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Rory Andrews Landscape Design RALD is an award-winning, Oxfordshire based landscape and garden design firm that is passionate about creating bespoke, timeless gardens

Mouse hunting at an old project now 5 years old (the garden, not the mouse. See final 2 photos for the before shots. Thi...
15/10/2026

Mouse hunting at an old project now 5 years old (the garden, not the mouse. See final 2 photos for the before shots.

This garden was beautifully built by J.Drewe Landscaping.

Plants Wholesale trees, plants and shrubs and Babylon Plants

Lovely to pop in and see this garden that was planted only this spring. The bones of the garden (paths, lawn and some pa...
14/10/2026

Lovely to pop in and see this garden that was planted only this spring. The bones of the garden (paths, lawn and some patios) were designed and built by Me,my Spade & I, with the client bringing me in to design the structural and border planting. It’s been a successful collaboration.

The garden is superbly maintained by the client and I look forward to seeing what next year brings after a well-nurtured first year.

Planting is from Babylon Plants and Wholesale trees, plants and shrubs

Progress shots from a relatively compact garden, compared to the available views and the amount of detail and interest p...
09/10/2026

Progress shots from a relatively compact garden, compared to the available views and the amount of detail and interest packed in. It’s being beautifully built at a great pace by Shirescapes Ltd. I’m looking forward to it progressing and moving towards the planting phase. It’s been a pleasure to work with Jane Shaw and family on the planning. It’s taken some time to get to site, but is marching on well! Watch this space.

Greenhouse from Hartley Botanic UK and water feature to come from Pots & Pithoi

Making a meadow on The Forty in . Last weekend we hard scarified the grassland to get a better ratio of soil to grass. ...
09/10/2026

Making a meadow on The Forty in . Last weekend we hard scarified the grassland to get a better ratio of soil to grass. Waiting for the rains (if they come), today we used a John Chambers Wildflowers ‘pollinators mix’, with added chicory and verbascum varieties, packed out with sawdust as a casting agent.

The sawdust bulks out the seed, allowing for a balanced seeding across the site. Then, in lieu of a roller, we trampled the seed into the ground (see vid) to increase seed contact with the soil, which will promote germination.

We seeded another area of this grassland, to good effect, 3 years ago. Watch this space!

We went to see Japanese Garden Cornwall this week and it was absolutely amazing; the light was on point. If anyone has b...
29/08/2026

We went to see Japanese Garden Cornwall this week and it was absolutely amazing; the light was on point.

If anyone has been on a pilgrimage to see garden in Japan and they haven’t been to this Cornish garden, they’re missing a trick. The bones of this garden are mostly aged, moss-covered native Oaks (amongst others), but their forms and tones (windswept and gnarled) lend themselves well to Japanese garden aesthetics, so someone has expertly built a Japanese garden around them.

I assume it’s a temperate rainforest climate here (the grass on the local rec was green, would you believe) and the atmosphere here transports you to another place entirely. I look forward to another visit!

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The few photos I took on our visit Eden Project | Cornwall, UK this week. It’s a huge and impressive place, with a diver...
29/08/2026

The few photos I took on our visit Eden Project | Cornwall, UK this week. It’s a huge and impressive place, with a diversity of planting areas and styles. I wouldn’t recommend walking to site from the furthest car park, carrying a complaining toddler, with about 15 kilos of camera equipment, on a rainy day. Too many people and too tiring. I’ll return on a ‘work trip’. So much to see!

One of my favourite shots from a photoshoot by Alister Thorpe of a contemporary swimming pool garden that’s now in its 3...
08/08/2026

One of my favourite shots from a photoshoot by Alister Thorpe of a contemporary swimming pool garden that’s now in its 3rd year of planting. I’ve admired Alister’s work for some years and have had this project earmarked for him, once the planting had established. It was a pleasure to meet him and see him work.

Huge credit to the clients who are very hands-on, as well as the gardener benfoster0911 who is at the top of his game.

See link in bio for the photos and blurb that I have added to the portfolio on my website.

The bountiful bowls that are the seedbeds of Silene dioicus, otherwise known as . These seeds provide a food source for...
09/06/2026

The bountiful bowls that are the seedbeds of Silene dioicus, otherwise known as . These seeds provide a food source for a variety of wildlife. It’s also a telltale sign of why they’re such prolific self-seeders!

I’ve been harvesting these any casting the seed under the giant chestnut on the village green. Fingers crossed.

Less than one year after planting and this little front garden is going great guns. See final image for what the garden ...
03/06/2026

Less than one year after planting and this little front garden is going great guns. See final image for what the garden looked like a year ago. Often the smallest gardens bring the greatest satisfaction and make the most striking transformation. I’m consistently persuading the client (a friend) to get a couple of lounge chairs and coffee table to complete the west-facing terrace.

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Some landscapes shots from a couple of weeks ago. Perfect timing for the glut of Rhodos and Azaleas, not to mention pea...
30/05/2026

Some landscapes shots from a couple of weeks ago. Perfect timing for the glut of Rhodos and Azaleas, not to mention peak Iris!

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9, The Forty
Goring
OX109LH

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+447776385021

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