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Ruth Willmott Associates is a team of creative design, horticultural and sustainability professionals with a reputation for creating aesthetically beautiful gardens that embrace and work with nature.

As a studio we believe that great gardens can have a wonderfully positive impact on wildlife, local biodiversity and the wellbeing of the people who use them and we strive to ensure our work provides long-term benefits for everyone.

While all of our masterplans are bespoke to our clients and the location, our gardens will always prioritise trees and planting over hard landscaping.

We enjoy designing in conservation neighbourhoods, areas of outstanding natural beauty and with listed properties where building on and respecting what has gone before is paramount.

The opportunity to connect and collaborate with experts and consultants in the wider landscape industry is really important to us. We are experienced at working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and we have a network of industry experts to ensure our decisions are informed by the best landscape, horticultural and environmental practices so we can do our work thoughtfully, sustainably and more enjoyably, as a team.

We provide a clear, comprehensive garden design service and can manage projects, on time and in budget, from the initial design stages right through to completion. We build in sustainable practices from the moment we are involved in a project. From our first client conversation and site assessment we will evaluate the opportunities for solutions that we can incorporate into the design, build and maintenance of the garden.

Most importantly, we want to create long-term relationships with our clients and their outside spaces and we strive to ensure our clients really enjoy the experience of working with us and feel as comfortable and confident during the creative process as they do when we handover over the finished garden.

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