Farlam & Chandler creates considered, beautiful gardens and architectural landscapes in the UK and further afield. From contemporary urban spaces and heritage country estates, to hotels and wellness retreats, the team thinks deeply, works respectfully and treads lightly. Farlam & Chandler is an award winning, Society of Garden Designers registered practice and often collaborates with leading UK architectural practices and designers.
Garden & Landscape Design
"We design our gardens at the tipping point of harmony, creating spaces that feel at ease but that are also exciting. Balancing modern clean design with traditional practices and tactile materials, they feel natural, as if they’ve always been there. A combination of practical and thoughtful planting and our strong desire for connection to the earth that feeds, shelters and supports us, creates a sense of calm and wellbeing.
Our gardens are havens for local wildlife and we purposefully support a symbiotic balance of human requirements, wildlife and biodiversity. Longevity, durability and suitability are key and wildlife habitats, water capture and re-use, soil protection and harnessing the elements all play a part in our design.
Our gardens feel contemporary and timeless. They embrace ageing, heritage, patina, nostalgia. We mix modern aesthetics with traditional thinking. Materials are tempered with crafted detail. We are drawn to opposites and how they work together – light and shade, wild and cultivated, abundant and restrained. At first glance our gardens feel seductively simple, but every element has been carefully considered."
"We create a narrative that reads through everything, a solid framework overlaid with an elemental poetry that unfolds across the seasons and years. We make resilient gardens that last, that will mature and change over time."
Richard Bloom and Harriet Farlam
