Gallery

The gardens on this page were designed by Paul Studholme of The Plant Hunter, a plant-led garden designer based in East Horsley, Surrey. They span residential gardens across Cobham, Weybridge and the Horsley villages, living walls in Twickenham and Richmond, and the restoration of the two-acre Medicine Garden in Cobham, a derelict Victorian walled kitchen garden Paul brought back over four years. Each garden was designed from the planting outward, to improve with age rather than peak on completion day.

Who this is for: anyone weighing up a garden designer in Surrey who wants to see finished gardens rather than drawings.

A garden with outdoor furniture, including chairs and a table with pink flowers, surrounded by lush green plants, bushes, and trees, with outdoor steps and a stone wall in the background.
A garden with a patio area featuring outdoor furniture, surrounded by lush green trees and flowering plants under a partly cloudy sky.
A row of leafy green trees planted along a dark wooden fence, with a concrete pathway on the left side of the image.
An outdoor patio area with a wooden table decorated with a vase of dried flowers, surrounded by black chairs, and shaded by a black pendant light. The background features lush green bushes and white flowering plants.
Close-up of white and green clustered flowers on a green blurred background.
A garden scene with purple flowers and tall green grasses in the foreground, and a decorative white bicycle sculpture among bushes and white flowers in the background.
A brown dog is lying on a concrete patio in a garden. There are green bushes on the left side, purple flowers near the dog, with a wooden pergola and patio furniture in the background. The sky is clear with some clouds.
A garden with outdoor furniture, flowering plants, a pergola, and lush green trees in the background.
A garden scene with various flowering plants, including purple and pink flowers, in front of a gray outdoor sofa with green patterned pillows and a stone wall with greenery in the background.
Garden patio with potted plants, a frog-shaped water dish, a firewood holder, and lanterns, surrounded by greenery and a brick wall.
A garden with lush green trees, blooming pink and purple flowers, a small seating area with a canopy, and a decorative gabion filled with rocks.
Close-up view of green leafy plants with small white and purple flowers in a garden, pathway with small pebbles, with a blurred outdoor seating area and a white umbrella in the background.
A young tree with green and reddish leaves growing in a garden, with a hedge and a blue sky in the background. White flowers and a pathway are visible in the background.
  • A garden with lush green plants and shrubs, a stone pathway, a black wooden fence, and part of a house with solar panels on the roof.

    Townhouse Garden, Weybridge

  • A watercolor painting of a garden scene with a fountain in the center, surrounded by green trees and purple flowers, under a cloudy sky.

    Garden Design Proposal, Surrey

  • A residential area with houses and trees under a partly cloudy sky, seen from a garden with trimmed hedges in the foreground.

    Cloud Planting, Ripley

  • Front view of a white brick house with a black front door, brick steps, and landscaping featuring small shrubs and trees in pots and beds. The house has large windows and a gabled roof.

    Specimen Planting and Garden Structure, Surrey

  • View of a garden with evenly cut grass sections, pathways, lush green hedges, trees, and a white bench surrounded by plants and flowers.

    Garden Design and Planting, Mickleham

  • Small garden design with outdoor kitchen and planting

    Plant-led Garden Design, Surrey

  • Retaining Wall, Box Hedging and Fencing, London

    Hedging and Garden Structure, London

  • Design with outdoor Kitchen, West Horsley

    Garden Design with Outdoor Kitchen, West Horsley

  • White flowers in front of a house with a white brick wall and large windows, surrounded by greenery.

    Planting Design, Surrey

  • A garden scene with white and pink flowers in the foreground, a neatly trimmed hedge and a row of tall, slender trees in the background, under a clear blue sky.

    Garden Design and Planting, Send, Surrey

  • A rural scene with an old wooden barn with a red-tiled roof on the left, green fields stretching into the distance, a clear blue sky, and a pathway surrounded by white flowering bushes.

    Garden Design and Planting, Surrey

  • A garden area featuring a set of white stone paved steps leading to a grassy lawn with trees and shrubs in the background.

    Garden Design with Limestone Detailing, Surrey

  • Garden scene with various green plants, purple alliums, and a small white greenhouse in the background, with a stone wall and trees surrounding the area.

