Wendy Allen Designs
Our Services
- Contemporary garden design
- Planting design
- Green roof design and build
- Supply of materials for DIY green roofs
- Strawbale construction consultancy
- Garden surveys in CAD (inc. levels and soil/site analysis)
- Project monitoring during build
- Educational lectures/talks
- A sustainable approach to all our projects
Any size of project is considered, from a small border planting design to the masterplanning of several acres.
We are able to recommend teams of professional contractors that we work closely with to build our designs to the highest standard. We are equally happy to work with a landscape contractor of your choice.
We are friendly, approachable and adaptable so please do not hesitate to contact us for an informal chat about the possibilities of your project.
Wendy Allen
Garden designer Wendy Allen holds an HND with Distinction in Garden Design from the renowned Hadlow Horticultural College in Kent and an NOCN in Plants & Planting Design from Capel Manor Horticultural College in North London. She founded her garden design business in 2007 and is a Correspondent Member of the Society of Garden Designers.
In July 2009 she won a Gold medal and the Best Sustainable Garden Award at the prestigious RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show for her inspirational front garden design The Rain Chain.
Wendy is a member of her local Transition Town group – Transition Kensal to Kilburn – which enables the community to work together to form local resiliance to wider environmental issues.
She is also experienced in building strawbale structures including the use of lime and clay plasters and concrete-free foundations. Wendy can be engaged as a consultant on small scale self-build strawbale structures such as studios, carports, garages and sheds.
Amongst many other things, her background includes work as an opera Stage Manager, an Interactive TV Producer, and a degree in Fine Art.
Our Environmental Policy
We don’t just pay lip service to key environmental and sustainability issues – they form the basis of how we work.
We specialise in creating functional and aesthetic spaces whilst minimising the negative environmental impacts arising from the materials used within the garden. We are always happy to suggest ways in which a garden can become ‘greener’.
Ask us about:
- Creating a green roof on an existing roof or shed
- Garden design using Permaculture principles
- Harvesting, storing and re-using rainwater or greywater, creating ‘rain gardens’
- Permeable paving and the new laws regarding paving your front garden
- Flood water management and drainage
- Re-using existing materials in your garden
- Composting
- Vegetable growing and food self-sufficiency
- Maximising biodiversity in your garden
- Sustainable sourcing of hard materials – FSC timber, ethically quarried stone
- Solar or low voltage lighting