Rosie Nottage Garden Design

Rosie Nottage Garden Design Professional garden design in Bath, London and the Home Counties

Work with me to ensure you make best use of your budget, creating a garden which suits your house and increases its value. I will suggest plants that will thrive, a garden which you can maintain easily and a space which you will love living in. We work predominantly across London, Bath and the home counties but have designed gardens in Scotland and Australia too.

A moment to look at one of our projects in a bit more detail, to see how we go from a conversation to a design. Creatin...
10/05/2026

A moment to look at one of our projects in a bit more detail, to see how we go from a conversation to a design. Creating visuals in 3D means that we can look at how the garden will look and feel before we get into the detail of plans and planting. This is a crucial stage, sometimes one people think about skipping to save design time, but it means we can make sure we are creating a garden you will love and enjoy seeing built and any changes can be easily made before detailed plans are drawn up.

Our brief in this project was to bring together three separate areas in a garden (the front, side and back) so that the whole space feels cohesive. We needed to plan space for a garden studio, give a contemporary feel and have lots of luscious planting that is easy to care for.

The garden rises over around 1.5m so thresholds needed to be carefully thought through, steps planned without feeling obstructive and retaining walls tucked in behind hedges and planting to make sure they don’t stand out.

The front door on the side of the house is now framed by a new path, an existing magnolia is the star of the show to the front and the back garden has become a tranquil oasis.

Planting is a very simple combination of multistem trees sich as Betula nigra, long season perennials like Pachyphragma macrophyllum and step fillers like Corsican mint and Armeria.

Planting is in considered groupings; a framework of evergreen structure, loosened with lavender, hydrangea and salvia, and underplanted with a quieter tapestry of ground cover and early bulbs that mean the garden looks great all year round, is low maintenance and has lots of opportunities to add more plants as the years turn.

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04/05/2026

Some wonderful moments this morning on the garden trail, head out for plants from Alice Park and the Ferns, lots of cake, treasures and exciting gardens and now the sun has come out! On until five….

Spring is really springing; and it’s the time of year where we can feel the sap rising and are making plans for the gard...
20/04/2026

Spring is really springing; and it’s the time of year where we can feel the sap rising and are making plans for the garden. We love meeting our clients and their gardens and the way we work in person in your space means we can respond intuitively and thoughtfully.

If you’ve been thinking about what your space could feel like; with some love, curation and consideration for you and your needs; get in touch at [email protected] and we’ll get an initial visit in the diary.

As an intentionally small studio, we design considered spaces where both people and nature can thrive. We take time to listen to our clients and the space itself to create purposeful places.

Our work is national with a strong presence in Bath, London and the South West.

This Old Vicarage in a village just outside of Bath was a delight to work on. The house had an extensive renovation whic...
30/03/2026

This Old Vicarage in a village just outside of Bath was a delight to work on. The house had an extensive renovation which created a glazed kitchen with views to both sides, an open lawned garden and an enclosed courtyard.

We wanted to make the most of the views to the church, as well as create planting schemes which were distinct but related to each other.

One side of a new extension is a buttery courtyard, formed on existing hard standing and making the most of the warm microclimate with calming terracotta and oranges. We loved working on the planting scheme to bring light into dark spaces; we brought warmth into what was an unloved side return. We used trees in this new garden to give height, interest, screening and grace.

On the more open side of the extension, we used some of the same palette of plants plus a feature Tilia Cordata ‘Winter Orange’ tree, a gorgeous hardy and deciduous tree with fabulous orange stems when we need colour to lift our spirits in the winter. Tall grasses were used to soften a raised deck, and a curved fence helps to keep the two dachshunds safely inside the garden.

Welcome to ‘On The Drawing Board,’ a quiet glimpse behind the scenes, where ideas begin to take root and find their form...
23/03/2026

Welcome to ‘On The Drawing Board,’ a quiet glimpse behind the scenes, where ideas begin to take root and find their form.

This project has been evolving for a number of years alongside a thoughtful team of architects and interior designers. Now, with the ground warming and ready, we’re beginning to plant; that gentle shift from paper to place.

We always work closely, collaboratively with our clients and with the skilled hands bringing everything to life on site. What begins as sketches and conversations slowly becomes something you can walk through, sit within, and feel.

These drawings began as loose concepts and 3D studies exploring scale, rhythm and atmosphere before settling into detailed masterplans and planting matrices across a series of spaces:

- An arrival courtyard, shaped for movement and pause
- A sunken terrace with pergola and structural planting
- The quiet removal of a swimming pool, making space for something new
- Carefully considered paving, steps, seating, gates and boundaries
- Softer landscapes of meadow and orchard

Every project starts with a visit; a meeting of people, ideas, and the beginnings of trust. From there, we stay as involved as needed, helping guide decisions as the garden takes shape.

