Greenstone Design UK

Greenstone Design UK Ltd, specialises in the design and development of sustainable landscapes, for schools, adventure playgrounds, hotels and hospitals, housing estates and private residences. We work around the world, wherever projects take us. Our mission is to make the world a better place through design, so we accept commissions wherever we fee... l we can make a difference, environmentally and socially, and where appropriate, to a business's bottom line. Originally from New Zealand, I have lived in and learned from a variety of countries around the world. While living in Malaysia I was asked to design the grounds of the 50 acre Shangri-La group's eco hotel in Sabah, Borneo. Netted butterfly café, viewing panels into the sea from decks around the beach bar, outdoor spas, were among features included to make the grounds pay for themselves. In Portugal I designed the 8ha. grounds of Europe's first disabled children's hotel. Sensory gardens there include a wildlife petting zoo as well as kitchen gardens for guests to work in and profit from. In Surrey, England, we designed 2 acre community gardens for a local food growing initiative. The gardens include inclusive full-height raised beds, a communal BBQ and children's play area, wildlife pond, forest-garden shelter planting. For the National Spinal Injuries Centre UK, we designed a low cost, low maintenace rehab garden. Numerous school projects have seen outdoor learning environments, roof gardens, rainwater harvesting, natural play, growing areas and proactively managed grounds develop the school site as an educational and community asset. Residential Islamic paradise gardens, country house gardens, town house courtyard and roof gardens in counties, climates and cultures as diverse as UK, Singapore, India, France, Mexico, and NZ have all received the 'Greenstone touch'. We believe that too often the grounds of a house, hotel, hospital or school are just there 'as a backdrop' and do nothing positive to aid learning opportunities, fun, fantasy or bio-diversity, ...Read More