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Garden Design for London Spaces
Studio Kamio is a garden and planting design practice specialising in residential and community spaces in London and other city environments
London gardens, like its inhabitants, are diverse and eclectic spaces. They are a back garden overlooked by neighbours or shaded by trees, a small terrace, perhaps a sun-baked balcony, or a front bed by the bikes and bins. Studio Kamio specialises in designing all of these spaces, taking a naturalistic approach where planting carries the design and hard landscaping tastefully integrates into the existing structures. Every design takes pollinators, year-round habitat, and the wider ecology of the site into account, alongside how the space looks and feels.
Every project begins with two core questions: how do you want to use this space?, and how should this space feel? The design flows from that. As a plant-led garden and planting design studio, we like to introduce hard landscaping in a balanced way, in keeping with a naturalistic, tailored approach to each site.
The result is a green space you genuinely enjoy being in, throughout the seasons.
People-First Approach
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Reliability You Can Count On
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A Focus on Quality
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Our Services
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Garden Consultation
£150
Every project begins here. Also a great choice for those wanting to explore options without committing to a full design. We will spend one hour together in your garden, where we will discuss ideas on planting and layout, and/or any gardening queries you may have. This will be followed by a written summary of our discussion.
Fee redeemable agains Planting or Garden Design fees should we decide to work together.
Additional options:
Sourcing and supply of plants
Maintenance guide
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Full Garden Design
Pricing tailored to your bespoke project requirements
The perfect option for those looking for a completely new and fresh look to their garden. A full design package includes: the initial consultation and design brief; site analysis and concept development; a detailed design including bespoke features, materials and furniture options; working drawings for contractors to cost accurately; tendering support to contractors; monitoring of the build; planting design; sourcing of plants through our trusted suppliers; setting out and planting; maintenance guide.
Additional options:
Aftercare (every 6 months) or regular garden maintenance
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Planting Design
Starting from £800
For clients wishing to update their planting in existing beds or containers. We will spend some time together discussing and developing a deep understanding of your style and what you wish the planting to evoke. We will then develop a planting design that responds to your aesthetic as well as the growing conditions of your space, to ensure both beauty and lasting success.
This option includes a planting plan drawn to scale and accompanying visuals, sourcing of plants through our trusted suppliers, and a maintenance guide.
Additional options:
Setting out and planting out
Aftercare (every 6 months)
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Standalone services
Pricing dependent on service
We are able to offer standalone products such as concept design, technical drawings, garden structure and furniture advice, and maintenance plans for existing planting.
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"Manna was brilliant. She gently encouraged me to dare to imagine what my teeny, landing-strip urban garden could be. She was thoughtful, creative and super patient. The garden has gone from overlooked-by-a-carpark to a private, leafy, fragrant oasis. Even my husband and kids notice the upgrade. Pure joy."
—Emma R.
ABOUT
Studio Kamio was established by Manna Kamio Badiella, garden designer and gardener. Manna trained in horticulture and garden design at Capel Manor College. A heritage spanning Japan and Spain with interludes in France and Brazil, her mixed background has informed her aesthetic palate, her deep appreciation of craft, and her approach to place and space in ways that are not always immediately apparent.
With her multicultural background and a fifteen year career in the international development sector, Manna has nurtured a love for different cultures, meeting people and hearing their stories, and loves to create gardens that evoke something beyond beauty. In private gardens, this sensibility tends to surface more quietly, informing a design that is genuinely tailored to what matters to the people, and wildlife, living in it.
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