Kitti Kovacs's bare feet on the pebbles of the shallow pond beside a pink water lily, seen from above
Water falling in three steps over granite boulders, with red hot pokers and alliums in front
The pool terrace with four sun loungers, the pergola and outdoor kitchen, and the Breeze House among the granite waterfalls behind
The dining table under the oak pergola, looking out over brick and flint raised beds to the paddock and the fields

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Gardens

Private gardens across Surrey and the Home Counties, and the show gardens behind the awards.

Private Gardens

Gardens designed for the people who live in them, across Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Kent, South West London and the wider Home Counties, with selected projects further afield.

Private garden · Surrey

Three Waterfalls

A one-acre family garden designed around water, nature and wellbeing

A one-acre family garden in Surrey designed around water, nature and wellbeing, with three waterfalls, an island Breeze House and a woodland sanctuary.

Size
1 acre
Build
6 months
Shortlisted
Pro Landscaper Project Awards 2026

See this garden

The Breeze House on its island across the pond, granite waterfalls on both sides and red hot pokers flowering at the water's edge

Private garden · Cobham, Surrey

A Garden Made for Entertaining

A contemporary family garden designed around entertaining, movement and year-round outdoor living

A contemporary family garden in Surrey made for entertaining: two porcelain terraces joined by a curving brick path, a pergola with an outdoor kitchen, and a generous lawn framed by deep borders and Himalayan birches.

Size
approx. 800 m²
Build
3 months

See this garden

The house and the pergola seen across the borders under an oak, with the sun low in the branches

Private garden · Redhill, Surrey

Challenge with a Slope

A Contemporary Hillside Garden Where Architecture, Nature and Practical Design Come Together

A steep, overgrown garden in Redhill, Surrey, transformed into a series of inviting outdoor living spaces, designed around a striking architectural extension, mature trees and beautiful four-season planting.

Size
150 m²
Build
7 months
Shortlisted
APL Awards 2025 · Pro Landscaper Awards 2024

See this garden

The garden seen from the lower lawn at sunrise, the brick path and stone steps rising between corten steel retaining walls to the timber-clad extension

Private garden · Surrey

A Shady Patio

A four-season retirement garden designed around light, planting, togetherness and sustainable garden care

A four-season retirement garden in Surrey built on two interlocking circles, moving from sunny prairie planting near the house to a woodland-edge garden beneath a mature pine.

Size
approx. 390 m²
Build
2 months
Completed
2022
Awarded
Designer of the Year, Silver Merit
Shortlisted
Pro Landscaper Awards 2023

See this garden

The steel pergola behind white roses, purple salvias and orange geums, framed by two standard harlequin willows under the pine

Private garden · Hampshire

Countryside Paradise

A tranquil Hampshire retreat where new outdoor living spaces sit naturally within the surrounding countryside

New outdoor living spaces for a Hampshire country home: a loggia, an oak-framed pool house, brick and flint raised beds, and fingers of wildflower planting with mown paths, all made to feel as though they belong.

Shortlisted
Pro Landscaper Project Awards 2026

See this garden

The mown lawn path running between wildflower beds to the long tiled-roof loggia, with the brick house beyond it

Private garden · Coulsdon, Surrey

A Family Retreat

A sloping family garden transformed into a playful, practical landscape with different places to discover

A steep, L-shaped family garden in Coulsdon turned into a journey between levels: zig-zag steps, a pergola on the foundation of the old shed, and a meadow play garden where an unused pond once stood.

See this garden

The terraced garden seen from the lower lawn, with steps rising through the brick retaining wall to the steel pergola and its seating

Private garden · Ashtead, Surrey

Garden Hideaway

A layered family garden in Ashtead, balancing everyday family life with the quiet, restorative journey to a private counselling studio

A multi-purpose family garden designed around privacy, movement and a calming journey through the landscape.

Size
approx. 400 m²
Build
4 months

See this garden

A timber arch over the path of the Garden Hideaway, with layered perennials, clipped box and grasses on both sides

Show Gardens

Built for RHS shows and BBC Gardeners’ World Live, where the ideas are tried at full scale.

Show garden · Sandringham, Norfolk

100 Sweet Summers

A celebration of the gardens, memories and simple pleasures that stay with us for a lifetime

An RHS Silver-Gilt and People's Choice show garden at RHS Sandringham 2026: an oak building of 400 recycled wine bottles, handmade macramé, a pondless waterfall and nostalgic summer planting, on 99 square metres.

Size
9 × 11 metres, 99 m²
Completed
July 2026
Awarded
RHS Silver-Gilt Medal · RHS People's Choice Award, Show Garden

See this garden

Wide view of the 100 Sweet Summers show garden at RHS Sandringham 2026 with colourful planting, water feature, macramé swing and oak garden building

Show garden · Birmingham, West Midlands

QVC's Reflective Retreat

A rainwater garden built around a waterfall, where the water that falls on the garden is the point of it

A Platinum, Best Commercial Garden and People's Choice garden at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025: a waterfall into a still pool, a sculptural glass water feature, and planting that thrives where water collects.

Completed
June 2025
Awarded
Temporary Installation Under £50,000 · Platinum Award · Best Commercial Garden · People's Choice Award

See this garden

QVC's Reflective Retreat show garden at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025, with the glass water feature, the waterfall and layered planting

Show garden · East Molesey, Surrey

ILLUSION 2050

Designed to inspire reflection

An RHS Silver Medal garden at Hampton Court 2025, in the Garden of Curiosity category: a modern courtyard that asks what a garden will have to be by 2050, planted for a drier climate.

Completed
July 2025
Awarded
RHS Silver Medal

See this garden

The ILLUSION 2050 courtyard garden at RHS Hampton Court 2025, with red lilies, alliums and eryngium through the planting

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