Heath&Hollow
Gardens that age into something.
· Suffolk · Home Counties
We design gardens to age. Plants are chosen for how they will look in five years, not five months. Hardscape is weathered, not new. Aftercare is part of the work, never an upsell.
Every plan begins with a long, slow site visit. The land tells us what it wants.
Native species and naturalising perennials. Nothing planted that will need replacing.
Three years of monitoring included. Optional ongoing care if you want our hands on it.
Just installed. Bare earth between perennials. Box hedging at knee height.
Establishing. Grasses now waist-height. Paths starting to weather.
Joining up. Beds merge. Drifts read as a single planting.
Fully matured. Mature trees casting shade. Moss on stone.
Selected work.
A small, slow practice. We take three to four projects a year — never more.
Ravensthorpe House
20231.4 acres · Wild meadow, formal terraces, kitchen garden
Marsh Lane
2024Coastal native planting · Reed restoration
Elm Court
2022Urban courtyard · Espalier and ferns
Walberswick
20243 acres · Meadow restoration with sculptural mounds
Hatherop Mill
2023Water garden · Stream restoration and bog plantings
Aldbury
2024Woodland rewilding · 5 acres of native deciduous
Slow planting, by name.
A short list of perennials and grasses we lean on across most projects. Naturalising, low-input, and quietly beautiful through every season.
- 01Stipa giganteaGiant feather grassLate spring plantingArchitectural. Catches low autumn light. Self-seeds gently.
- 02Echinacea pallidaPale coneflowerEarly summerLong-lasting cut flower. Seedheads stand into winter.
- 03Hakonechloa macraJapanese forest grassSpringCascading, soft. Best in dappled shade by stone.
- 04Geranium 'Rozanne'CranesbillAutumn or springReliable, long bloom. Knits drifts together at the edge.
- 05Persicaria amplexicaulisMountain fleeceSpringTall, deep-pink spikes. Bees love it through August.
- 06Verbena bonariensisArgentinian vervainLate springSee-through stems. Plant in repeats for movement.
Four stages.
Roughly a year, end to end.
- 01 · Half-day
Consultation
A long site visit. We listen, walk the land, photograph it through the day. By the end of the visit you know whether we are a fit and roughly what the work looks like.
- 02 · 6 – 10 weeks
Design
Masterplan, planting palette and material samples. Two rounds of revisions are built in. Drawings are hand-finished — none of this is auto-generated.
- 03 · 4 – 12 weeks
Planting
Ground works, hardscape and the planting itself. We source from a small group of trusted nurseries — most stock is grown to order across the previous season.
- 04 · Three years
Aftercare
Three years of monitoring, included. We return seasonally to assess the planting, prune where needed, and record what is and is not working.
A small map of England.
Most of our work is within a three-hour drive of the studio. We make exceptions for projects that need us — coastal Norfolk, the Suffolk saltings, the occasional London courtyard.
- CotswoldsStudio base · Stow-on-the-Wold
- CornwallCoastal & valley gardens
- Norfolk BroadsWetland & meadow restoration
- Suffolk CoastNative, wind-tolerant planting
- Home CountiesSurrey · Berkshire · Hampshire
- LondonSelected courtyards & roof terraces
A garden begins with a long, slow conversation.
We take three to four projects a year. If you would like us to consider yours, send a short note about the site, what you are hoping for, and a rough budget. We reply to every enquiry within one working week.
studio@heathandhollow.co