Planting the Seed
The Craft Behind the Beauty: Inside our Recent Work with RX Architects
Craft
The Garden Landscapers teamed up with award winning RX Architects to deliver planting design and hard and soft landscaping to this architectural gem on the Sussex coast.
Estate Tree Protection – Construction Detail for Garden Designers
Design
For an upcoming project where TGL are planting an orchard on a 60 acre meadow restoration, we have produced this tree protection detail. Having been approved by designer Jo Thompson Garden Design, we're now sharing it as a downloadable pdf. file
The Craft Behind the Beauty: Inside our Recent Work with Nicholas Dexter and Lewes District Council
Craft
Newhaven’s public spaces are beginning to tell a new story. Through thoughtful planting, resilient design, and collaboration between designers, local authorities, and contractors, a once-industrial town is redefining how its public realm looks—and feels. In this Q&A, Guy McQueen, Regeneration Project Manager for Lewes District Council, Landscape Designer Nicholas Dexter, and Managing Director of The Garden Landscapers, Stuart Leppard discuss the thinking behind Newhaven’s planting schemes, the challenges of delivering landscape projects in complex urban environments, and how small interventions can build long-term pride and identity.
Shaping the Industry: Materials That Tell the Stories of Place, Tradition and Resilience
Craft
Sweet chestnut has earned its place in the landscape. Coppiced, cleft, and used for generations, it offers strength without chemicals and longevity without compromise—an enduring example of how traditional materials can meet modern environmental needs. Craftsman Olly Moses joins us to share his hands on experience as a coppice worker and maker.
Tree Planting (for Garden Designers)
Design
A step by step guide to planting trees
How to Lay Reclaimed York Stone (for Garden Designers)
Design
A step by step guide to setting out and installing reclaimed York Stone
Top Talent: Experienced Recruits Raise the Bar
News
The Garden Landscapers are now offering technical design and expertise
Preparing Unbound Sub-Bases (for Garden Designers)
Design
A step by step guide to setting out and installing unbound (granular) sub-bases
Preparing Sub-Grades (for Garden Designers)
Design
A step by step guide to preparing ground to build on
Rocks, Time, Iguanodons and Walls
Of all the material stuff of the earth – flesh or liquid, wood, light, ice, bone, foliage, flower or hair – rock is what remains of things past. A giant, cracking library of the universe’s history, scattered, broken, chipped, but still staying true to its origins.