Rachel Birtwhistle Garden Design

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I designed this lovely little front terrace garden three years ago, and it’s so rewarding to see how it’s settled beautifully into its space.

So often, the focus is on the back garden - but the front is the space that welcomes you home e

This design focuses on zoning to create different experiences - dining, relaxing and working - while aiming to keep everything connected.

A generous lawn creates room to relax, play and get together. The terrace flows directly from the house making

I’ve been in my element pulling together this gorgeous planting palette for a part-shade garden.

In shadier spaces, lighter tones really come into their own. I’ve kept the colour palette quite restrained, focusing on creams, whites and s

One of the most important stages in designing a garden is the concept layout.

Before we get into planting plans or materials, the concept focuses on the structure of the space - how different areas connect and how my clients will move through and us

Building a dead hedge is a simple, natural way to reuse the stems, prunings, grasses and seed heads cleared during garden tidy-ups.

The material can be stacked between stakes to create a loose, living boundary that slowly settles and decomposes over