Steve Williams Landscapes

08/02/2026

GAMBIAN FOOD FOREST: UPDATE

One year on after the rainy season. It's amazing what consistent rain and sun can do.

February last year we focused on getting the bones in. The hard lines that give the practical structure that hold the space. This gives the freedom to play and experiment in the rest of the garden and let the plants do the rest.

We just about managed to get some small trees in before I left but I could already imagine how wild and immersive this place would become. I hadn't realised just how quickly that effect would start to take shape!

What's most inspiring is how the beds have started filling up with perennials and grasses. All things the family have planted and shows how much the ethos has been accepted.

Lots is reslly thriving. Lemon grass around the house perimeter to deter mosquitoes, birds of paradise booming, Cassava doing a lot of the early heavy lifting for privacy and screening. I fell in love with this plant during both my visits as it has such a cool architectural quality, its fast growing, edible and regularly harvested, truly dynamic which we don't really get to do over here with such structural plants. Papaya is another one, grows so fast but with a short life cycle, so helpful as slower growing trees establish to give height, and also fruit! Also quite shocked how much the existing date tree has grown!

Pretty soon this whole place will be an edible jungle... but most importantly remain functional and usable for the family to relax, escape the heat and grow food!

Mandy sent me these pictures recently with a couple of notes.

'Lots of it is currently cassava but everything we planted is coming up. Plants now camouflage those walking through or picking lettuce on the other side, thank you for your brilliant landscaping idea!  It's amazing Steve, no words can describe'

Doesn't get much better than that 🌱💚

07/01/2026

Kickin 2026 off in style with the courtyard vision for our project with   'Where the Forest Meets the Sea' 

This is a fully private secluded area nestled around the back of the new renovation, immersed beneath the surrounding trees. Taking some ques from the perimeter gardens where we are exploring reclaimed gravels and scree planting, gravels wrap around but into a more shady aspect.

Encouraging mosses, ferns and shade loving perennials. Several boulders hold the space where large format cut stones act as plinths for practical use. There's plenty of reclamation yards dotted about where we'll be getting some interesting paving stones and cobbles to create something truly unique underfoot.

Nearing the end of the house renovations now, usually a crazy journey but switching focus to the garden is always a welcome respite.

It's gonna be a fun build 🌱

Drop me a dm or contact via the website to get your garden going this year.

10/12/2025

'FROM THE DESSERTS SHALL BLOOM'

LIFE EMERGING FROM THE RUBBLE

A beautiful collaboration with and

Located just out front of the cathedral on what is currentpy two large expanses of bare gravel, the garden is a celebration of innovative horticultural approaches that explore the exciting possibilities of substrate design to create beautiful, dynamic and highly resilient planting environments within our urban areas.

Drawing inspiration from the incredible flora and wildlife opportunities that arise from brownfield sites the garden uses a mix of locally sourced crushed site wastes flowing across the site in gentle topography to capture an optimistic vision of life rising from the rubble. This may seem counter intuitive to the general public whose idea of gardening may be regarded as needing to be highly knowledgeable and working with heavy constraint upon a site. In contrast this garden has a sensitive, light touch, embracing natural processes and opportunities for a beautiful wild to emerge from often rejected materials.

These crushed waste aggregates are the foundation to an incredible dynamic environment that could flourish all around us with the right support and love. With a change of perspective we can find beauty out of the rubble.

03/12/2025

WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE SEA

SWIPE ➡️

A wonderful project title created by an equally wonderful client

Located on the coast in Sandgate, Kent. This newly renovated house sits on the edge of a woodland, looking out to the sea.

I love working with fellow creatives as there's loads to explore and always ends up somewhere special. We want to embrace the setting by bringing the woodland closer to the property and fully anchoring it into the hillside and fade that out into more open mosaic habitat with gravels and shingle perfect for coastal wildflowers and shrubs.

Adding practicality through hard landscaping but keeping it on message we'll reimagine salvaged timber from old piers and driftwood for habitat creation. There's also some big old boulders lying around these parts which naturally I'm hoping to find a source for. This open space is really exciting as it gives the client the opportunity to be creative and put their identity into it through found elements and plant choices.

If you ever wondered if floristry could be a bit wilder then definitely check out for some forest-foraged, sustainable goodness.

01/12/2025

NATURE'S THE LEVELLER

30/11/2025

PLACE TO BE & A WAY TO GET THERE

Small urban gardens are simple. Give yourself a place to escape to and a practical way to get there. Job done. Let plants do the rest and embrace the wild.

This space was typical of city gardens, a random collection of old astroturf, pea shingle and old concrete slabs with a new family doing there best to make the most of it (See final pic).

Only about 6x6m and a weird shape it was easy for the family to be stuck for ideas but by keeping it simple we massively opened this space up.

