Growing the Love - planting-led garden by Refined Landscapes

Planting Design Growing the Love

Hertfordshire 2022

Project Story

Planting design leads the atmosphere of Growing the Love. Generous borders, seasonal movement and soft structure create intimacy and rhythm across the garden, showing how a planting-led scheme can bring depth, maturity and emotional warmth to everyday outdoor space.

The challenge, our solution and our approach

The Challenge

The garden needed to feel generous, intimate and alive without losing clarity. The planting had to bring warmth and movement, but it also needed to sit within a clear framework so the finished garden felt considered, not simply full.

Our Solution

The scheme uses planting as the main design layer. Repetition, texture, height, seasonal rhythm and soft structure create intimacy and generosity, while the underlying layout keeps the garden calm and legible. Built elements are treated as supporting structure, allowing the planting to give the project its atmosphere.

In Detail

Our Approach

Growing the Love sits within the portfolio as a planting-led case study. It demonstrates that planting is not the final layer of a refined garden; it can be the element that gives the whole space its character.

If you are considering a project of a similar character, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can help.

Seating and a fire bowl in front of the timber summerhouse with salvia in flower

The services behind this garden: Garden Construction · Garden Design · Planting Design

Project Details

Planting

  • Naturalistic planting for movement and softness
  • Seasonal perennials and textural planting
  • Structural shrubs and repeated forms
  • Planting used to create intimacy, generosity and depth

Paving & Surfaces

  • Routes and surfaces kept secondary to the planting character
  • Edges and transitions designed to support the softness of the scheme

Features

  • Planting-led garden atmosphere
  • Composed layout beneath abundant planting
  • Seasonal structure and long-term maturity

Begin Your Journey

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