Topoforma Landscape

Topoforma Landscape Garden Design | Landscape Architecture | Landscaping

We are a Landscape & Garden Design consultancy based in Northamptonshire.

Our philosophy is to provide a professional service, while enhancing the local ecosystem through our interventions.

It's always good to check on our gardens throughout different seasons and months, the planting changes character so rapi...
10/07/2026

It's always good to check on our gardens throughout different seasons and months, the planting changes character so rapidly in the summer months. These photos were taken a few weeks ago, the early season bulbs having faded away and the late summer flowering perennials get a foothold in the borders - Eryngium agavifolium decked out in its pale green attire, ready to eventually turn golden in autumn; the Digitalis parviflora growing spires also beckoning the rusty tones of late summer, which happily echo the same iron rich tones of Northants' sandstone walls.

All photos from a roll of Candido 200 taken by .la

Presenting 'Understoreys' by mentored by , built by & planted with & . These beautiful photos by really capture the ...
22/05/2026

Presenting 'Understoreys' by mentored by , built by & planted with & . These beautiful photos by really capture the beauty of the planting palette Jacopo has created, featuring lesser known species and varieties of familiar genera and some wildflower gems.

The team pulled through some interesting challenges including a tight schedule, limited space, and some crazy weather to create a truly eye-catching display.

Of course, we couldn't have done with without our network of amazing growers and suppliers, , , , , , and our army of KLC volunteers, including & .pilgrim.design.

Watch this space!

Today's marks 2 years since we broke ground on our Golden Gates brownfield park at ! The project took a small corner of ...
15/04/2026

Today's marks 2 years since we broke ground on our Golden Gates brownfield park at ! The project took a small corner of the huge former landfill site on the bank of Thames and aimed to turn it into a public picnic and gathering space with huge value to both the human visitors to the space and a wide variety of wildlife.

The ground had many uses throughout the years, including a dumping area for construction waste - the ground comprised more masonry than soil, which we decided to use as an asset rather than an obstacle that needed clearing. The overall intentions, beside creating habitat and potential for increased biodiversity, was to create a space which demonstrated ecologically informed brownfield design to the viewing public, an ideas bank from which people could borrow and take home.

A network of open swales and ponds manages rainfall and surface water runoff, holding pollutants to be absorbed by plants before the water moves slowly towards a lake at the foot of the space; crushed construction materials of varying stone and man-made material have been sown with a seed mix of British wildflower species - some rare or declining in the country. Every feature in the space that has a human function also provides habitat opportunities for wildlife, making use of any 'waste' materials found on site too.

I'm overdue a visit back down there to see how it is getting on, but it will be thrilling to see its evolution.

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Design: Sharon Chilvers & Topoforma Landscape

There's nothing quite like the anticipation early spring brings; green shoots start appearing, tree flower buds bursting...
30/03/2026

There's nothing quite like the anticipation early spring brings; green shoots start appearing, tree flower buds bursting into much welcomed colour.

One of the most popular tree species for small gardens is Amelanchier lamarckii - it is hard to argue with it too much especially when it is in the familiar and beautiful multistem form. Structural silvery-grey stems throughout the winter become overtaken by the excitement of the trees being bejeweled by their small white starry flowers. We are at the doorstep of this spectacle, if you have one of these in your garden then enjoy every gorgeous second of it. The garden is waking from slumber, the sap is rising.

This garden we completed in spring last year is heading into its first full year of established growth, it is very exciting to see how it develops and matures.

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Northampton
Northampton
NN11

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Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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