Future Gardens, Butterfly World, St Albans
Rural garden, Dorset
Location: Dorset
Client: Private
Style: Residential
Status: Completed
Project: Country Gardens & Landscapes, Residential, Selected Projects
"There is not a day we don’t reflect what has been achieved - a transformational experience in careful hands".
Client
An emotionally resonant farmhouse, rooted in place and time
Voted one of the world’s most beautiful gardens by Veranda magazine, this Grade II listed farmhouse set within a private estate form a microcosm of the surrounding ecological and historic landscape. Located in the Dorset AONB, the project brings together landscape designers, architects, and ecological specialists to create a family home and emotionally resonant garden that respect history while embracing contemporary life.
Boundaries have been sensitively extended to accommodate leisure and ecological balance, while historic outbuildings and a large productive garden have been reconfigured. Extensive planting of ornamental and productive trees in formal and informal settings bridges house and landscape.
The estate also holds a scheduled ancient monument — a moat and manor remains — which has guided design decisions, ensuring new interventions honour the site’s layered history while offering a garden deeply rooted in its place.
