Through design, installation and management of gardens in Cheshire, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire, and Cumbria I have seen how designs have taken shape years after they were implemented. My experiences have allowed me to build the following as core principles;
Design in Practice
How and when to use creative contemporary thinking and design
What is practical and what is not
How to give a garden a sense of place within its surrounding landscape
How to work with topography, light, materials, and aspect
How to build a clear dialogue with clients, suppliers, and contractor
Working with stone masons, metal sculptors, quarries, and nurseries
When to reuse materials and when to not
How to build resilience into a garden
The perspectives I have gained through working with clients, and the individual experiences of restoration, creative contemporary design, material use and long term management, have shaped the practice I can offer at Curve 21.
