Tailored gardens.
Creatively designed.

Great gardens start with great design.

Based in Sussex and the Cotswolds, Fern & Pine is a boutique garden and landscape design studio. Our small team of experienced garden designers, gardeners, and landscape architects offer a premium, personal, and end-to-end garden design service tailored to you and your project.

At Fern & Pine, we craft life-changing gardens that seamlessly integrate with your home and lifestyle. Our designs enrich everyday living, enhance property values, and deliver enviable, elegant, contemporary, and functional outdoor spaces.

We offer a total transformation, from intimate courtyard spaces and small gardens to large-scale landscape schemes complete with pools, spas, and saunas. If you’re undertaking a complete home refurbishment or constructing a brand-new home, we’ll fully integrate with you and your design team. Collaboration is invaluable to us; we work closely with your architects, interior designers, and specialist consultants to ensure your vision is realised.

We’ve built our reputation on a personal yet professional approach and vast experience working on schemes of varying scales and complexities. Whether you’re in Brighton & Hove, Sussex, Kent, Surrey, or the Cotswolds, you can trust our expertise to bring your garden vision to life.

Our work has been featured in Modern Gardens, Good Housekeeping, and Ideal Home, and filmed by the BBC, including a garden featured on Gardeners’ World.

Our Projects

Designing to exceed your expectations

We aim to create outdoor spaces that are a seamless extension of your home, blending functionality with style. Our designs typically feature clean architectural lines and well-balanced layouts, enriched with subtle tones, textured materials and softened with cohesive layers of planting.

Our planting schemes are thoughtfully crafted to provide year-round interest and seasonal changes. We prioritise sustainability by selecting climate-resilient plants to minimise resource consumption wherever possible. Each project is designed to cater to your specific needs, adding personality and genuine value to your property and everyday life.

Collaborate from the start

We’re thoughtful listeners. From the first contact, we’ll listen, take on board your wishes and aspirations for your outdoor space, and develop your design brief so we can solve any issues, overcome any dislikes, and create a garden that delivers for years to come. Our experience designing and building gardens over the years means we’re bursting with ideas and inspiration. We can discuss the financial impacts of different approaches and how these might affect your overall landscape budget and provide realistic, buildable solutions to sometimes complex sites.

Visualise the transformation

At Fern & Pine, we offer an exceptional design package. At the concept stage, we present you with 2D plans that illustrate the design layout, as well as immersive 3D visuals produced from our extensive 3D computer model of your home and garden. Soft-landscape mood boards with suggested plants and trees are developed to demonstrate combinations, seasonality and colours within the scheme, and samples of suggested materials are also presented. This allows you to fall in love with the vision before any work begins fully.

Financial clarity throughout

Our initial fee proposal clearly outlines the costs associated with each step of the design process and what you can expect at each stage. For the build of your project, landscape contractors and clients alike appreciate our clear and precise drawing packages, great attention to detail and clarity of communication. Our construction drawings and contractors’ information will provide everything you need to receive accurate costings and a thorough breakdown of your garden build. Ensuring you have a clear understanding of your total investment.

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Ian Bailie
6 August 2026
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I absolutely love the garden that Alick designed for me. He completely understood my brief and came back with designs that exceeded all of my expectations. The space is totally transformed and incredibly practical too, with multiple seating areas and a gym all in a fairly small space. It's been amazing to watch the tropical jungle planting scheme bloom in the recent hot weather, creating a real oasis that I have really enjoyed this summer. I can also get great use out of the space all year round, especially the outdoor kitchen. Alick was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend him to anyone wanting to transform their garden.

Owner's reply
Thank you so much Ian, that's really made my week. The tropical planting really has thrived in this heat, so glad you're getting to enjoy that jungle feel as an actual retreat this summer. It's really looking glorious. And great to hear you're using all the spaces; gym, lounge, dining and outdoor kitchen, we really packed it all in! A genuine pleasure designing this garden for you; enjoy the rest of the summer in it!
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Tim Garrood
8 May 2026
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It was a pleasure working with Alick and the team. The final design matched our expectations and we look forward to years of enjoying the new garden.

