This is an early part of the concept work for a recent project that I have been working on – for a luxury villa project with steep terraces on the Amalfi Coast. This Villa is envisioned as more than a landscaped estate. It is conceived as a living Mediterranean landscape, one that restores, nourishes, andContinue reading “Regenerative Luxury Landscape Design for an Amalfi Coast Villa”
Author Archives: Elizabeth Waddington
Garden Valley, California, Regenerative Garden Design
The Garden Valley property is a rural residential site located in Garden Valley, California, within the Sierra Nevada foothill region. The landscape is characterised by gently sloping terrain, existing native woodland, and a mixture of open areas suitable for food production and family use. The site generally descends from the upper northern portion of theContinue reading “Garden Valley, California, Regenerative Garden Design”
Nigeria Permaculture Design: Water First Regenerative Design
This recent design integrates ecological restoration, sustainable agriculture, water harvesting, and community education within a productive landscape system. The objective of the project is to create a resilient land management model that combines food production, livestock systems, agroforestry, and community facilities while improving soil health, biodiversity, and water retention. A structured, site-specific design like thisContinue reading “Nigeria Permaculture Design: Water First Regenerative Design”
Caterham, Surrey, Garden Design
Above is a concept design I created recently for a client in England. The aim of this concept design is to create a garden that feels natural, abundant and inviting, while remaining practical and relatively low maintenance. The plan works with the existing characteristics of the site, particularly its slope, existing trees, and boundary hedging,Continue reading “Caterham, Surrey, Garden Design”
Saudi Arabia – Desert Permaculture
This permaculture design proposes a resilient, climate-appropriate land system for this 1-hectare desert site in central Saudi Arabia. The plan integrates water harvesting earthworks, windbreak establishment, drought-tolerant native tree systems, rotational grazing paddocks, and intensive food production areas supported by stored rainwater (underground cisterns) and greywater reuse. The design is specifically adapted to the harshContinue reading “Saudi Arabia – Desert Permaculture”
Forest Garden Design Goals: How to Build a Low-Maintenance, High-Function System
A forest garden should do more than grow food. It should also reduce your workload over time while improving the land. In this guide, we break down the key forest garden design goals that create a low-maintenance, high-function system built for long-term resilience. As a designer, I focus on two core outcomes when designing forestContinue reading “Forest Garden Design Goals: How to Build a Low-Maintenance, High-Function System”
Utah Native Plant Nursery Demonstration Garden
This project from late last year sets out to create a beautiful, welcoming, and inspiring native plant demonstration garden that celebrates the unique character of northern Utah’s native landscapes. The goal is to show how gardens and community spaces in the region can thrive with less water, fewer inputs, and greater ecological sensitivity while stillContinue reading “Utah Native Plant Nursery Demonstration Garden”
Ecosystem Restoration – Hope for a Damaged Planet
In environmentalism, we often focus on the damage that humanity has done and is doing to our planet home. But it is important to remember that as a species we also have the capacity to leave the world around us in a better shape than we find it. We have the power to alter theContinue reading “Ecosystem Restoration – Hope for a Damaged Planet”
An Introduction to Agroforestry
Contemporary farming faces a huge range of challenges. The urgent need to protect the soil, decarbonise, reduce pollution in all its forms, protect the wildlife on which we depend, adapt to our changing climate, and create more resilient agricultural systems means that radical solutions are required. Agroforestry provides many of the sustainable solutions we seek.Continue reading “An Introduction to Agroforestry”
What is Permaculture? Ethics, Principles and Practices for a Better Future
In an era marked by ecological crisis, climate emergency, and growing inequality, more and more people are searching for systems that heal rather than harm. Permaculture is one such system—a holistic, regenerative design philosophy that offers practical solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of our time. So what is permaculture? At its heart,Continue reading “What is Permaculture? Ethics, Principles and Practices for a Better Future”