the art of ecological, whole-system garden design

Sustainable landscapes and gardens are the focus of this website, exploring crucial issues relating to the pressures of urban living, private gardens and sustainability in an age of resource depletion, peak oil, food security and ecological destruction.

Current thinking on garden and landscape design is often dominated by materials-focused contemporary style, without addressing fundamental issues such as the need for personal food security and the interlinking of gardens into wider landscape patterns.

Find out how we can adapt our gardens to be beautiful, secure and yet productive, and enjoy our lives in coming times of global recession and energy decline. Acted on en-mass, the good use of gardens and landscape can literally change the world...