Our new Horatio’s Garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland is now complete and the spring bulbs are beginning to work their magic. Many of the patients and their families and friends will be here for many weeks, if not months, so we have worked hard to ensure that the planting changes with the seasons so that every day feels different in the garden and that there is always plenty that is new to enjoy. We believe that Biophilic design – or bringing people up close with nature and natural materials is essential for healing spaces.  From the cedar in the pergola and pavilion to the clay water chu ..read more

These massive Yorkshire stone boulders will be part of the Mediterranean Garden that has been designed for the walled garden at Beningbrough in North Yorkshire.   We were on site to see that work is progressing well with the walls ready to clad in locally sourced York stone and the pool base is in place. This part of the garden was most recently laid out to lawns, but now it will become a place to wander among Mediterranean plants while listening to the gentle sound of water. Andy’s design has created views and cosy corners for visitors to enjoy, while there is plenty of new seating and ..read more

Approval for the development was given by RBKC in January for the new development at Newcombe House. The new development  includes offices, residential, recreational and retail spaces. Andy Sturgeon Design is responsible for the public realm areas and Andy Sturgeon Design is also responsible for the green roofs and landscaped terraces on the new buildings which will further increase biodiversity in the area and will offer shading, privacy and a green haven to improve the health and wellbeing of staff and residents of the buildings. The area is bounded by Notting Hill Gate to the nort ..read more

Andy Sturgeon Design scooped the top prize for Garden of the Year at the Society of Garden Design Awards 2024 for the Roof Gardens at Battersea Power Station which the judges called ‘A quite extraordinary piece of work. The endeavour, scale of work and creativity are fantastic and the execution is beautiful.’ The gardens also won Best Roof Garden Award. Andy also won the Best Hardscape Award for Hob House Court which gained praise as ‘An extremely sophisticated piece of design demonstrating the value of green in a small space.  Incredibly confident but beautifully restrained, the hard lan ..read more

Andy Sturgeon Design wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Our offices are closed for the Christmas break from Monday 25th December 2023 through to Monday 1st January 2024. The picture is an imagining of snow on one of our award winning Battersea Power Station roof gardens that have won the GRAND PRIZE at the 2023 National Landscape Awards and are shortlisted for the Society of Garden Designers Awards 2024 ..read more

The rooftop gardens at Battersea Power Station have won the prestigious Grand Prize at the National Landscape Awards 2023 which are organized by the British Association of Landscape Industries. Already a principal award winner in its category of “regeneration scheme over £500k”, the project also won the top prize across all the categories and was won by Willerby Landscapes who built and maintain the gardens. The judging panel said: “The statistics on this incredibly impressive project illustrate both its complexity and the high levels of project management and technical and horticultural skill ..read more

High up in the South Downs, we are creating a garden for a new eco home. This site is the most exposed we’ve ever worked on. You only have to look at the landscape here and you instantly see how it is ravaged by the strong winds that can rip across the hills. So our garden is hunkered down behind flint walls in terraces that have been carved into the chalk hills.     We have just planted the prairie garden avoiding any taller grasses or perennials that might fall victim to the wind, but this is experimental for us and we will see how our plants progress. Our trees are Crataegus – hi ..read more

Andy and his team travelled to Belfast this month to place thousands of plants at the new Horatio’s Garden that they are creating at Musgrave Park Hospital. The 1,800m2 of grounds at the Belfast hospital will become and healing and social space be used by patients and families of the spinal cord injuries unit all year round. Since many of the patients will be at the hospital for stays of several months, the design and plants have been chosen to give year round interest and variety. There will be spring bulbs and bright colours in summer. The trees have been chosen for year round interest with ..read more

1 golden lane, city of london terraces and roof garden, public realm status: planning permission granted role: full service client: Castleforge size: 650 m2 115, 000 sq ft of sustainable office space that includes offer integrated urban greening with over 7,000 sq ft of terraces and roof gardens. The refurbished building will see 1 Golden Lane transformed into a net zero operational carbon space that will target BREEAM Outstanding certification. Appointed by developer, Castleforge, Andy Sturgeon Design is responsible for the landscape design of all the public realm, a series of roof terraces a ..read more

Isle of Wight Garden completed: 2019 client: private photography: Rachel Warne The site, with a north facing 1:3 slope, was a place for goats not people. Inaccessible and unusable the house sat at one end of the plot with a steep, isolated grass bank at the other. An empty island amongst the neighbouring buildings, this lawned desert lacked interest and biodiversity and was completely exposed to the weather, to neighbours and to passersby. The adjacent grade II listed church loomed over the garden and was such a powerful presence that it completely dominated the place. I wanted to make a gard ..read more