"Our philosophy combines the functional with the artistic to create inspired and sustainable gardens and landscapes" |
Welcome to CGD Landscape Design
An established landscape design and architecture practice brings together the creativity, expertise and experience of two of the UK's top garden designers, Helen Billetop and Sally Court, based in London, England. The practice specialises in providing a comprehensive and personalised landscape design service for both private and corporate clients in the UK and overseas.
The principle designers Helen and Sally, working from their studio in West London, have built up a portfolio of projects ranging from urban, rural and coastal sites; to pocket-sized gardens, private estates, large scale landscapes and public parks.
Our philosophy combines the functional with the artistic to create inspired and sustainable gardens and landscapes. We embrace local characteristics and conditions to develop landscape design solutions which are sympathetic and can be surprising in their simplicity.
Our garden designs evolve from an understanding and sensitivity to our clients needs, enhancing the space around them and carefully integrating the designed garden into the wider landscape. As garden designers in London and the Home Counties, we have numerous examples of gardens we have created to the delight and enjoyment of our clients.
Working across different climate zones is challenging, and developing planting schemes for difficult sites has become a speciality. Some projects take years to evolve such as a private client of ours in Moscow. With long, deep winters, construction has to be fit for purpose and survive deep freezes and the snow coverage for 4-5 months of the year. Bringing our planting expertise to the project has been a revelation to the client, seeing her vision of an English garden in the heat of the Moscow summer. Similarly in Berlin we have recently completed a landscape design project for a 4 hectare parkland, where the planting design is adapted for the Zone 7 conditions.
Our creative solutions ensure a new garden design is tailored to the particular needs of the owners, the sites and their budgets. Borrowing from the architecture and landscape so the design solution reflects both the style of the clients but also the vernacular of the place. This can also mean collaborating with local and traditional craftsmen or looking at more contemporary and sustainable materials and design solutions.
London based designers Helen and Sally are Registered Members of the British Association of Landscape Industries and the UK Society of Garden Designers with offices in London. Their dynamic garden designs have won numerous RHS medals at the Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows.
