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London Garden Design: Natural Solutions for Sloping Gardens & Clay Soil

This sloping clay-soil garden was transformed into a wildlife-rich family landscape designed for year-round beauty, natural drainage, outdoor living, and long-term resilience. At EWSP Consultancy, every garden begins with understanding how people want to live within their landscape. This concept design was carefully developed following an in-depth consultation with the client, focusing on…

#clay soil garden design #ecological landscaping #family garden design #landscape design London #London garden design #London permaculture #permaculture garden design #rain garden design #sloping garden design #sustainable garden design

Regenerative Luxury Landscape Design for an Amalfi Coast Villa

This is an early part of the concept work for a recent project that I have been working on – for a luxury villa project with steep terraces on the Amalfi Coast. This Villa is envisioned as more than a landscaped estate. It is conceived as a living Mediterranean landscape, one that restores, nourishes, and evolves with time. Designing regenerative luxury landscapes for villas, castles, châteaux…

#Amalfi coast #ecological design #estate design #estate masterplanning #forest gardens #garden terraces #landscape design #luxury landscape design #Mediterranean landscapes #permaculture design #regenerative design #terraced landscapes

Garden Valley, California, Regenerative Garden Design

The Garden Valley property is a rural residential site located in Garden Valley, California, within the Sierra Nevada foothill region. The landscape is characterised by gently sloping terrain, existing native woodland, and a mixture of open areas suitable for food production and family use. The site generally descends from the upper northern portion of the property toward the house and lower…

#California garden design #california permaculture #forest garden #forest gardening #landscape design #permaculture #permaculture design #regenerative garden design

A recent regenerative masterplan for a site in Nigeria focused on a water-led design approach. By understanding how water moves through the landscape, I designed a system that supports long-term productivity, resilience, and soil health. I work with clients worldwide on similar projects.

#agroforestry #hydrology #land use planning #landscape design #masterplanning #nature #permaculture #permaculture design #ponds #regenerative design #remote design #sustainability #swales #water management

Caterham, Surrey, Garden Design

Above is a concept design I created recently for a client in England. The aim of this concept design is to create a garden that feels natural, abundant and inviting, while remaining practical and relatively low maintenance. The plan works with the existing characteristics of the site, particularly its slope, existing trees, and boundary hedging, rather than significantly altering them. The…

#England garden design #environment #forest garden #garden #garden design #gardening #landscape design #nature #permaculture #permaculture design #permaculture garden #sloping garden #sloping garden design #Surrey garden design #sustainability

Saudi Arabia - Desert Permaculture

This permaculture design proposes a resilient, climate-appropriate land system for this 1-hectare desert site in central Saudi Arabia. The plan integrates water harvesting earthworks, windbreak establishment, drought-tolerant native tree systems, rotational grazing paddocks, and intensive food production areas supported by stored rainwater (underground cisterns) and greywater reuse. The design…

#arid permaculture design #desert permaculture #desert regeneration #dryland agriculture #greening deserts #permaculture #permaculture design #regenerative landscape design #saudi arabia #sustainable land design

Forest Garden Design Goals: How to Build a Low-Maintenance, High-Function System

A forest garden should do more than grow food. It should also reduce your workload over time while improving the land. In this guide, we break down the key forest garden design goals that create a low-maintenance, high-function system built for long-term resilience. As a designer, I focus on two core outcomes when designing forest gardens: Low maintenance (a system that doesn’t depend on…

#agroforestry #food forest design #forest garden design #forest gardening #garden #gardening #landscape design #low maintenance garden #nature #orchard design #organic garden #permaculture #permaculture design #sustainability #sustainable landscape design

Utah Native Plant Nursery Demonstration Garden

This project from late last year sets out to create a beautiful, welcoming, and inspiring native plant demonstration garden that celebrates the unique character of northern Utah’s native landscapes. The goal is to show how gardens and community spaces in the region can thrive with less water, fewer inputs, and greater ecological sensitivity while still offering colour, interest, and a strong…

#flowers #gardening #native plant garden #native plants #nature #organic garden #organic gardening #permaculture #permaculture design #pollinators #sustainability #sustainable #Utah permaculture #water-wise garden #wildlife-friendly garden

Ecosystem Restoration - Hope for a Damaged Planet

In environmentalism, we often focus on the damage that humanity has done and is doing to our planet home. But it is important to remember that as a species we also have the capacity to leave the world around us in a better shape than we find it. We have the power to alter the world around us in positive as well as negative ways, working in harmony with nature to restore ecosystems around us. UN…

