Kit Peel Gardens designs elegant gardens which marry formal layout with romantic planting.
Since 2016 we have undertaken urban and rural projects, for private clients and businesses. Our work is mostly in North Yorkshire, although we undertake commissions across the UK and abroad. Projects range from intricate London outdoor spaces to country house gardens and large estates.
Our team has wide-ranging knowledge of historic gardens across the UK and Europe, as well as experience in architectural design at the highest level. We have a particular specialism in woodland and water gardens.
For us, each project is unique. We carefully gather information on the client’s needs, the unique qualities of the site and wider landscape, then we develop the strongest design that brings these elements together, beautifully and with impact.
We are well used to working with private clients, developers, architects, planning consultants and others; being called in to projects at the drawing board or nearing completion.
Kit Peel
Kit Peel is a pre-registered member of the Society of Garden Designers. He holds a FDA in garden design, graduating with distinction. He worked in foreign news for over a decade, before spending a magical year on the Greek island of Hydra where he rediscovered a childhood love of wildflowers. Returning to his family home in the Yorkshire Dales, he volunteered in the famous gardens of Newby Hall while training in garden design. A published author, Kit also writes garden design and nature features for Country and Town House magazine, The Sunday Times, The Guardian and other media.
The Team
Megan Peel
Megan holds a Garden Design diploma from the prestigious London College of Garden Design. She leads on planting design on our projects. She has an encyclopediac knowledge of plants and the history of planting design, as well as ever-growing relationships with specialist nurseries. Megan also helps source garden ornaments and antique furniture. A self-confessed garden romantic, she is currently writing a novel about the world-famous Italian garden of Ninfa.
Thomas Chapman-Andrews
Tom studied architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, before joining Thomas Heatherwick as he set up his Studio in 1998. Tom was instrumental in the development of the Studio as it grew over the following 13 years. In that period he took time out to complete his studies and work on a couple of small scale rural developments in North Yorkshire. At Heatherwick Studio, Tom led and delivered a wide variety of projects, most notably: the Longchamp retail flagship, New York; the Boiler Suit, and Guys Approaches for Guys Hospital, London; Artist Studios, Aberystwyth. Tom’s primary interest is making and how materials inform that process. He takes a collaborative approach to design and building, and loves to work with highly skilled artisans in the delivery and realisation of projects.
Steve Booker
Steve is an accomplished Project Manager and Interior architect, whose career has spanned commercial office fit-out, luxury residential, landscape and leisure projects.
Educated in Structural Engineering and Quantity Surveying, Steve’s design passion lies in bespoke joinery, art and landscape design.
Professionally he coordinates his broad education and experience to deliver design solutions that focus on detail and build quality.