We aim to create joyful, beautiful, biodiverse gardens. We create multifunctional spaces that work for your requirements. We redefine the outdoor space to create eating or seating areas, outdoor kitchens, children’s play areas, self-grow beds, water features, ornamental sections or wildflower areas.
From tiny courtyards and suburban plots to large family estates, we optimise space, create uplifting views and look to increase the wildlife and biodiversity of species that visit the garden with planting that not only inspires but compliment each other in a natural way that lends a sense that it’s always been there. Our designs emphasise climate resilience, permeability and use of water and wildlife friendly horticulture that gives colour and interest all year round, with a vision for the long term.
Hands on from start to finish, we offer a collaborative and adaptive design process with detailed construction design and drawings. We use a tender process to select from a pool of experienced landscapers to bring your garden to life.
About Oliver
Oliver Burgess inherited his love of nature from his grandfather, a zoologist. After graduating with a degree in Biology, he joined a leading London estate agency, where he spent 15 successful years working with residential and commercial properties, private homeowners, freeholders and architects throughout South East London.
In 2020, it was time to take his career in a more creative direction that would still use his in-depth understanding of the residential property market. He studied under Andrew Wilson at the prestigious London College of Garden Design at Kew Gardens, and completed his diploma with a distinction.
Testimonials
Simon Dunstan
I highly recommend Oliver Burgess Garden Design to anyone who wants to have their dream garden become a reality. I was extremely impressed the way Oliver managed gather all our needs, expectations and garden ideas into a fully fledged design. We were lost for words when Oliver took us through the initial design and the beautiful visuals which he presented helped us see what the end result could look like.Read More
Charlie Keech
Ollie has an amazing talent to translate his clients vision into a reality. It was a pleasure working with him, his knowledge & expertise make you feel like you’re in safe hands, he really knows his stuff, highly recommend! Thank you again Ollie.Read More
Houzz User
Ollie did a great job with our garden. He was friendly, knowledgeable and really reliable. We were always so impressed by how he was able to capture the essence of what we wanted to create and always did so with heaps of enthusiasm. Would not hesitate to recommend him.Read More
Alan Selby
Fantastic job - brilliant design, excellent ideas to recreate our garden. Really professional and easy to deal with, and put us in touch with an excellent contractor who did the work on time and to budget. Couldn’t recommend Oliver more - would use him again in a heartbeat.Read More
Stuart Spear
Friendly and professional Oliver designed around 40ft of garden bedding that is set to bloom next April. Let him know what you are trying to achieve with the colour scheme and planting architecture and he works with you by advising and adapting his planting plan until your vision materialises. Benefiting from his access to discounted plants goes some way to offsetting his costs, while his experience alleviates those nagging fears that you are planting the wrong things in the wrong places and so are wasting both time and money. Fun to work with, Oliver has contacts that can provide landscaping or if you plan to do your own spade work he follows up on the project and keeps in touch.Read More
Andy and Sandra Johnson ✭✭✭✭✭
Highly recommended - our garden now looks amazing. Ollie helped us with a new design layout, including ideas and sourcing the plants/flowers for the borders. Ollie is friendly and great to work with, and despite contacting him in late May he was able to have our garden ready for summer. We intend to use Ollie again as we continue to add a few more trees/flowers and he's a great source of gardening knowledge.
