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Garden Design & Build · South London

Garden Design & Build in South London

A garden design and build studio, creating bespoke gardens across South London and the South East, from first sketch to final planting.

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A garden designed and built by the Willow Alexander studio
The Studio

One studio, from first sketch to final planting.


We are a garden design and build studio working across South London and the South East. Every commission is drawn, built and planted by our own team: survey and concept, hard landscaping, planting, and the care that follows.

One point of contact, nothing subcontracted, from the first site visit onwards.

Where we work

Designing in South London.


South London is where much of our design work sits, from the Victorian terraces of Brixton and Camberwell to the warehouse conversions and period homes around Bermondsey, Borough and London Bridge. The gardens here are as varied as the streets: long, narrow terrace plots that need clever structure to feel generous, walled courtyards behind converted wharves, and larger family gardens across East Dulwich, Herne Hill and Peckham.

We design and build across the whole area with our own teams, so the people who draw your garden are the ones who build and plant it. We know the local ground, the heavy London clay that bakes hard in summer, the shade cast by mature street trees, and the access constraints of a terraced street or a riverside conversion, and we design for them from the first sketch.

From a small courtyard to a full garden redesign, every South London commission is founder-led, drawn and built in-house, and planted to mature gracefully over the years that follow.

BrixtonCamberwellBermondseyBoroughLondon BridgeEast DulwichHerne HillPeckham
Design and build across the borough and its villages
A recent garden designed and built by Willow AlexanderA recent commission
How we work

From first conversation to a garden kept.

01

The Enquiry

An unhurried visit to walk the plot together, and an honest conversation about whether we are the right studio for your garden.

02

The Design

Concept directions, then a full scheme: layout, materials, levels, lighting and a planting plan drawn species by species. You sign off every detail.

03

The Build

Led by our own foreman and trades we've worked with for a decade. Weekly progress reports, one point of contact, nothing subcontracted out.

04

The Care

A garden reaches its best years after planting. Our own gardeners maintain many of our designs, pruning to intent and editing borders as they mature.

Recognised by
Featured on The List by House & GardenMember of the Guild of Master Craftsmen

Featured on House & Garden’s The List, and a member of the Guild of Master Craftsmen.

A designed English garden with a curved gravel path and mixed bordersNow taking commissions

Every garden begins with a conversation.

Tell us about your garden. We’ll arrange to walk it with you and let you know whether it’s a commission we can take on.

Start your project
Begin a South London project

Let’s talk about your garden.

Send a few details and the studio will be in touch to arrange a first visit. We take on a limited number of gardens each year, so we read every enquiry ourselves.

  • A first conversation and site visit to understand your garden and what you’re hoping for.
  • Designed and built by our own employed teams, never subcontracted.
  • Full drawings and materials signed off before anything is built.
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