Ground first.
Landscape architects for parks, rivers, streets and gardens. We design with soil, water and slow-growing plants — then give them time.
Water, soil, planting — in that order.
Water
Every drop that lands on site is traced, slowed and kept. Swales, ponds and wet meadows before pipes.
Layer 01 · HydrologySoil
Cut and fill balanced on site. We reuse excavated ground to shape the land instead of trucking it away.
Layer 02 · GroundPlanting
Native, layered and low-input planting that is designed to be managed, not mown into submission.
Layer 03 · Ecology
Species schedule, Tarnwater Shore Park.
Every scheme ships with a planting schedule. Red squares mark the months each species is at its best.
Three growing seasons later.
Our planting sketch for the lakeside grounds at Sollen, compared with the landscape in its third summer.
- Trees planted1,240
- Rainwater kept on site96%
- Mowing reduced−70%
What our landscapes did last year.
Trees and whips planted
Public landscape designed
Rainwater held on site
Native species specified
They moved almost no earth off site and yet the park feels completely reshaped. The meadow now floods on purpose, and the town loves it.
Anneli RaskParks officer, SollenParks, streets, schools and private gardens. Send a site plan and a few photographs.
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