Projects

Gardens and Landscapes

Award-winning Swiss Scottish garden design studio Semple Begg is renowned for creating unique and beautiful gardens that enhance lives changing the way we engage with outdoor spaces.

Featured Garden Design Town Gardens

Vaudoise Family Garden

Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal Winners - Semple Begg Elsewhere Garden

Featured Garden Design Show Gardens

The Elsewhere Garden, RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023

Veronicastrum & Coreopsis moonbeam,

Coastal Gardens Featured Garden Design

Coastal Family Garden

Coastal garden designed by Semple Begg Garden Design

Coastal Gardens Featured Garden Design Sloping Gardens

Sloping Seaside Garden, Gullane

Featured Garden Design Planting Design Rural Gardens

Contemporary Scottish Country Garden

Featured Garden Design Rural Gardens Soft Landscape Design

Ripple Retreat

Services

Landscape and Garden Design Services

We offer a seamless service in all aspects of landscape and garden design for domestic, commercial and public sector projects.

Scottish coastal garden, Cotula hispida, designed by Semple Begg

Our Process

Consultation and Initial Stage

Concept Design and Masterplan

Planting Design and Planting

Tendering and Construction

'Our garden is transformed...'

'Semple Begg turned our plot, on a hill and exposed to the prevailing wind, into a beautiful garden. We have colour all year round and it is no longer a maintenance burden.'

Laura Young,

'A true reflection of me...'

'Semple Begg have taken my garden to a whole new level and as a family given us so much more enjoyment of our space.'

Alison Johnston,

'A daily revelation...'

'Our garden is a daily revelation and looking lovely. We are regularly complimented by our neighbours and those passing by on our beautiful and colourful garden.'

David and Karen Jack,

About us

Who We Are

Semple Begg is a landscape and garden design practice with studios in Scotland and Switzerland. We are recognised for creating imaginative and sustainable spaces that are in harmony with the natural and built environment.

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Dior Cruise 2025 🌿

Dior Cruise 2025 🌿

We want as many folk as possible to benefit from t

We want as many folk as possible to benefit from this garden at Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. Thank you to The Scotsman and Helen Cross for getting the story out there about the relocation of the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden from RHS Chelsea ‘23. And also a little bit about what we are up to. 🙏🥳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇭
#scottishgardens #gardendesign #gardensforgoodcauses #hospitalgardens #rhschelsea #teapotrust #projectgivingback #rhs

Yesterday was a very happy day 🎉. After more th

Yesterday was a very happy day 🎉. After more than two-and-a-half years the relocated Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden opened at Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow. We will share photos of the relocated garden in due course but for the moment we want to celebrate ALL the people, too numerous to mention here, who made it happen. A true team effort and we are so grateful to each of you. Despite it taking some time to reach this point, the garden is in its infancy. This is just the beginning and we hope it will bring pleasure to hospital patients, their families, visitors and staff for many years to come. 🌷💐🌺
@project.giving.back you made it possible, thank you 🙏
And thanks to Joshua Linnemann and Project Giving Back for the happy snaps.

Shout out to our planting team and Greens Team, wh

Shout out to our planting team and Greens Team, who we collaborated with on @Dior Cruise 2025. We couldn’t have done it without you all. Thank you!
Here the two teams pass almost 1500 heathers down the castle steps. 💪

Huge honour and immense pleasure to do the plantin

Huge honour and immense pleasure to do the planting design, courtyard dressing and photocall for #diorcruise 2025 at Drummond Castle.
The @mariagraziachiuri collection was a deep dive into Scottish history, culture and textiles with a smattering of punk and undercurrent of Vivienne Westwood. A tribute to the Queen of Punk and Queen of Scots 👑
Our planting design for the parterre/show space was pitched to echo the collection, including deep sultry tones, layers of texture and strong structural elements that anchored it within the formality of the Listed gardens at Drummond. A touch of teasel (think it’s pic 3) references its use by weavers to card the cloth, making the nap stand up.
We’re hugely grateful to Edith Barnes, Head Gardener and her brilliant team. Thank you for trusting us. Allowing us to replant the gardens was no small thing. In fact it was immense!!!
Thank you also to our amazing planting team (more about this lot in another post…) And to @greens_team for helping us realise the courtyard elements and photocall. Thank you to @kelwaysplantslangport who once again stepped up and grew us all the beautiful plants for parterre, @craigmarlochnurseriesltd for our standout shrubs, with @kevockgarden and @macplants playing a strong supporting role in supplying all the gorgeous flowers and ferns for the VIP photocall that are currently splashed all over our screens.
Finally to Picnic Productions and Bureau Betak. We loved working with you, always calm and ready with a Gallic shrug and wry smile to see us through the tough times.
All photos by 📸 maestra @andreajonesgardenphotography

