About
Kit Peel Gardens is a boutique garden and landscape design studio led by husband-and-wife partnership Kit and Megan Peel. They create elegant, atmospheric gardens that marry strong structure with romantic, painterly planting. The studio works across the UK and internationally, with offices in Hampshire and Harrogate, North Yorkshire. In addition to their full landscape design service, they also offer standalone planting design.The practice has established a reputation for refined, atmospheric gardens, and their work and writing on gardens has been featured in the national press from Enki, to Country and Town House and The Sunday Times. Most recently, the studio’s ‘Floating Forest’ project received the BALI National Award for Best Large Residential Garden, recognising both design excellence and quality of execution.The studio’s signature style lies in the tension between architecture and abundance: clean lines animated by atmospheric planting, playful colour harmonies and waves of seasonal interest. Gardens are designed to feel timeless rather than fashionable, grounded in proportion, craftsmanship and horticultural intelligence, yet alive with sensory richness and biodiversity.Kit is a registered member of the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers. He brings a background as a novelist and writing for film and opera to the practice, which informs his sense of gardens as places rich with story. Megan, who also has a background as a writer, collaborates on concept development and leads on planting design.She is known for her high sensitivity to colour and texture, and works closely with British growers and nurseries to source the very best plants for her clients.Since 2016, Kit Peel Gardens has delivered a wide range of projects, from intimate city gardens and historic listed buildings to country house landscapes, Paragraph 84 houses, estates and ecological restorations. Woodland and water gardens are a particular specialism.Collaboration sits at the heart of every project. The studio works closely with private clients, architects, interior designers, developers and estate teams, overseeing the appointment of trusted landscapers and guiding projects from first sketch through to completion.Above all, Kit Peel Gardens is known for creating gardens that are not only dreamlike in their beauty but also a genuine pleasure to live with. Spaces that evolve gracefully, connect seamlessly to their surroundings, and provide green refuge from a hectic world.How do you define your signature style?“A balance of strong structure with painterly, wildlife-friendly planting. Atmospheric and immersive. Clean lines are animated by movement, texture and colour, creating gardens that feel elegant but never rigid, abundant but never chaotic.”What is your design ethos? What values are important to you in your work?“Every garden should feel a world apart, yet part of the whole. The studio values beauty, craftsmanship and longevity, alongside a deep commitment to biodiversity, sustainability and working sensitively with landscape and historical context, and of course, we always strive to ensure that designing the garden should be a joyful, creative process for our clients.”In your opinion, what makes a design timeless?“Clarity of design thinking. A garden that outlasts fashion is rooted in proportion, restraint and above all, a strong sense of place and story, rather than trends. Timeless gardens evolve gracefully, improve with age and remain emotionally powerful for generations. Ninfa, Sissinghurst and Rousham are our studio’s favourite examples.”Why do your clients come to you? What do they value about your work?"Most of our clients come from referrals. Clients are drawn to the studio’s ability to combine bespoke design intelligence with warmth, imagination and meticulous attention to detail. They value the collaborative process, the clarity of vision and the confidence that their garden will be beautiful, liveable and on budget."How do you stay inspired and keep evolving your ideas?“Vivienne Westwood once said, 'You've got to invest in the world, you've got to read, you've got to go to art galleries, you've got to find out the names of plants. You've got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We're amazing people'. That pretty much sums it up for us.”
