The process is deliberately straightforward. Each stage resolves a different layer of the garden before moving into finer detail.
We begin with the existing conditions and the practical brief: how the garden is used now, what is frustrating, what must stay, what can change and what matters most.
The aim is to separate genuine priorities from a long wish list and identify the decisions that will shape everything else.
The plan establishes zones, circulation, thresholds, sightlines and scale. This is where a garden starts to feel resolved rather than simply filled.
Materials, planting structure and the balance between hard and soft landscape are developed around the chosen direction.
The final design direction is organised so that conversations with contractors, suppliers or planting specialists are clearer and more focused.