Design
Living wall design, from the first look to drawings.
We start with the wall, not a catalogue of plants. For homes, workplaces and commercial buildings across London and the Home Counties, we look at the structure, the water, the light and how the wall will be reached. You leave with a planting scheme, a watering plan and drawings the build can follow.
Based in London. Working across the capital and the Home Counties.
01 — What design includes
Six things, issued before anything is ordered.
Every design starts with a visit and ends with a scheme, a way to water the wall, and a price. Nothing is left for the installer to guess.
01
A first look at the wall
We measure the wall, check the light, the access and the water, and say early if the idea is straightforward or needs a different approach.
02
How it meets the building
Weight, fixings and the line where the wall meets stone, render or glazing, set out so the rest of the project is not asked to change late.
03
Water and drainage
Where the supply comes from, how the wall is zoned, and where the water goes once it has passed through the planting.
04
Planting for the light it gets
Species chosen for that aspect and for how close people stand to the wall, with enough structure to hold cover through winter.
05
Drawings you can share
A planting scheme and setting-out your architect, designer or contractor can price and build from.
06
A clear budget
One quote, split so you can see design, installation and the care that follows, before plants are ordered.
02 — How it works
Four stages, from enquiry to issued drawings.
01
Enquiry
Send a photograph, a drawing or a rough size. We come back with a first view of access, light, water and structure.
02
Visit
A measured look at the wall, the fixings, the water and how we will reach it later for maintenance.
03
Design
System, planting and irrigation, drawn up with a written note of how the wall is to be built.
04
Quote
A fixed figure and a programme, set against the rest of the work on site.
03 — Key facts
Design facts.
What we work to on a design. The price comes from the wall in front of us, not from a rate on this page.
- Studio
- North London
- Area
- London and the Home Counties
- First step
- A visit before we specify
- Planting
- Chosen for the light on that wall
- Issued as
- A scheme, a watering plan and drawings
- Care
- A maintenance plan can sit with the design
04 — Designing with your architect
Information in the form the project needs.
We work as a specialist alongside the architect, interior designer or contractor, not as the seller of a single product. Drawings, loadings and the water demand arrive in a form the rest of the package can use.
Where the wall sits on a building already underway, we detail to what is there rather than asking for it to change. The two things that are expensive to fix late are the fixing zone and the drainage route.
Design can be issued on its own, for another installer to price, or carried through to installation and maintenance by our own team.
05 — Chosen by the wall
The system follows the wall.
We do not start from a product. The space, the planting and how the wall will be looked after decide the system.
A feature wall at home
Courtyards, lightwells and garden walls, where the planting is seen up close and the irrigation has to be quiet and reliable.
A larger installation
Offices, entrances and buildings, where access, weight and a maintenance route matter as much as the first impression.
06 — Relevant projects
Designed, then built.
“The scheme was clear from the start, and the finished wall is exactly the one we talked through. It has changed the courtyard completely.”
Blake
Senior Architect, Studio 9 Architecture
07 — Straight answers
Design questions.
08 — Elsewhere on the site
The rest of what we do.
Next step
Book your consultation.
Whether you’re an architect, developer, interior designer or contractor, we’d love to hear about your project. Tell us a little about your space and what you’d like to achieve, and we’ll explore the possibilities together.
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- Call
- 07778 079141
- Studio
- 15 St Anns Court, NW4 4QY