Author: Chris

What Does It Take to Design and Build an RHS Award-Winning Garden?

Winning an RHS Gold Medal is one of the highest honours in British horticulture. Every year, the UK’s leading garden designers, landscapers and horticultural specialists compete at prestigious RHS flower shows, presenting gardens that push the boundaries of design, craftsmanship and innovation. Behind every award-winning garden lies months of planning, problem-solving, technical expertise and exceptional […]

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Garden Designer Near Me

Why Choosing a Local Garden Designer Is a Smart Investment If you’ve recently searched for “garden designer near me”, you’re probably looking for more than somebody who can draw up a planting plan. You want a garden designer who understands your local area, appreciates the character of your property and can create an outdoor space […]

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Autumnus and embracing the shift – Autumn Landscapes

With a long history of Roman traffic along this country’s roads – many of which they in fact built themselves at the time of togas and early trading routes – our landscape here in Britannia as we were once known is rich in Latin legacy. The Romans introduced our gardens and in turn kitchens to […]

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The Garden Design Philosophy of Tom Stuart-Smith: Blending Naturalism and Modernity

Tom Stuart-Smith is widely regarded as one of the most influential landscape architects and garden designers of our time, celebrated for his ability to weave naturalism with modernity in gardens that resonate with emotional depth and ecological sensitivity. His work, spanning private estates, public parks, and show gardens, reflects a thoughtful balance between structured design […]

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A Shared Vision: Tom Stuart-Smith’s Coastal Symphony in West Wittering

Tom Stuart-Smith is highly regarded and influential landscape architect. He is celebrated for his ability to weave naturalism with modernity in gardens that resonate with emotional depth and ecological sensitivity. Graduate Landscapes shares an enduring relationship with Tom. A partnership rooted in trust and shared commitment to crafting extraordinary landscapes that combine innovative hard landscaping […]

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5 Reasons why you should hire a professional garden maintenance service

For those fortunate enough to own a mid- to high-value property in the UK, a beautifully designed, expansive garden is often a crowning jewel. These spaces—whether featuring manicured lawns, intricate flowerbeds, or elegant water features—elevate the aesthetic and financial value of a home. However, maintaining such a garden to a standard that matches its grandeur […]

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Pteridomania – the fern fever

The Victorians were mad for ferns. Fern fever was a bona fide cultural craze during the early 1800s which united people from all demographic groups within society. Gardeners continue to welcome their fragile fronds as shady border bedfellows in our contemporary gardens. Back in the days of nineteenth century botany, with the arrival of improved […]

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Vegetable Growing

It’s time to get into your Spring planting rhythm as we’ve landed in April and now’s the time to get your hands on your beets and your beets in the earth. Whether that earth be in a container, the ground or inside a greenhouse, beets are very versatile, bulbous givers of oftentimes purple plenty and […]

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Maintenance Mowing, Making Lines While the Sun Shines

Enzo, Esther and Toby were maintaining lawns in one of our Surrey Gardens when we caught up with them recently at work. Enzo has been a core team member with us at Graduate Landscapes, running a maintenance team for two decades; he has a vast wealth or horti-knowledge and know-how and his colleagues wax lyrical […]

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The Knepp Wildland Project

The Knepp Wildland Project, is a re-wilding horticultural masterpiece located on a site of previously agricultural low Weald land near Horsham in West Sussex, is a leading light in the conservation movement, an experiment that has already produced astonishing wildlife successes in relatively few growing seasons. Initial rewilding at Knepp began in 2000 and the […]

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