Practice

A sense of place.

Every project begins with understanding what makes a place — its landscape, material, season, people and the living world. The design grows from there.

Lush layered garden planting with grasses, perennials and a winding path

Ideas are tested through drawing — concept sketches, technical plans and detailed planting layouts.

Wedgwood House sensory garden concept and masterplan drawing — Concept and masterplan drawing.

Detailed coloured planting plan drawing — Detailed planting plan.

Technical drawing showing levels, dimensions and construction details — Technical drawing.

Drawings become landscapes through careful setting out, construction-stage involvement and close collaboration on site.

Undeveloped therapeutic garden site with blue setting-out lines beside a brick building

Partially constructed therapeutic garden with curved paths, gravel, boulders and timber railings

Workers installing plants across a therapeutic garden with paths, beds and a timber shelter

Setting out the garden on site.

Construction: paths, gravel and timber taking shape.

Planting installation across the garden.

The landscape establishes and evolves over time.

Established therapeutic courtyard garden with gravel paths, boulders, grasses and a multi-stem tree

The same garden established: courtyard, boulders and planting.

The practice works across scales and stages.

Mia Niklasson MSGLD is a Registered Member of the Society of Garden + Landscape Designers.

Design strategy and concept

Planting design and specification

Technical drawings and setting out

Construction-stage involvement

Project monitoring and establishment

Biodiversity and landscape planning

Therapeutic and sensory landscapes

Learning and play environments

If you have a project in mind, I would be glad to hear about it.

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