Lottie Delamain
DirectorLottie started working life in textile design and spent six years living and working in South-East Asia working in fashion and homewares. On returning to the UK, Lottie retrained in Garden Design at the Inchbald School of Design, graduating with Distinction. Since then she has been working on gardens around the UK, from small urban spaces to historic estates and commercial developments.
Lottie is passionate about connecting people to the natural world and the underrated story-telling power of gardens. In May 2022, Lottie completed her first show garden at RHS Chelsea, A Textile Garden for Fashion Revolution.
She has been featured widely in the press, talks and chairs panels on gardens and design, and regularly writes for House & Garden. Lottie is a big advocate for the power of gardens to enrich our lives, and is a trustee of We Are Grow a charity working with schools & communities delivering programmes in sustainable food growing & outdoor learning. Her first book, published by Thames & Hudson is out in Spring 2026.
Lottie is passionate about connecting people to the natural world and the underrated story-telling power of gardens. In May 2022, Lottie completed her first show garden at RHS Chelsea, A Textile Garden for Fashion Revolution.
She has been featured widely in the press, talks and chairs panels on gardens and design, and regularly writes for House & Garden. Lottie is a big advocate for the power of gardens to enrich our lives, and is a trustee of We Are Grow a charity working with schools & communities delivering programmes in sustainable food growing & outdoor learning. Her first book, published by Thames & Hudson is out in Spring 2026.
Ben Brace
Landscape Architect CMLI
Ben is a Chartered Landscape Architect, Project Manager and Horticulturalist with 18 years experience across a range of projects and scales.
He spent several years at the Royal Horticultural Society playing a major role in delivering the Key Investment Projects, most notably at RHS Garden Bridgewater. More recently he has worked on the delivery of high end, complex landscapes, with a focus on commercial development projects throughout London.
A self-confessed plant nerd, Ben is a champion of community green spaces, Ben loves the challenge of integrating green infrastructure into urban sites and enabling equitable access for all.
He spent several years at the Royal Horticultural Society playing a major role in delivering the Key Investment Projects, most notably at RHS Garden Bridgewater. More recently he has worked on the delivery of high end, complex landscapes, with a focus on commercial development projects throughout London.
A self-confessed plant nerd, Ben is a champion of community green spaces, Ben loves the challenge of integrating green infrastructure into urban sites and enabling equitable access for all.
Fred Tiffin
Garden DesignerFred came to garden design from a career as a documentary producer working all over the world in news, current affairs and sport. He retrained at the
London College of Garden Design at Kew, graduating with a distinction and then began his career at Cameron Gardens before joining the studio in 2024.
He is an avid gardener, passionate plantsman and devout believer in the capacity of nature to cure the soul. He learnt his love of romantic, naturalistic gardens from his father’s rose collection and has a gimlet eye for good design. Today his designs draw on many years of travelling, having visited over 70 countries and counting. When he’s not in the garden with his dog Olive, he might well be found at Stamford Bridge supporting his other love Chelsea.
He is an avid gardener, passionate plantsman and devout believer in the capacity of nature to cure the soul. He learnt his love of romantic, naturalistic gardens from his father’s rose collection and has a gimlet eye for good design. Today his designs draw on many years of travelling, having visited over 70 countries and counting. When he’s not in the garden with his dog Olive, he might well be found at Stamford Bridge supporting his other love Chelsea.
A garden for a family with a new love of the outdoors
An Old Rectory in Somerset with a two-acre garden
on an awkward slope that made it hard to enjoy.
A full redesign of the garden, orchard and meadow
has created a series of inter-locking spaces that link
and connect, creating a journey around the garden.
Inspired by art-deco shapes beloved of the client, curves meet lines to form a series of terraces that have broken up the slope into different areas for eating, cooking and enjoying the incredible views.
Locally sourced White Lias stone has been used in a variety of finishes to create a sense of place and connect the garden to the house. Tea-stained steel is used to retain wall and a simple trough-style water feature adds movement to the dining terrace.
Beyond the terrace, a new pollinator friendly meadow has been created underplanted with thousands of bulbs to give a procession of colour and interest.
Inspired by art-deco shapes beloved of the client, curves meet lines to form a series of terraces that have broken up the slope into different areas for eating, cooking and enjoying the incredible views.
Locally sourced White Lias stone has been used in a variety of finishes to create a sense of place and connect the garden to the house. Tea-stained steel is used to retain wall and a simple trough-style water feature adds movement to the dining terrace.
Beyond the terrace, a new pollinator friendly meadow has been created underplanted with thousands of bulbs to give a procession of colour and interest.
A new fruit and nut orchard and a woodland walk provides another habitat and opportunity for a different
palette of plants.
Around the pool, deep planting beds have been added and jumbo planters to house a palette of plants that evoke long lazy summer days - figs, euphorbia mellifera and yucca - creating a wonderful textural green backdrop.
Custom hardwood daybeds designed by Studio Bizley and Hay Pallisade sun loungers make it the only place you’d want to be on a sunny day.
Around the pool, deep planting beds have been added and jumbo planters to house a palette of plants that evoke long lazy summer days - figs, euphorbia mellifera and yucca - creating a wonderful textural green backdrop.
Custom hardwood daybeds designed by Studio Bizley and Hay Pallisade sun loungers make it the only place you’d want to be on a sunny day.
studio@lottiedelamain.com
+44 (0)7393 989 059
Copyright © Lottie Delamain Design Ltd. — Company No: 16204793
+44 (0)7393 989 059
Copyright © Lottie Delamain Design Ltd. — Company No: 16204793
