We host seasonal “Garden Lab” workshops at demonstration sites—covering topics such as tree-planting, soil regeneration, and wildlife havens—and we partner with schools for edible-garden programmes. Annual “Living Landscapes” symposiums convene clients, academics, and conservationists to share innovations in green infrastructure and biodiversity enhancement.
At LandscapeDesignUK, success is measured not just in beauty but in ecological uplift, long-term resilience, and the joy our gardens bring to families, communities, and wildlife alike.