Private Gardens – Seed Landscape Design

We specialise in creating life-enhancing, beautiful public spaces, private gardens and commercial landscapes of all sizes, designed to benefit people, plants, and the planet.

Manor Barn

Somerset, England

Manor Farm is a private garden project in Somerset. Our brief was to bring together a disjointed series of outside spaces to create a naturalistic and wild-looking garden.

This lush garden is at the heart of the landscape, lying between the house and the old barns. The owners are keen gardeners so the landscape continues to evolve and has been gradually populated by sculptures, which adds to its unique feel.
Hidden House

PEN Y BRYN, TREBETHERICK

Hidden House is a magically secluded home located on the leeward side of the north Cornish coast. Surrounded by agricultural fields and cut off from the hustle and bustle of the seaside, the house is tucked into the earth with the bedrooms positioned on the lower ground floor.

There are a number of different types of Cornish walls surrounding the site in various states of being colonised by nature. These provided inspiration for materials and planting. The hard landscape was kept to a minimum around the house and mown paths provided access into the wider landscape, creating a soft, naturalistic experience that lives up to the house’s name.
Langridge

Somerset, England

Langridge is a former farmhouse overlooking a valley just north of Bath, containing echoes of past agricultural structures and the surrounding colours and textures of old hedgerows and meadows. The series of garden rooms were designed to create a seamless transition between the interior and exterior spaces and ensure that the garden contributes to the overall flow of the landscape around the house.

Two floating terraces hover over a wild, native meadow, providing far-reaching views and integrating the house into the rural context. A ground floor central courtyard acts as an extension of the contemporary kitchen with its simple, formal lines and is continued outside with veil planting and a calming water feature. Finally, a first-floor roof garden is designed to flourish in a lightweight growing medium just 300mm deep.
Field House

Cotswolds AONB

Field House is a private residence set within a rural, agricultural landscape on the northern edge of Icomb, a Cotswold village located two miles south-east of Stow-on-the-Wold in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. An example of a Paragraph 84 project (NPPF, December 2024), it’s a new, sensitively designed home of exceptional quality that will enhance its surroundings.

Marking our first collaboration with Loyn + Co Architects, our aim was to integrate the house with the landscape, bringing nature into and over the building. We worked closely with an ecologist, seeking to transform the existing site from a neglected and damaged landscape to a place of high ecological value. Our design introduced native meadows that seamlessly merge with the more ornamental garden spaces around the building, connecting with the native woodland at the entrance and creeping along the boundaries.