Skye Bond

Having initially trained in commercial horticulture at Dartington College, Skye BA (Hons) Dip GD later graduated with distinction after studying landscape design at the KLC School of Design in Chelsea. Initially situated in West London, the design practice is now located in South Devon on the edge of the Dartmoor National Park.

As a small design studio we specialise in domestic garden and landscape design, offering a personalised service from initial consultation and project brief through to the tender process, build supervision, planting and maintenance.

Our comprehensive design process is tailored to each project with a transparently priced, systematic workflow that begins with a collaborative, personalised project brief. Our aim is to identify the key requirements of each of our clients and to provide beautiful, durable solutions that become a lasting extension of the home.

Whilst always guided by the client, all of our work engages sustainable ecological practices and site-specific planting strategies as a basis for resilient design. As required, we collaborate with project specialists and tender the design construction to established local landscaping teams.

Visit Skye on Instagram @skyebondgardendesign

The Big Build….It’s begun!!! This secluded medieval walled garden is separated from the current Eighteenth Century townhouse by the old stable block and choked up with some rather nice wildflowers (Centrathus, Oregano…) and some n
An upcoming build and a sort of potential after-and-before! this one is going out to tender in a few days- Corten-retained terraces stepping up from the stone wall to replace the wonky lawn, resilient planting going in and mulched deeply with crushed
With something of a dearth of mature plants in this garden, we've encouraged the native self seeders to create layers of texture and colour across the space by mowing further from the edges and lifting a few clumps into border gaps that needed fillin
Behind the old orchard is this lovely run of wild garlic (or stinking jenny/ snake-plant/ devil's-posy!), backed by a good hazel hedge that at some point was properly laid in the old Devon fashion, with the pleachers almost entirely flat. Just a few
Continuing on the subject of minimal intervention... the awkward cookie cutter circle bed of sheepish plants could have been edited, the outline could have been tweaked to echo the space it shared or the plants could have been changed. Instead the ch
A lesson learned! Take your time (give it a year) before you commit to anything madly interventional. An August viewing of our potential new home revealed what appeared to be a back garden of nettles and brambles, buzzed-down for our arrival. Arms we
The Still Pond
This place is magic every day of the year...
Wild cherry, caterpillar, son.