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Bring green into your home

Tailored indoor and outdoor garden designs that create inspiring, sustainable environments.
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We are dedicated to enriching your home into a beautiful, thriving oasis. Whether you’re enhancing indoor spaces with plants, designing a garden, installing a living wall, creating a rooftop garden, or refreshing your entrance, our skilled designers will work with you every step of the way.

Each project is tailored to reflect your vision, bringing beauty, functionality, and inspiration to your environment.

Connection with nature

Surrounding yourself with plants transforms your space into a calming retreat, enhancing your daily wellbeing and grounding you in the tranquillity of nature.

Biodiversity support

Plants provide essential habitats for diverse wildlife, including birds, insects, and beneficial pollinators, contributing to a healthier ecosystem.

Enhances aesthetic appeal

Bringing plants into your home and garden offers a unique blend of beauty and vitality that can transform your space.

Improves Air Quality

Plants naturally filter pollutants, absorb carbon dioxide, and release oxygen, enhancing the air you breathe. 

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Living Walls

We design our living walls with precision and skill, ensuring a lush, seamless tapestry of plants that delights at eye level. To keep your wall vibrant year-round, we select 90% evergreen plants, thoughtfully layered with varied textures to maintain fullness, even through winter. For seasonal splashes of colour, we incorporate perennials among the evergreens, ensuring your wall remains rich and captivating every season. Our approach minimises bare patches, delivering a lush, thriving living wall that looks beautiful all year.
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Bespoke Gardens

At Meristem Design, we design gardens because we believe in the magic that green spaces can bring to your life. We love transforming spaces into a personal retreat where you can unwind, connect with nature, and find joy in everyday moments. We’re passionate about creating beautiful, functional gardens that reflect your unique style and enhance your well-being, making your outdoor space a true extension of your home.

Featured products & services

To ensure your plants thrive, we offer high-quality pots and bespoke planters designed to enhance both indoor and outdoor spaces. Our planters are crafted with durability and style in mind, providing a beautiful, bespoke touch to brighten any environment.
Our living wall system was developed in the UK by our team of designers and horticulturalists. It is available in galvanised and powder-coated steel. It features integrated irrigation lines laid along each channel for efficient and controlled delivery of water and optimum plant growth.
Our maintenance services ensure your green spaces remain vibrant and healthy year-round. Through regular plant healthcare, precise pruning, thoughtful seasonal planting, and nutrient-enriched fertilising, we nurture every plant to its fullest potential.
With our plant expertise, we can transform your indoor spaces, gardens, and vertical surfaces into thriving, vibrant areas uniquely tailored to each environment.

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If you like what you've seen and want to learn more about how this could work in your setting, please get in touch.

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    Frequently Asked Questions

    Can I grow herbs and vegetables on living walls?

    Yes – absolutely! Living walls aren’t just for decorative plants; they can also be designed to grow a variety of herbs, vegetables, and even edible flowers. Vertical gardening is a great way to maximise limited space, especially in urban environments, balconies, or small courtyards.

    When planning a food-growing living wall, it’s important to choose plants suited to vertical growth and the specific light and climate conditions of your space. Herbs like basil, parsley, and thyme, or vegetables like cherry tomatoes, lettuce, and peppers, can thrive with the right irrigation, nutrient-rich growing medium, and regular care.

    With proper maintenance – including watering, fertilising, and harvesting – your living wall can become a productive, beautiful, and sustainable source of fresh ingredients right at your fingertips.

    What is a living wall?

    A living wall – also called a green wall, plant wall, or vertical garden – is a vertical structure covered with living plants, providing a sustainable and creative way to bring nature into urban spaces.

    What is sustainable landscaping?

    Sustainable landscaping is an approach that works with nature to create green spaces that are low-impact, long-lasting and environmentally friendly. It includes using native or climate-resilient plants, improving soil health, managing water runoff, and reducing the need for irrigation or chemicals.

    Do you offer maintenance after installation?

    We can provide seasonal and year-round maintenance services to ensure your landscaping stays healthy and looks its best — available when you choose us as your maintenance provider.

    Can you help with both landscape design and installation?

    Yes, we can work with existing designs, collaborate with your team, or offer a full service tailored to your space.

    What type of landscaping projects do you work on?

    We work across public realm, commercial and community spaces, including streetsides, schools and green infrastructure projects.

    How much does landscaping cost?

    Costs depend on the scale, complexity and materials involved. We can provide a tailored estimate once we understand your project needs.

    How do I choose the right plants for my space?

    We consider soil type, sunlight, maintenance needs and biodiversity goals when selecting plants to ensure visual appeal and long-term success.

    What are the benefits of landscaping in urban spaces?

    Landscaping can increase biodiversity, reduce surface water runoff, improve air quality and create spaces that are more attractive, welcoming and usable for people.

    What’s the difference between hard and soft landscaping?

    Soft landscaping focuses on living elements like planting, trees and turf. Hard landscaping includes structural features such as paving, edging and decking.

    What is Landscaping?

    Landscaping involves the design, installation and maintenance of outdoor spaces. Focusing aesthetic appeal and functional use.

    How is the maintenance of a living green wall different from traditional gardens?

    Maintaining a living wall is distinct from tending to traditional gardens due to its vertical nature. Traditional gardens have plants growing horizontally in the soil, making watering and care relatively straightforward. In contrast, living walls require specialised attention. Monitoring the water levels, nutrients, and potential pests becomes crucial. Pruning and trimming are more strategic as plants grow vertically, ensuring proper coverage and preventing overgrowth. Additionally, regular checks on the wall’s structure and irrigation system are necessary to maintain its health and longevity.

    Can you integrate an irrigation system for your living green wall?

    Yes, an irrigation system is essential, regardless of the size of the wall. Because plants in a living wall grow in a relatively shallow space compared to traditional gardens, they require a carefully controlled and consistent water supply to stay healthy.

    How do you choose the right locations and plants for a living green wall?

    The main consideration when installing a living wall is the structural strength of the wall. Otherwise, living walls can be installed in almost any location, whether sunny, shady, or windy. Whatever the environment, we will identify plants that can thrive in that space.

    What's the process involved in a green living wall installation?

    Living wall installation involves several key steps. We start by evaluating your space, analysing sunlight, wind, and the environment. Our team then constructs a sturdy framework, capable of supporting plants, soil, and water. We tailor our plant selection to your location’s light conditions, ensuring they thrive. With careful planting and soil choice, we position the plants onto the framework securely. An integrated irrigation system is often incorporated, ensuring consistent watering.

    Can we install living walls or planters in small spaces?

    Yes! We offer compact and vertical greening options like living walls and slimline planters that fit perfectly in small spaces, bringing greenery to balconies, patios, and even interior spaces.

    Can residential urban greening help soundproof homes?

    Absolutely. Green walls for example help absorb sounds and reduce noise levels, making them an ideal choice for creating a quieter indoor or outdoor space in residential properties.

    Can urban greening help reduce energy costs?

    Yes, plants and living walls can provide insulation that help keep homes cooler in summer and warmer in winter, potentially reducing heating and cooling costs.