A generous terrace with reclaimed timber beams as seating surround a movable firepit to create a beating heart in the centre. Great for small gatherings and solo relaxation but also giving a feeling of openess and space.

Salvaged concrete gravel boards are reimagined as 'plank paving' giving a solid, hardwearing pathway, the gaps allowing creeping plants in to soften it over time.

The rest we went big with the planting and celebrated what was possible in small spaces with a tiered food forest. Two established multistem trees to anchor the space, great for small gardens and food source for birds, Prunus mahaleb and Amelanchier lamarckii. A good eating apple on dwarf root stock. An understorey of edible shrubs, Aronia, Elder, Rosemary, currents and gooseberries with a sea of edible perrenials, salad crops and ground covers with sedges and ferns to help naturalise and give that wild feeling. This will be booming next summer.

Easy to manage but highly impactful, the structure and hardlandscaping of this space is what gives the bravary to let the planting go mad. In small gardens especially you dont need to be an expert gardener you just learn about how to manage your space, feel free to experiment and play.

This garden was created through one of my Wild Garden Workshops and meticulously crafted by the brilliant

Dm me for details on consultations, workshops and design packs. Bring nature closer to home 🌱

30/11/2025

30/11/2025

PLACE TO BE & A WAY TO GET THERE

Small urban gardens are simple. Give yourself a place to escape to and a practical way to get there. Job done. Let plants do the rest and embrace the wild.

This space was typical of city gardens, a random collection of old astroturf, pea shingle and old concrete slabs with a new family doing there best to make the most of it (See final pic).

Only about 6x6m and a weird shape it was easy for the family to be stuck for ideas but by keeping it simple we massively opened this space up.

A generous terrace with reclaimed timber beams as seating surround a movable firepit to create a beating heart in the centre. Great for small gatherings and solo relaxation but also giving a feeling of openess and space.

Salvaged concrete gravel boards are reimagined as 'plank paving' giving a solid, hardwearing pathway, the gaps allowing creeping plants in to soften it over time.

The rest we went big with the planting and celebrated what was possible in small spaces with a tiered food forest. Two established multistem trees to anchor the space, great for small gardens and food source for bird, Prunus mahaleb and Amelanchier lamarckii. A good eating apple on dwarf root stock. An understorey of edible shrubs, Aronia, Elder, Rosemary, currents and gooseberries with a sea of edible perrenials, salad crops and ground covers with sedges and ferns to help naturalise and give that wild feeling. This will be booming next summer.

Easy to manage but highly impactful, the structure and hardlandscaping of this space is what gives the bravary to let the planting go mad. In small gardens especially you dont need to be an expert gardener you just learn about how to manage your space, feel free to experiment and play.

This garden was created through one of my Wild Garden Workshops and meticulously crafted by the brilliant

Dm me for details on consultations, workshops and design packs. Bring nature closer to home 🌱

06/11/2025

A PLACE TO BE AND A WAY TO GET THERE

Small urban gardens have always been a big passion for me. Showing people the potential of these spaces is always rewarding, whether is a Wild Garden Workshop or a full design package the process is always a fun one.

Send me a message if you've got a project to discuss 🌱

01/11/2025

One of my proudest achievements.

we get to express ourselves authentically and we follow the things we are most passionate about and part of that is making real positive change to places and people.

Markfield park legacy garden is a symbol of the potential held in the forgotten corners of our cities.

Its been an incredible journey and one thats only just started.

One of the highlights of our week is the visit from the local school gardening crew lead by the amazing . The kids recently presented the garden they've grown so connected with to their new head teacher. This quote was one of many beautiful things said that day:

"Personally, this garden is a place of hope and peace for me. Every week, I look forward to go to the garden and take a breath of air, away from the stress of studies. It’s a critical part of my life now - it has shaped me as a person. Helping make this garden a home has taught me important qualities and life skills over the course of the past 2 years. It has taught me responsibility, patience and much more. This place has become a second home for us and we hope you enjoy it too!"

Thanks to all the local people who have supported us and and for giving us the platform to showcase these ideas and take them back to tottenham.

31/10/2025

My intrepid journey into the gardening scene. Nice one for getting it on film!

Gardening or garden design wasn't something I planned or imagined when I was younger. I found something and ran with it. Its now become something I can express myself with and make an actual impact. Its a great industry to be in.

Shout out to for teaching me my first landscaping lessons and many more. and for my several lightbulb moments and unwavering belief.

I'd encourage anyone considering I career in horticulture to go for it. You might one day be sat on stage waffling next to one of your heroes (sorry mate 😜)

30/10/2025

Big thankyou to for inviting me to be a part of their first ever Organic Garden Festival this summer.

I was hesitant to enter the glitz and glamour of the potting shed at first but I seem to be in my element 😅🌱

I'll share some of the snippets from my panel talk with and over the next few days.