Timeless Gardens, Thoughtfully Designed
Award-winning landscape design for discerning clients across Cheshire, North Wales, Wirral and Merseyside.
Jane Houghton Studio
We specialise in significant landscape transformations for substantial private homes and estates.
Why choose us?
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Jane Houghton Garden Design Studio was created to provide high quality garden transformations for design conscious clients.
Our small client focused studio is based in the heart of the historic and beautiful City of Chester, perfectly located for to meet clients from across Cheshire, Warrington, Liverpool, the Wirral and North Wales.
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Every home has its unique character, and our goal is to create gardens that are a natural extension of your living space. We take into account the architectural style of your home, the existing landscape, and your personal taste to craft a garden that feels like it has always been part of your surroundings.
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We believe in creating gardens that are not only beautiful but also sustainable. Our designs incorporate eco-friendly practices and materials, ensuring that your garden is both a haven for you and a haven for nature. By selecting plants that are suited to your local climate and soil conditions, we ensure that your garden thrives with minimal maintenance, preserving its beauty and health for the long term.
About
Jane Houghton is an award-winning landscape and garden designer based in Chester, working across Cheshire, the Wirral including Heswall, and North Wales. Her studio specialises in thoughtfully designed private landscapes for substantial homes and country properties, creating gardens that feel like a natural extension of the architecture and surrounding landscape.
Jane holds a BSc (Hons) in Landscape Design and Management and a Foundation Degree (FdSc) in Garden and Landscape Design. Her horticultural knowledge has been shaped through study at leading horticultural colleges, hands-on experience working in specialist local plant nurseries, and many years of personal cultivation within her own garden.
Alongside her design work, Jane has a long-standing interest in sketching, painting and illustration, which plays an important role in her creative process. Hand drawing allows her to explore ideas, communicate design concepts clearly, and capture the character and atmosphere of a garden in its early stages.
This artistic approach encourages careful observation of form, texture and seasonal change, helping to shape gardens that feel both thoughtfully composed and naturally connected to their surroundings.
Her work is characterised by clear spatial structure, carefully chosen materials and botanically rich, layered planting compositions that mature and evolve beautifully over time. Each garden is carefully shaped by the architecture of the home, the character of the surrounding landscape, and the lifestyle of the people who will use the space.
Jane’s aim is to create landscapes that feel balanced, timeless and quietly connected to their setting.
Based between Chester and North Wales, Jane works with private clients and design professionals across Cheshire, the Wirral including Heswall, and North Wales. She specialises in creating landscapes for distinctive homes and country properties, designing gardens that complement the architecture, enhance the character of the setting and bring lasting enjoyment to those who live there. Many of her commissions involve significant landscape transformations, where careful design, craftsmanship and planting come together to create gardens that mature beautifully over time.
Projects range from contemporary gardens for architect-designed homes to large country gardens and estate landscapes. Many involve significant transformations including re-grading, terraces, outdoor entertaining spaces, specimen tree planting and carefully structured planting schemes.
Jane’s work is commissioned by clients seeking a carefully considered landscape that enhances both the beauty and long-term value of their home.
Jane works closely with architects, specialist landscape contractors and skilled craftspeople to ensure that every element of the garden — from the overall layout to the finest planting detail — is delivered with care, precision and attention to detail.
Projects typically involve comprehensive garden redesigns for substantial private homes and country properties.