Living Colour Gardens was set up by garden designers, Rufus Rawley and James Walsh in March 2002: “We wanted to create a “one stop shop” managing all garden requirements from design to landscaping and subsequent garden maintenance.” Living Colour’s client care, outstanding attention to detail in design and build, coupled with extensive plant knowledge and professionalism have seen the company go from strength to strength,  earning itself a reputation for creating unique and innovative gardens that perform well throughout the year and naturally extend a building’s living space. Living Colour Gardens was featured in the Garden Design Journal’s Top 10 “Gardens of the Year” in 2010.

The Practice is based in London, where an extensive range of projects have been completed, from roof terraces and paved courtyard gardens to larger ‘family gardens’ and fabulous garden offices.  More recently, the services of Living Colour have been in demand further afield, both in the UK and abroad.

As the builders and project managers of their own designs, Rufus and James strive to ensure that the transition from drawing board to reality is made seamlessly, with the minimum of upheaval to the client.

Materials from sustainable or recycled sources are favoured for garden construction and waste plant material is turned into organic compost at Living Colour’s base, later to be re-applied as mulch to the very same gardens it originally came from.

Living Colour employs ecological planting techniques such as drought tolerant planting to make designs practical as well as aesthetically appealing. Planting to sustain wildlife and increase biodiversity is also a concern, the aim being to eventually create a well-balanced and harmonious ecosystem that manages itself without relying on the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers.

Environment

We undertake sustainable practices and can offer a range of technologies and approaches to reduce environmental impact

• Grey water recycling and rain water harvesting
• Recycling and use of composted materials
• Design of drought tolerant planting
• Implementation of green walls and green roofs
• Sustainable drainage systems
• Reduction of run off into mains drains and sewers
• Soft Landscaping solutions for urban areas
• Waste minimisation measures
• Maximum biodiversity within planting schemes
• Urban greening
• Careful sourcing of hard landscape materials
• Strict observation of FSC and other codes
• Low carbon lighting, energy controls and management
• Improvement of streetscape with structural tree planting
• Recycled and/ or reclaimed gardens
• Permacultural practices