I LOVE Kathy Hinde’s world. It’s a year since

I LOVE Kathy Hinde’s world. It’s a year since we collaborated with @kathyhinde on Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show so I was thrilled to be able to drop into her studio in Bristol earlier in the week.
STILL chuckling…sheer joy, playfulness and brilliance. The world really is a much better place for having this wonderful woman in it. 🤩💚💚
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Recent photos of Spring in a Vaud garden. Our clie

Recent photos of Spring in a Vaud garden. Our client’s daughter said ‘I feel like I have been colour blind and then the garden came to life….´
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#tulips #amelanchier #springbulbs #springblossoms #vaud #plantingdesign #gardensesign #architectepaysagiste #landscapearchitect #outdoorliving #suisse #geneva #swissgarden

Geneva in Spring, Wisteria and Cercis creating pas

Geneva in Spring, Wisteria and Cercis creating pastel perfection in a mini park that had looked rather grey and austere just a few weeks before: the power of plants 🙌.
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#geneva #cercis #plantingdesign #wisteria #architectepaysagiste #gardendesign #springflowers

I don’t find my pear trees hugely reliable but I

I don’t find my pear trees hugely reliable but I do love them. They were a bit neglected when I moved here a couple of years back - I think somebody intended to espalier them but gave up. I’m gradually doing what I can, eating the fruit when it comes and feasting on the blossom.
Wherever we can, we include fruit trees in our designs - wandering out to pick, then eat your own fruit feels like a goddam miracle. The thrill never wears out 🍐 🍎 🍒
And yes, that’s a sneaky Magnolia muscling in on the blue sky action.

New friends…🦆🐥

Eye catching front gardens 💕 . . . #gullane #fr

Eye catching front gardens 💕
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#gullane #frontgardens #camelia #eastlothian #gardendesign

January finds the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden, R

January finds the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden, Royal Hospital for Children, planted, open, dusted with snow and in the good hands of our dedicated Elsewhere gardener @moonrise.hort
Relocating a garden is one thing but ensuring its legacy is another. Shiona is a pioneer, the first specialist gardener supported by @NHSGGC and we’re ever grateful to them for recognising that the garden needs specialist care and maintenance. Thanks also @gardensbychelsea, head gardener at @Horatios Glasgow for recommending Shiona, and to @jamesasinclair @teapottrust and @projectgivingback for their continued support.
It’s a joy and relief to see all plants, including our two Picea abies ‘Inversa’ finally in their new home. The site is considerably larger, 700m2 compared to the 48m2 at the Chelsea Flower Show, there are paths, discreet seating areas, lots more beautiful plants, bulbs and trees plus room for a dedicated art therapy studio that we hope to see built soon.
Official opening Spring/Summer 2024.
#gardensforgoodcauses #hospitalgardens #scottishgardens #scottishgardendesigners #semplebegg #architectpaysagiste

Gentle winter morning sunshine in a client’s gar

Gentle winter morning sunshine in a client’s garden and the lashing rain of Autumn is all forgotten.
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#winterlight #wintergarden #plantingdesign #gardendesign #architectepaysagiste #swissgardens #suisse #vaud #scottishgardens #semplebegg #landscapearchitect

Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ definitely popping

Kniphofia ‘Mango Popsicle’ definitely popping in a clients garden near Coppet 🇨🇭.
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#jardinsuisse #kniphofia #architectepaysagiste #gardendesign #swissgardens #semplebegg #naturalisticgardens #landscapearchitecture #naturalisticplanting

From nowhere to ‘Elsewhere’, thank you to ever

From nowhere to ‘Elsewhere’, thank you to everyone who helped us and everyone who visited us 🌟🎉

BBC RHS People's Choice Award, please vote, link i

BBC RHS People's Choice Award, please vote, link in bio! 🌟🪴😁

VOTE Please: People’s Choice: If you enjoyed our

VOTE Please: People’s Choice: If you enjoyed our magical garden as much as we enjoyed sharing it with you, please vote for the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden in the BBC/RHS People’s Choice Award in the Sanctuary and All About Plants Category. Link in Bio 🔗
Voting open until 7pm today. Thank you. Thank you ✨🙏✨
Designed by @semplebegg and sponsored by @project.giving.back.
#TeapotTrustElsewhereGarden #Gardensforgoodcauses #RHSChelsea #arttherapy #chronicconditions #projectgivingback #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #TeapotTrustElsewhereGarden #gardensforgoodcauses #chelseaflowershow2023 #childrenscharity #invisibleillness #rhschelseaflowershow #chronicillnesswarrior #scotland #scottishcharity

It’s a Gold for the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garde

It’s a Gold for the Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden. Epic team effort! Swipe for the stars of the show.🏅🎉🥳🌟🌟
Massive thank you to @project.giving.back #teapottrustelsewheregarden

Round of applause + round of biscuits for our plan

Round of applause + round of biscuits for our planting crew. Heroic effort!
Mark Richardson - Master Chelsea Builder. Thank you. Above and Beyond!
#teapottrustelsewheregarden 🌟🌟🌟

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