Permaculture
for British gardens

EcoGardens is a permaculture design tool built entirely around British native plants — guilds, seven-layer forest gardens, water systems, and pioneer succession planning.

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Permaculture design tools

Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park — meadow and native trees in a royal English garden

Seven-layer forest garden

Design using the full forest garden model — canopy, sub-canopy, shrub, herbaceous, ground cover, rhizosphere and vertical layers — using only British native species proven to support local ecology.

Foxgloves (Digitalis purpurea) in the walled garden at Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex

Plant guilds

Build productive guilds of mutually supportive native plants — nitrogen fixers, dynamic accumulators, pollinator plants and pest deterrents all working together around a centre species.

Lily pond at The Courts Garden, National Trust, Holt, Wiltshire

Water systems design

Capture, slow and sink rainwater using swales, rain gardens, ponds and bog gardens. We analyse your site elevation and annual rainfall to recommend the right water features.

Cotswolds wildflowers in full bloom at Snowshill, Gloucestershire

Pioneer succession

Start with the right pioneer plants to rapidly build soil, fix nitrogen and establish microclimates — then introduce the permanent guild structure as the land matures.

Wildflower meadow with bird's-foot trefoil and yellow rattle at Foster's Green Meadows National Nature Reserve, Worcestershire

British native species only

Every plant in the database is a true British native, verified against NBN Atlas occurrence records. No invasive species, no cultivars — just plants that evolved alongside British wildlife.

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