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Reputation built on prompt and efficient consultancy

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Swan Paul is a professional landscape practice committed to working closely with the client to develop site-specific solutions and to maintain continuity throughout the design process. We have built a reputation for prompt and efficient consultancy, tailored to our client’s budget.

We believe that a successful outcome is assured if we, as members of the design team, can get involved at an early stage to help coordinate and integrate all the external elements. Our initial site analysis will highlight the constraints and opportunities inherent in a particular site. We will then be able to ensure that the design is viable.

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Meet the team

John Burgess

BA(Hons) Dip LA CMLI

John has over 20 years post qualification experience gained in both small and internationally recognised practices in the UK and China. He has particular expertise in masterplanning, healthcare and education projects

Louise Baugh

Louise Baugh

BA(Hons) Dip(Hons) LA CMLI

Louise has wide experience in the profession and has worked for both the public sector and private practice. At Swan Paul she has developed expertise in play schemes, residential projects and landscape assessment.

Esther Das

MALA

Esther has worked with the Practice since completing her Degree . She is interested in the social aspects of design and how well designed spaces contribute to the well being of its users. She assists in Housing Development projects and is currently on her pathway to becoming a chartered member of the Landscape Institute.

Latest Projects

Collett Park, Shepton Mallett

Together with Friends of Collett Park and Shepton Mallet Town Council we came up with a Vision for the development of the park over the longer term. It provides for the current needs of the park users, but also captures the imagination and seasonality of the park, weaving in a far greater biodiversity and making […]

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Chelston Wetland

We worked with Client, Chelston Heath LLP, and Planning consultants Collier Planning, in the creation of wetlands for Haywards Water to reduce concentration of phosphate in the river and improve water quality. The resulting phosphate credits from the wetlands will allow stalled planning applications to go forward. The Landscape masterplan set out the wetland planting […]

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Taunton School – Greenheart

Swan Paul was awarded the landscape design for Taunton School in a competition bid. The brief outlined the need for a Green Heart for the school that offered free flow pedestrian access linking the various school blocks and providing sensory planting with seasonal interest. Responding to this, the conceptual design envisioned was a transformative process […]

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