And then comes the moment I love most… setting out the plants. Even the most detailed plans shift slightly here. It becomes instinctive, responsive… a process of composing, of painting with plants.

Our role is to act as a kind of creative tuning fork listening closely, understanding how you live, and shaping a garden that feels quietly, deeply yours. I hope our gardens quickly feel that they have been there for years, with invisible design.

Welcome to ‘On The Drawing Board,’ a quiet glimpse behind the scenes, where ideas begin to take root and find their form...
23/03/2026

Welcome to ‘On The Drawing Board,’ a quiet glimpse behind the scenes, where ideas begin to take root and find their form.

This project has been evolving for a number of years alongside a thoughtful team of architects and interior designers. Now, with the ground warming and ready, we’re beginning to plant — that gentle shift from paper to place.

We always work closely, collaboratively with our clients and with the skilled hands bringing everything to life on site. What begins as sketches and conversations slowly becomes something you can walk through, sit within, and feel.

These drawings began as loose concepts and 3D studies exploring scale, rhythm and atmosphere before settling into detailed masterplans and planting matrices across a series of spaces:

- An arrival courtyard, shaped for movement and pause
- A sunken terrace with pergola and structural planting
- The quiet removal of a swimming pool, making space for something new
- Carefully considered paving, steps, seating, gates and boundaries
- Softer landscapes of meadow and orchard

Every project starts with a visit; a meeting of people, ideas, and the beginnings of trust. From there, we stay as involved as needed, helping guide decisions as the garden takes shape.

And then comes the moment I love most… setting out the plants. Even the most detailed plans shift slightly here. It becomes instinctive, responsive… a process of composing, of painting with plants.

Our role is to act as a kind of creative tuning fork listening closely, understanding how you live, and shaping a garden that feels quietly, deeply yours. I hope our gardens quickly feel that they have been there for years, with invisible design.

I started working on this garden when my daughter was seven, and she is about to start her GCSEs. It’s a great honour to...
09/03/2026

I started working on this garden when my daughter was seven, and she is about to start her GCSEs. It’s a great honour to be trusted to work in a garden at all and to be able to continue to work in it and curate its development is very special indeed.

This is one of many gardens where we have a long term partnership, design for us is not a one stop shop. This site floods once a year and was very challenging for to build. We have worked with the team in the garden to restore and enrich the soil and are now seeing worms and abundance in the ground, we continue editing and tweaking the planting as we go.

This summer, the garden is going to a party and we are going in with sleeves rolled all the way up to boost the colour and fun for high summer. All gardens benefit from an occasional rummage and now we are 8 years in, it’s a good time to lift, divide and introduce new ideas. We will be bringing roses, roses and more roses, tall airy perennials and fragrance. We will also be building on the soil health by stopping buying in the annual mulch and instead ‘chopping and dropping,’ using the spent shredded foliage of last year straight in the beds to feed the soil with living material which will decompose in weeks, reducing the inputs and the labour in the garden.

I can’t wait for the summer to see the results of the hard work being put in, both in the borders and in the GCSEs!

02/03/2026

Welcome to a glimpse behind the scenes where we show you what happens on the ground… all our projects start with an initial visit looking at how things fit together in your garden, bringing our experience in how to resolve corners, levels and layouts.

A huge part of our role is an intuitive response to people and space. Here’s a video of the typical notes made in one of these meetings, discussing how steps might vary meeting a new extension. This is followed with a detailed sketch.

We often reflect on the rise of AI in our industry, here an iPad is a great tool but Chat GPT will never rival human interaction.

What do you think?

Join us!We are looking for experienced designers to support our work in a variety of scales.You’ll have a few years expe...
12/02/2026

Join us!

We are looking for experienced designers to support our work in a variety of scales.

You’ll have a few years experience in a studio, are brilliant with Vectorworks and happy to be on site with clients and contractors.

We’d especially like to hear from people who enjoy working by hand as well as in CAD, whose cup is half full and who have experience of ecology and nature restoration.

Our work is across the South and South West; from London to Wales, but you can be based remotely.

If you’re excited at the idea of being able to enrich your working week by collaborating on some special gardens, please email [email protected] with examples of your work, your rates, availability and where you are based.

Home from the most perfect morning admiring some of and ._morgan snowdrop collection with likeminded folk. Whats the c...
01/02/2026

Home from the most perfect morning admiring some of and ._morgan snowdrop collection with likeminded folk. Whats the collective noun, an avalanche? A drift? Aren’t they gorgeous by the water… helping pick out the curves of the stream from a distance, a beguiling flash of bone white in the gloom. It’s enchanting how there are solitary drops joining the gathered groups, like strangers arriving at a party. Mary says they don’t seed - are these individuals placed? Perhaps by Midori? Thank for the most perfect Imbolc moment, with a full moon too, a moment of gathering and promise for the season to come.

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