uniquely personal landscapes

Opening Success for Lenses on a Landscape Genius

The opening of the ‘Lenses on a Landscape Genius’ Capability Brown exhibition was a great success; Principal sponsors Colvin and Moggridge were joined for an evening by fellow Brown enthusiasts in celebration of the tercentenary of the originator of modern landscape READ MORE
Low Emissions Neighbourhood Streetscape

Streetscape Design for Low Emissions Neighbourhood Bid

Colvin & Moggridge are delighted to be appointed by the London Borough of Havering to design the streetscape for a Low Emissions Neighbourhood (LEN) bid to the Greater London Authority and Transport for London. A Low Emission Neighborhood (LEN) is an area-based scheme that READ MORE

What would Brown do today? Colvin & Moggridge joint competition winners.

The Capability Brown Design Ideas Competition is a national competition hosted by Natural England and run by the Landscape Institute. Winners were announced at the 2015 LI Awards. 2016 is the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, this READ MORE

First NHS Framework Agreement project submitted for planning.

Colvin & Moggridge have been appointed by the NHS to work in partnership with BMJ Architects on a number of Framework Agreement projects. The first of these projects is a joint venture involving both University College London (UCL) and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital READ MORE

Little Peacocks in full Spring bloom.

Come Spring Little Peacocks, the Gloucestershire practice garden, bursts into bloom. The gardens open to the public once a year as part of the National Gardens Scheme and this year they’ll open Sunday May 3rd. This photograph shows our bulb lawn awash with Anemone blanda, READ MORE

London’s green spaces. Pocket parks: the design challenge.

A talk, delivered by Marcus Shields as part of a recent TFL / Urban Design seminar, addressed this current, critical urban landscape design challenge. Open space within the city is a limited thus valuable resource. Consequently, the existing policy framework aims to provide READ MORE

A water rill & woodland hosta garden.

Our landscape design for this private, Cheshire garden will expand the existing Hosta Glade, which Colvin and Moggridge created in 2004. This new phase of construction and planting will use water, vegetation, paths and considered views to elegantly link the house, terraces and READ MORE

Historic farm valley restored as modern sheds demolished.

Stockadon Farm near Aveton Gifford in South Devon is being restored to its late 19th-century character as part of a reorganisation of farm management. The construction of a tenanted farmyard with stock sheds offsite has created a unique opportunity to return the heart of this READ MORE

Riverine Centre Mosque: masterplan for transformation of East London wasteland.

Colvin and Moggridge, in partnership with Cambridge Architects NRAP, have submitted a Landscape Masterplan for the development of the Abbey Mills site in Newham. The project, currently at outline application stage, aims to transform this challenging six-hectare piece of East READ MORE

Georgian Group Award for restoration of Old Alresford Park.

In the company of longstanding client Mike Hall, Colvin and Moggridge were delighted to have their part in the renovation of the charming Richard Woods ‘ferme ornée’ park at Old Alresford House in Hampshire recognised by the Georgian Group on the 31/10/2012. At the READ MORE