Garden Design in Worcestershire
From the slopes of the Malvern Hills to the orchards of the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire offers some of the most varied gardening country in England — and some of the most rewarding briefs a designer can be handed.
Cotswold Garden Designs brings bespoke garden design to Worcestershire from its studio just across the county boundary in the Cotswolds. Founded and run by Steve Andrews, the studio designs gardens that belong to their landscape: sustainable in their materials, generous in their planting, and shaped entirely around the people who live with them.
Where we design gardens across Worcestershire
Malvern
Malvern deserves particular mention, because Malvern gardens are unlike anywhere else in the county. Victorian and Edwardian villas climb the lower slopes of the hills, and with them come sloping plots, dramatic level changes and — the great prize — views that stretch across the Severn Valley. Designing here is an exercise in working with gravity rather than against it: terracing that turns a slope into a series of rooms, planting that frames the view instead of blocking it, and seating placed precisely where the evening light lands. For homeowners below the hills, the challenge inverts — sheltered town gardens that borrow the hills as a backdrop. Both make wonderful projects.
Worcester
In the city itself, the work ranges from walled gardens behind Georgian townhouses near the cathedral to family gardens in St John's, Barbourne and the villages just beyond. Riverside properties bring their own considerations — heavier soils, occasional high water — which is exactly where an experienced eye for plant selection and landscape design in Worcester earns its keep.
Evesham and Kidderminster
The Vale of Evesham is historic market-garden country, and its deep, fertile soils are a gift to any planting scheme — kitchen gardens, orchards and abundant borders all thrive here. Around Kidderminster and the north of the county, the studio works on everything from compact new-build plots to established gardens ready for a fresh chapter.
What every Worcestershire commission includes
However large or small the garden, the same founder-led process applies. Working with the studio means:
- A designer — not a sales team — at your first meeting and your last
- A thorough site survey, with laser measurement by qualified surveyors
- Scale drawings and 3D visuals, so you can walk through the garden before it exists
- Planting plans built around your soil, aspect and the seasons
- Construction by trusted trades, overseen personally and backed by a 12-month warranty
- Maintenance guidance included with every design, so the garden stays as intended
Compact plot in the city? Start with small and urban garden design. Something more expansive near the hills or in the Vale? Large garden design is delivered in carefully managed phases.
Credentials you can check
Steve is a Pre-Registered Member of the Society of Garden Designers, holds a design diploma awarded with commendation, carries more than ten years of horticultural and design experience, and is fully insured. One recent client, who moved into a home with a neglected and overgrown plot, described the transformed result simply as "a thing of beauty" — and the process as efficient and creative from start to finish.
Tell us about your garden
Whether it clings to a Malvern hillside or sits quietly behind a Worcester terrace, your garden has more in it than it is currently giving you. Describe it to us through the contact form and we will prepare a tailored proposal for bringing it to life.
