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Featured in the November issue of @houseandgardenuk 🌿
A closer look at how we designed our Woodland Glade Sanctuary in Hilversum.
Set within a wooded landscape, the garden was designed to feel deeply connected to its surroundings. Meandering gravel paths lead through generous, naturalistic planting, while mature trees create a strong framework and sense of enclosure.
New layers of planting bring texture, movement and seasonal change, softening the boundaries between the designed garden and the woodland beyond. Along the way, framed views and quieter moments create a sense of discovery as you move through the space.
Over time, the planting has become increasingly immersive, allowing the garden to settle naturally into its setting and develop its own character. ✨
📽️🌿 @generatiealles
#woodland #hilversum #landscapearchitecture #gardens #nature
To design a garden for spring, you often need to start thinking about it in autumn. 🌷🍂
While the landscape around us is changing colour, as designers we are already looking several months ahead.
Autumn is the time to plant many spring-flowering bulbs, adding another seasonal layer to the garden. Rather than thinking about each season separately, we design planting as a succession of moments, considering what will emerge next and what will eventually take its place.
Three of our projects show how differently bulbs can be used.
At Woodland Glade Sanctuary, areas of lawn that receive little use in early spring are transformed into carpets of flowers for a few weeks.
At A Garden of Sequences and Seasons, bulbs emerge throughout the planting and across the wildflower meadow, bringing early colour before the meadow reaches its peak later in the year.
And at A Chiswick Hideaway, bulbs are combined with sculptural elements and pots, adding seasonal interest to more intimate garden spaces.
Different approaches, but the same principle: a garden should offer something to discover in every season. 🌿
So, if you’re thinking about spring, now is the time to start planting!
Here are 10 of our favourite bulbs and tuberous plants for interest across the seasons:
1. Tulipa ‘Ice Stick’
2. Cyclamen hederifolium
3. Allium sphaerocephalon
4. Chionodoxa forbesii
5. Eranthis hyemalis
6. Fritillaria meleagris
7. Fritillaria uva-vulpis
8. Galanthus elwesii
9. Leucojum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’
10. Narcissus poeticus
Which ones are you planting this autumn? 🌱
#bulbs #springbulbs
📸 @kate_shyian @garymorrisroe @alistergthorpe
We’re delighted to see our Woodland Glade Sanctuary in Hilversum,NL featured in the November issue of House & Garden 🌿
Surrounded by nature reserves, the garden was designed to feel connected to the wider landscape, creating the sense of moving through a woodland edge rather than a conventional residential garden.
Meandering gravel paths weave through generous planting, creating a sequence of spaces that feel informal, immersive and closely connected to the surrounding landscape. At the rear, the landscape was reshaped into a softer slope, creating a stronger connection between the house and garden and leading towards a natural swimming pool and sauna.
The planting was designed to feel layered and natural, framing views from the house while allowing the garden to settle into its surroundings and evolve through the seasons ✨
Thank you to @houseandgardenuk @clarefostergardens for featuring the project, to @carolinebeckwriter for the writing, to @eva_nemeth for beautifully capturing the garden 📷 and to our clients who believe in our vision. 🥳🌿
A garden shouldn’t have just one best season. 🍂❄️🌱☀️
Our New Beginnings: Church Barn project was photographed throughout all four seasons, allowing us to see the same landscape continually changing.
Here are 10 plants we love for the way they bring seasonal interest, texture, movement and structure throughout the year:
1. Aster cordifolius ‘Little Carlow’ - soft clouds of late-season blue flowers.
2. Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ - strong vertical form and lasting seedheads.
3. Sesleria autumnalis - fine texture and fresh green foliage.
4. Sanguisorba ‘Cangshan Cranberry’ - elegant flower spikes and gentle movement.
5. Phlomis russeliana - architectural form and sculptural dried flower heads.
6. Sporobolus heterolepis - airy movement and beautiful autumn colour.
7. Stipa ichu - light, feathery texture and movement in the wind.
8. Sedum ‘José Aubergine’ - dark foliage and rich late-summer flowers.
9. Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’ - a long flowering season and upright blue-purple blooms.
10. Verbena hastata - slender flower spikes, vertical structure and long seasonal interest.
In winter, the planting becomes quieter and the underlying structure of the garden comes to the fore.
For us, planting is never about creating one perfect moment. It is about considering how different layers emerge, disappear and take over from one another as the seasons change.
Over the next few posts, we’ll look more closely at how we design with seasonality - from planning spring interest in autumn to leaving seedheads standing through winter.
A garden is never static, and that constant change is part of what makes it so interesting. 🌿
📸🌿 @alistergthorpe @garymorrisroe
👷🏻♂️🌿 @shootsandleaveslondon
🌿🌿 @leongardens
#garden #landscapedesi̇gn #plants #barn #essex
We’re very happy to share that three of our projects have been shortlisted for the SGLD Awards 2027! 🌿✨
- Woodland Glade Sanctuary - Hilversum, NL 🇳🇱
- Future Plants Landscape - Lisse, NL 🇳🇱
- Where Indoors Meets Autumn - London, UK 🇬🇧
It’s wonderful to see three very different projects recognised this year, each with its own character, setting and planting story.
We’re also excited that all three projects are eligible for the People’s Choice Award 🥳
If you have a favourite, we would love your support. Explore all the shortlisted projects and cast your vote via the link in our bio.
Voting closes 31 October 2026.
A big thank you to all our clients, collaborators, contractors and everyone who helped bring these gardens to life. 🌿
The winners will be announced at the SGLD Awards ceremony on 5 February 2027.
@future.plants @shootsandleaveslondon @garymorrisroe
We’re over the moon to share that our practice has received two prestigious awards from the @perennialplantassociation at this year’s National Symposium in East Lansing, Michigan! 🌿✨🇺🇸
🏆 Category III - Residential - Landscape Design Award of Excellence
Woodland Glade Sanctuary, Hilversum, The Netherlands 🇳🇱🌿
🏆 Category VII - Public Horticulture - Landscape Design Award of Excellence
Future Plants Landscape: A Botanical Innovation Hub – Lisse, The Netherlands 🇳🇱🌿
The recognition for @future.plants is especially meaningful as it celebrates the strength of collaboration. We would like to acknowledge the vision of the owners, Gerrit and Hein, for bringing together an exceptional team. Their initiative led to a design collaboration with @pietoudolf , who provided the initial sketch, our design studio, developed the layout further and master planning, and @deltavormgroep , who oversaw the contractor and the implementation on site. It has been a privilege to contribute to this remarkable project.
Congratulations to all the participants and fellow winners of the PPA Awards 2026. It is inspiring to see so many projects promoting beautiful, sustainable and biodiverse landscapes. Together, they demonstrate the positive impact that thoughtful landscape design can have on people and nature.
A heartfelt thank you to @perennialplantassociation for this wonderful recognition. 🌿✨
📸 @garymorrisroe
#PPA2026 #LandscapeArchitecture #LandscapeDesign #PlantingDesign #gardens
Endless planting possibilities at one of our gardens @future.plants ✨
We’re exploring new varieties, testing thoughtful plant combinations, and finding fresh inspiration for planting schemes that evolve beautifully through the seasons at the Future Plants Trial Garden.
Every visit offers new ideas and a deeper understanding of how plants grow together over time. 🥳
📸 @garymorrisroe