Owner's reply
It was fantastic to work with you too and can't wait to see the garden burst into life this year!
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1939
18 November 2025
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We are simply bowled over with our garden, just cannot recommend Alick and his lovely, talented team at Fern and Pine highly enough! The process of turning a fuzzy idea into a garden that is an absolute joy to be in and use, has been totally brilliant – and a lot of fun! Alick listened carefully to our ideas - based around our favourite Marrakech gardens - and what we wanted out of it, a place to sit in and relax, with a separate dining area, exotic planting, and, of course, a little bit of Morocco. The process of translating this into a garden that ‘just works’ was a breeze, brought to life through mood boards, CAD drawings and a really well curated range of tiling, lighting, water features and planting options. The attention to detail (even the drain cover!) was fantastic. Throughout, it felt like a proper collaboration at every step of the way, guided by Alick’s expert eye, inspiration and nous – and very practical approach, really maximising the impact of our budget. A big shout out too to Cemlyn and his brilliant team of landscape gardeners at Grove Gardens for executing all this to such very high standards and level of finish, and to Todd for the very creative lighting!

Owner's reply
Brilliant to work with you, we had so much fun creating this garden design for you, a great brief and a really fabulous result, we're thrilled you're so happy with the garden and we can't wait to see it grow and mature. Great work by the team at Grove Gardens and Todd Roberts Lighting on bringing our creative vision to life
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Mr JLB
17 June 2025
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Alick and his team did an outstanding job transforming our front garden. The design exceeded all our expectations and the quality of work is exceptional. We’ve had many compliments from people passing by—it’s truly a standout feature of our home now. Highly recommended!

Owner's reply
Thanks Jamie, it was a real pleasure working with you. We're so proud of the transformation.
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Richie Rumbelow
4 November 2024
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Couldn’t recommend Alick and the team more highly! Alick is a fabulous designer and incorporated everything we wanted into the designs for both our front and back gardens. We were delighted with the end results. Having the garden professionally designed has changed how we use the space and we feel like we’ve gained a whole new room.

Owner's reply
Thanks Richie! We are so proud of the transformation of your outdoor space, it now reflects your incredible interior styling and we can't wait to see how it grows and establishes over the next year.
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Raad Pharaon
22 October 2024
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Fantastic!! I absolutely loved working with Alick and Carly on my rooftop project, nothing was too much trouble and they are very responsive, professional and have a brilliant eye. I would recommend Fine & Pine to all!! 10/10

Owner's reply
Thanks Raad, we loved working on your project. We can't wait to see it in full bloom next year!
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Morven West
29 August 2023
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Working with Alick was a dream. He really listened to what I wanted and help me think differently and be braver. The end result is a spectacular garden oasis.

Owner's reply
Thanks Morven, what a transformation! One of our favourite projects to work on.
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Lucinda Lewis
29 August 2023
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We are absolutely delighted with our garden. Alick and his team are extremely talented and professional. The entire process from the initial designs to the final delivery was thorough, expertly managed and stress free. Alick was patient and worked on our brief transforming our garden into something way beyond our expectations. We have and would highly recommend him to anyone looking to transform their outdoor space.

Owner's reply
Thanks Lucinda. You were a joy to work with and we're so proud of your beautiful garden.
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pat bennaceur
3 January 2023
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Alick designed a wonderful patio garden for me and managed the project so there was absolutely nothing for me to do except watch and admire the outcome. It was a really stress free process (although perhaps not for Alick!) and I am absolutely delighted with the outcome. I highly recommend Fern and Pine.

Owner's reply
Thank you Pat, it's been an absolute pleasure to work with you, I can't wait to see the Corten steel develop it's patina and all the plants to settle in and start growing! Looking forward to Spring and seeing everything come to life
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Jim Brown
13 August 2022
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We wanted to say how extremely pleased we both are with the design you provided for our garden. You listened to what we wanted for our space and also provided lots of insightful ideas we hadn’t thought of. The result is beautiful and contemporary providing a different perspective from varying view points. The colours of the trees, shrubs and plants compliment each other and have provided an excellent show from spring onwards. We certainly would recommend you as a designer, as you have provided knowledge, inspiration and saved us time and expense. In addition, and importantly, you have also been a complete pleasure to work with.

Owner's reply
Thank you Jim, it's been a complete pleasure to work with you both as well and I'm so happy your pleased with the garden, it's an outstanding space, a little oasis for you both to enjoy :)
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