    Cottage Garden, Surbiton

A rear garden patio scene with beige wicker outdoor furniture, large beige patio umbrella, potted plants, and lush greenery surrounding a small swimming pool, with modern houses and a partly cloudy sky in the background.
Back garden scene featuring a swimming pool with a stone deck, surrounded by lush greenery and flowering plants. A beige umbrella provides shade, and neighbouring houses with pitched roofs are visible under a partly cloudy sky.
A Surrey garden patio scene with a wooden pergola, patio furniture, a large beige umbrella, potted plants, and bottles of condiments on a table, surrounded by lush green trees and a grassy area.
A Surrey garden patio with a round dining table, chairs, a large beige umbrella, a lounge area with cushioned seating under a pergola, surrounded by green trees and plants, on a sunny day.
Close-up of vibrant pink flowers blooming in a Surrey garden with green foliage in the background.
Close-up of various colourful flowers in a garden bed with a brick border, with a blurred background of more plants and trees.
A white house in Surrey with a dark door and black-framed windows, surrounded by a vibrant garden with green bushes, flowering plants, and trees, under a partly cloudy sky.
White hydrangea flowers in full bloom in a garden with brick houses and blue sky in the background.
A residential Surrey garden with a large leafy tree, green grass, and a brick house with white-framed windows, a white door, and a garage. There is also a parked black car and a brick wall surrounding part of the yard. The sky is clear and blue.
A modern house with large glass sliding doors and a gabled roof. The house is surrounded by a lush garden with various green plants and flowers.
Modern house in Surrey with large glass sliding doors, surrounded by lush greenery and colourful flowers in a garden.
A rear garden with various plants, flowers, and trees, a wooden fence, a lounge chair, and a gravel pathway.
A garden with a pathway, greenery, raised beds, and flowering plants, including apple trees with unripe apples and a black planter on the right.
Rusty metal sculptures in a garden surrounded by purple and pink flowers, green foliage, and a pathway with rocks.
A young fruit tree with green apples growing on it in a garden, surrounded by purple and white flowers.
Close-up of green bush with small white flowers along a gravel garden path, with trees and sunlight in the background.
A garden with flower beds made of a gabion wall, decorative sculptures, and various blooming plants under sunlight.
A garden scene featuring decorative rusted metal cups on tall stems, surrounded by various purple and green plants, with a background of a gabion wall and lush green trees in the distance.
Close-up of white flower clusters on green leafy shrub.
A garden with a small tree with red and green leaves, surrounded by various plants, with a gravel pathway and wooden fence, and green trees in the background.
A garden with a variety of purple, pink, and white flowers and tall grasses, bordered by a gabion wall, with a paved pathway beside it.

Living Walls

Residential and commercial living walls, designed to perform through the year, not just in the first season.

  • Residential Fytotextile living wall, Twickenham

    Residential Living Wall, Twickenham

  • Planted Living Door, Twickenham

    Planted living door, Radnor Gardens, Twickenham

  • Fytotextile living wall at Radnor Gardens Cafe, Twickenham

    Commercial Living Wall, Radnor Gardens Cafe

The Medicine Garden, Cobham

Paul restored a derelict two-acre Victorian walled kitchen garden in Cobham over four years, turning it into a community space with a cafe, shops, studios and events that ran for twelve years.

  • Ivy and purple planting along a visitor path at the Medicine Garden, Cobham
  • Curved lawn and pathways inside the walled Medicine Garden, Cobham
  • Visitors under shade sails beside the Medicine Garden’s brick outbuildings, Cobham
  • Planting beside the Medicine Garden’s shops and studios, Cobham
  • Circular lawn with cafe tables and greenhouses at the Medicine Garden, Cobham
  • Lavender and mixed borders along a path at the Medicine Garden, Cobham
  • Lavender border against the Victorian brick wall at the Medicine Garden, Cobham
  • The glasshouse cafe at the Medicine Garden, Cobham, with borders in flower
  • Aerial view of the two-acre walled Medicine Garden, Cobham

Get in touch

Start with a conversation

Discuss your garden