Any space can be a garden.
We believe that everyone should have an outdoor space that they love to be in and where they feel connected with the magic of plants and nature - whether they have a huge space or a tiny one, and whether they have all the time in the world or just a few minutes a week.
With qualifications in horticulture and garden design, we’re here to help you imagine and create an outdoor space that is beautiful, sustainable, affordable and fun.
Why Space + Time?
A garden is a space in the world, but also an ever-changing moment in time.
It’s never finished, and never the same from one hour to the next.
By designing for both the space you have, and the time you can give it, we can create a garden that brings you joy every day.
Just a few unsolicited opinions.
Our design principles
Authentic materials
Materials in the landscape should be their authentic selves.
For example:
If it’s not a stone wall, don’t glue stone on it.
If it’s plastic, don’t pretend like it’s wood.
Reversible construction
Wherever possible, try to make things so that they can be taken apart and reused or put back into the landscape.
For example - avoid sticking things together with adhesives, over-using concrete when another firm base would do, and reinforcing concrete where it’s not really needed.
Local materials
Whenever possible, choose materials that don’t have to travel far. Re-use materials from the local community, buy from local brickmakers or quarries, and source wood from salvage yards or sustainable local plantations.
Apart from the sustainability benefits, the landscape will look like it belongs in the space it’s in.
Space for critters
Most gardens are occupied by people for a tiny part of the time. And even when we’re in them, they’re more joyful if there are skinks, bees, birds and other non-humans about.
It can be as simple as this: just stack up a few things in a promising spot and watch how much life appears.
“Right plant, right place” means that a lot of plants are wrong for your place.
If you live in a hot, windy spot by the coast, you can’t have a Japanese Maple. But there are plenty of lovely trees you can have.
If your garden relies on irrigation after the plants have been established, then you have the wrong plants. Start over.
You can only have Yuccas if you do a training course and sign a waiver.
And you can’t have an Agapanthus anywhere. Unless it’s a really fancy one, in which case some exceptions may be allowed.
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