Garden Design for Architects, Housebuilders and Property Professionals

The landscape is an important part of a successful property. A well-planned garden can strengthen the relationship between a building and its setting, make outdoor space more useful and help a completed development feel cohesive.

Kirman Design works with architects, housebuilders and property professionals on residential landscape projects across North West England. We can contribute garden design, planting and landscape construction expertise, with the scope agreed around the project and the people involved.

Our in-house designers and landscaping team can work together from design through to construction. This helps keep the landscape plan connected to the practical details needed to deliver it. www.kirmandesign.co.uk

Working together from the early stages

Early landscape input can help identify how the building and garden will work together. Levels, thresholds, drainage, access, boundaries and views can all affect the finished outdoor space.

We can discuss the brief and available drawings, review the site and help develop a landscape approach that responds to the property and its intended use. Depending on the project, this may include:

• Garden layout and spatial planning

• Site analysis and design development

• Terraces, paths, steps and level changes

• Planting concepts and tree selection

• Privacy, screening and boundary treatments

• Materials, lighting and outdoor features

• Landscape construction information and delivery

Our garden design process explains how we develop a project from the initial conversation through design and implementation.

Support for architects

We can work alongside architects to consider the landscape as part of the overall design. This may be useful when a project involves a new home, an extension, a renovation or a property where the outdoor space needs a complete rethink.

A coordinated approach can help align the garden with the building’s architecture, circulation, views and materials. It also gives the landscape its own considered design, rather than leaving the outdoor space to be resolved after the main building decisions have been made.

For projects involving an extension, see our garden design for a new extension and garden design after a house extension pages.

Support for housebuilders and developers

A residential plot may have practical constraints that influence the landscape design, including levels, drainage, access, boundaries and neighbouring properties. We can discuss the site conditions and the role the garden needs to play within the wider property.

For individual new-build homes, we provide garden design for new-build homes. Where a project involves construction as well as design, our garden design and build service can bring those stages together.

The scope and delivery approach can be discussed for each project. Share the location, project stage, relevant plans and the outcome you are looking for, and we can talk through whether Kirman Design is a suitable fit.

Landscape design and construction

The success of a landscape depends on how the design works on site. Ground conditions, levels, drainage, materials and planting all need to be considered as the design develops.

Kirman Design can provide landscape design and, where agreed, construction through our own team. Our landscape construction service covers the practical work involved in creating a finished landscape. We can also provide planting design as part of a wider project or as a specific service.

Information to share about your project

To help us understand the opportunity, please include whatever information is available:

• Project location and type

• Current stage of design or construction

• Site plans, drawings or survey information

• The intended users of the outdoor space

• Your proposed project scope and programme

• Any key constraints or design requirements

You do not need to have every detail finalised before contacting us. An initial conversation can help identify what information is needed and what the next step might be.

Discuss a professional project

If you are an architect, housebuilder or property professional looking for garden design or landscape construction input in North West England, we’d be pleased to discuss your project.

Call 01942 604976 or email info@kirmandesign.com. Please include the project location and a brief outline of the work in your message.