#afforestation #community #conservation #ecosystem restoration #environment #environmental rehabilitation #environmentalism #habitat restoration #hope #indigenous knowledge #reforestation #rewilding #UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration #wetland restoration

An Introduction to Agroforestry

Contemporary farming faces a huge range of challenges. The urgent need to protect the soil, decarbonise, reduce pollution in all its forms, protect the wildlife on which we depend, adapt to our changing climate, and create more resilient agricultural systems means that radical solutions are required. Agroforestry provides many of the sustainable solutions we seek. Designs that combine trees with…

#agriculture #agroecology #agroforestry #agrosilvopastoral systems #farming #food forests #food production #hedgerows #permaculture #permaculture design #regenerative agriculture #riparian planting #shelterbelts #silvo-arable #silvo-pasture

What is Permaculture? Ethics, Principles and Practices for a Better Future

In an era marked by ecological crisis, climate emergency, and growing inequality, more and more people are searching for systems that heal rather than harm. Permaculture is one such system—a holistic, regenerative design philosophy that offers practical solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. So what is permaculture? At its heart, permaculture is a design system rooted in…

#garden #gardening #nature #organic garden #organic gardening #permaculture #permaculture design #permaculture ethics #permaculture for beginners #permaculture principles #regeneration #sustainability #sustainable #what is permaculture

Cerritos, California Garden Design

Cerritos has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate with mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Average annual precipitation is about 12–14 inches, most falling November–March. The soil conditions are characterised by good drainage, modest natural fertility. There is a need for irrigation in summer, and occasional soil amendments (of organic matter) to boost water-holding capacity and…

#California garden design #california permaculture #garden design #landscape design #permaculture #permaculture design #sustainability #sustainable #water-wise garden

Setting SMARTER Goals for 2026

Happy New Year! Back to work and ready to go, I am excited to work on more permaculture projects over the year to come. From home gardens to farms, community projects to regenerative rewilding schemes, I am excited to discover more amazing people, places, and projects over the coming months. This is a time of year when many of us (myself included) are setting goals for the future. As a new year…

#environment #gardening #goals for 2026 #nature #permaculture #permaculture design #regenerative design #setting goals #small and slow solutions #smarter goal setting #smarter goals #sustainability #sustainable design

Portugal Permaculture Design

This case study outlines my comprehensive permaculture plan for a riverside property close to Coimbra, in Portugal. The design aims to regenerate degraded areas, enhance food security, diversify land use, and create a resilient, ecologically rich landscape that supports both productive agriculture and long-term environmental stewardship. The project site features gently sloping terrain running…

#agroforestry #ecosystem restoration #food forest #forest garden #landscape design #market garden #permaculture #permaculture design #portugal permaculture #riparian planting #silvo-arable

Oregon Urban Permaculture Garden Design

The image above shows my design for a relatively small city garden in Oregon. At present, the area is neglected, with a small yard outside the back door of the property to the south of the space, and a scrubby, overgrown slope, gentle at first then becoming much steeper, up to a fence at the north of the site. Having just purchased the property, my clients wish to create a functional space that…

#city garden #city landscape design #garden design #permaculture #permaculture design #slope #small food forest #small garden #small garden design #terraced garden design #terracing #urban garden #urban garden design #urban landscape design

Surrey Garden Design - Permaculture Design for a Wildlife-friendly Space

For many gardeners, it is a priority to welcome local wildlife into the space. The clients in this case were no exception, as the primary goal for the garden design shown above was to create a space that was as wildlife-friendly as possible. Food production was a secondary though also important goal. The clients appreciate their relatively large garden plot, and want to ensure that they use…

#eco-friendly #food forest #forest garden #garden design #landscape design #permaculture #permaculture design #wildlife friendly garden #wildlife friendly garden design #wildlife pond #wildlife-friendly

Southwestern Australia Agroforestry Design

The design above is my initial concept plan for a property in the Margaret River Region of Southwestern Australia. The Margaret River region in South-West Western Australia has a mild, maritime-moderated Mediterranean climate, defined by warm, dry summers and cool, wet winters. Summer temperatures are warm but rarely extreme due to constant ocean influence, while winters remain mild with most of…

#agricultural design #agroforestry #agroforestry design #agrosilvopastoral systems #farm design #food forest #food forest design #garden #gardening #glamping site design #health #native plants #nature #permaculture #permaculture design #silvopasture

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