This sloping clay-soil garden was transformed into a wildlife-rich family landscape designed for year-round beauty, natural drainage, outdoor living, and long-term resilience. At EWSP Consultancy, every garden begins with understanding how people want to live within their landscape. This concept design was carefully developed following an in-depth consultation with the client, focusing on creating aContinue reading “London Garden Design: Natural Solutions for Sloping Gardens & Clay Soil”
Category Archives: Case Studies
Regenerative Luxury Landscape Design for an Amalfi Coast Villa
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”
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”
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”
Cerritos, California Garden Design
Cerritos has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate with mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Average annual precipitation is about 12–14 inches, most falling November–March. The soil conditions are characterised by good drainage, modest natural fertility. There is a need for irrigation in summer, and occasional soil amendments (of organic matter) to boost water-holding capacity andContinue reading “Cerritos, California Garden Design”
Portugal Permaculture Design
This case study outlines my comprehensive permaculture plan for a riverside property close to Coimbra, in Portugal. The design aims to regenerate degraded areas, enhance food security, diversify land use, and create a resilient, ecologically rich landscape that supports both productive agriculture and long-term environmental stewardship. The project site features gently sloping terrain running downContinue reading “Portugal Permaculture Design”
Oregon Urban Permaculture Garden Design
The image above shows my design for a relatively small city garden in Oregon. At present, the area is neglected, with a small yard outside the back door of the property to the south of the space, and a scrubby, overgrown slope, gentle at first then becoming much steeper, up to a fence at theContinue reading “Oregon Urban Permaculture Garden Design”