JAMIE ALEXANDER

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A long-term restoration undertaken over the course of nearly a year, working across six levels of a steep and established woodland garden. Rather than replacing what existed, the project sought to recover its underlying structure, retaining mature planting while introducing a series of new PLANITNG SCHEMES, landscapes, interventions and places to inhabit.

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Decks, platforms, walkways and stairs form a new architectural layer through the garden, resolving circulation across the steep terrain while creating places to pause and observe. Their positioning opens new routes, views and aspects across the landscape, deepening the experience of moving through it.

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Timber is stained deep charcoal, its contemporary, charred appearance contrasting the surrounding vegetation while resisting moisture and weathering. In changing light, the surface takes on a silvery quality that echoes the marine-grade steel wire rope, allowing the structure to shift between contrast and integration with the landscape.

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Woodland banks were cleared, trees selectively pruned and reshaped, and existing planting recovered, divided and transplanted. Ponds were cleared and restored, roses revived and neglected areas reopened, establishing the conditions for the garden to develop again

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A series of planting and material schemes respond to the changing levels, aspect and character of the site. Gravel gardens, limestone walkways and boulders transition through woodland banks, ferns, bulbs, grasses and perennial planting, while planted vessels and restored ponds create smaller moments throughout the landscape.

The result is not a newly imposed garden, but an established landscape recovered and extended: retaining the character accumulated over time while creating the structure for its next chapter.

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groundwork & renewal

2026

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