Bespoke Garden Design Portfolio
Bespoke garden design for country houses and substantial homes across Yorkshire, the North East, and the East Midlands. Each project below sets out the design intent, the response to the site, and the relationship between the garden and the property it belongs to.
We take on a small number of commissions each year, working alongside architects, landscape contractors, and clients from concept through to completion.
A garden for a period brick farmhouse on the outskirts of York, designed to sit easily between the existing house and the open fields beyond. The design unfolds across a series of distinct zones. A contemporary timber garden room, a sheltered terrace for dining, a built outdoor kitchen set into a brick wall, and quieter seating spaces tucked into the planting. A naturalistic perennial scheme of Salvia, Liatris, Nepeta, and ornamental grasses carries the planting through the seasons and softens the boundary between the garden and the surrounding countryside.
A naturalistic garden in the Vale of York where a perennial prairie planting scheme meets modern linear hardscaping. Grasses and perennials in yellows, oranges, and purples blur the boundaries between the garden and the surrounding meadows, drawing the wider landscape into the design rather than fencing it out. Salvia, Cirsium, Euphorbia, Echinops, Sesleria, Calamagrostis, and Rudbeckia work together to create a planting scheme that comes alive in evening light. The design balances softness with structure, giving the garden a contemporary edge while keeping it rooted in its rural setting.
A garden for a country house near Helmsley, designed to sit comfortably between the property and the wider landscape of the Howardian Hills. The design extends the house outward through a series of distinct spaces. A garden room and dining terrace form the heart of the entertaining area, a swim spa sits within its own framed enclosure, and a quieter seating space at the back of the garden is positioned to catch the evening sun. Naturalistic planting threads through the scheme, framing each space and softening the architectural edges, drawing the surrounding landscape into the design.
A garden design for a Victorian home in Mapperley Park, Nottingham, balancing formal structure close to the house with a softer, more naturalistic landscape beyond. Productive raised beds, brick paving, and pleached fruit trees form a semi-walled garden with strong ties to the period architecture, while the main garden opens out into a more relaxed space shaped by curved gravel paths, layered perennial planting, a wildlife pond, and informal seating. Natural materials and a restrained palette allow the planting to take centre stage, creating a garden that feels rooted in its setting and considered in its response to the architecture.
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Gregson-Brown Design takes on a small number of commissions each year, working alongside architects, landscape contractors, and clients across Yorkshire, the North East, and the East Midlands. To discuss a project, please get in touch.