Sustainability
in garden design

Nature connection brings enormous wellbeing benefits for us all, and ensuring that nature can thrive in our gardens delivers significant ecological benefit for our wider landscape and of our planet. Never has this been more important for nature, for the planet and for us as humans than right now.

Beautiful, timeless gardens which are built to last using natural, local or reclaimed materials are inherently more sustainable. Planting schemes which are site-suitable and include elements of biodiversity and wildlife habitat will establish more effectively and provide far better nature benefit. An emphasis on planting and softscape element will ensure that the best balance is achieved within any green space, plants are after all the key element for any real garden.

Rae's design approach involves consideration for sustainable choices and practices from concept right through to completion. Elements such as location, nature benefit, soil health, drainage, planting and carbon footprint are considered throughout the design process. While the choice of focus within these areas ultimately sits with the client, they all guide the design process from a core level.

A Sustainable Website?

Rae's commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship not only informs her garden design choices, it extends to decisions in other areas. This website was recently audited for its carbon footprint, as digital is of course also physical and the global internet that is now so integral to our daily lives uses huge energy resources. With this in mind adjustments have been made to this site and its carbon footprint has been reduced by half with an average CO2e per page view of 0.6 grams (0.35 grams for this page) – almost one-third less CO2e per page view than the global average.

As a sustainable practice flexible to client needs Rae offers video calls as an option alongside meetings on site. To book a site or Zoom consultation please get in touch.