Permaculture & regenerative landscape design
Land that works for generations.
I'm Elizabeth Waddington. I design productive, regenerative landscapes and the systems that shape them. At a range of scales, I work with people who want to shape and steward landscapes that work ecologically, practically, and for the long term.
Selected projects
Every design starts with the land in front of you.
Gardens, smallholdings, working farms and shared community land, across Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and beyond. Filter the full archive by scale, region or the systems involved.
Garden
Residential Garden Design
Farm & Agricultural
Regenerative Luxury Landscape Design for an Amalfi Coast Villa
Smallholding
Saudi Arabia – Desert Permaculture
Community & Shared Land
Utah Native Plant Nursery Demonstration Garden
Garden
London Garden Design: Natural Solutions for Sloping Gardens & Clay Soil
Garden
Garden Valley, California, Regenerative Garden Design
Farm & Agricultural
Nigeria Permaculture Design: Water First Regenerative Design
Garden
Caterham, Surrey, Garden Design
Services
Design and consultancy, matched to the scale of your site.
Every project inspires the same level of care and attention, no matter how large or small. Scope and deliverables can be tailored to meet your specific needs. Start with a strategy session to scope your project properly and receive a bespoke project proposal and quote.
Permaculture Garden Design
Remote permaculture garden design for private landowners who want clear, practical plans that suit their land, climate and capacity — from small urban gardens to larger residential sites.
- Land Strategy Session
- Concept Plan
- Full Design & Planting Plan
Regenerative Farm & Agroforestry Masterplanning
Helping farmers, smallholders and homesteaders create productive, resilient landscapes that meet their needs while also working in harmony with the natural world.
- Land Strategy Session
- Concept Plan
- Masterplan & Planting Plan
- Implementation & Phasing
Estate & Rural Business Masterplanning
Regenerative masterplanning for large estates and rural businesses, including resorts, glamping sites, campsites, guesthouses, event venues, garden centres and plant nurseries.
- Land Strategy Session
- Concept Plan
- Masterplan & Planting Plan
School & Community Garden Design
Design and consultancy for growing spaces for schools and communities, incorporating regenerative landscape and systems thinking for long-term success.
- Concept & Masterplanning
- Bespoke Education & Support
Land Stewardship & Landscape Consultancy
Advice and stewardship strategy for land trusts, legacy landholdings and long-horizon projects.
Read more →Approach
The systems behind the drawings.
Each of these runs through the archive. The numbers are live counts of built design work.
Water first
Swales, ponds, harvesting and drainage. On most sites water is the constraint that decides everything else, so it gets designed first.
See the projects → 82Forest gardens
Layered perennial systems that yield food with a fraction of the annual labour, tuned to your climate and soil rather than a template.
See the projects → 29Agroforestry
Silvo-arable and silvo-pasture systems that put trees into working farmland without taking the farm out of production.
See the projects → 34Restoration & rewilding
Bringing damaged ground back: soil, habitat and hydrology, restored with a realistic sense of how long recovery actually takes.
See the projects →How it works
From first conversation to a plan you can build.
Land Strategy Session
A focused online consultation. We discuss the site, your goals, and whether design work is the right next step at all.
Scope & proposal
I review the site in more detail, working from survey data, imagery and your questionnaire, then give you a clear, fixed quotation with defined deliverables.
Concept design
A high-level plan setting the overall layout, zoning and approach: where things go, and why they go there.
Refinement
We review the concept together and revise it against your feedback, budget and appetite for maintenance.
Final design & report
A detailed planting plan, full plant schedule and supporting documentation. Implementation planning, mood boards and additional visualisations are available as add-ons.
Clients
What people say once the plan is in their hands.
“With 20 acres of blank slate and some "wish list" items, she took years of learning, planning, and thousands of dollars in trial and error off our plates :) She gave us an obtainable vision!!! :) I AM HARD TO IMPRESS AND I AM BLOWN AWAY :)”Jessica20 acre mixed land use farm and garden project, Texas
“A great design from Elizabeth. The plan is detailed and included everything that I had specified in my design brief; there are quite a few things included that I didn't even think of! It makes the design that much more workable and functional.”GayenelFamily Homestead, Wisconsin
“Have worked with Elizabeth a couple of times for an ongoing project. She is passionate, highly skilled, creative, professional, and consistently under promises and over delivers. She brings vision to life on paper, balancing care for the desires of the customer with her knowledge of best practice. I cannot recommend Elizabeth enough, or have asked for a better experience in designing our dream permaculture garden.”AdrianSloping permaculture garden, London
“Working with Elizabeth is always a great experience. She has some fantastic ideas to bring to the table from her own vast experiences. I believe she offers a great service and is great value to your project.”Jack½ acre rural property, Shropshire, England
“OUTSTANDING design and horticultural knowledge that was applicable to the specifics of my project, even though I am in the US and she is in the UK. Quick turnaround, responsive, smart etc... great work, clearly very knowledgeable and expert in her field. The plantings are now growing in and the design was perfect. We will use E. again for our future projects.”MelissaHamptons estate revegetation project
“Elizabeth synthesized all the complex information surrounding our 270 acre mixed land project and made magic. I could see all the elements coming together and I could also finally see where I really fit in...”E. D.Vermont farm & community project
Start here
Thinking about your own site?
Book a Land Strategy Session and we'll work out the right approach before any design work begins.
- Explore your ideas and goals
- Identify opportunities and constraints
- Clarify the best direction for your land
- Outline clear next steps