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Beyond the Trophy: Our APLD Award-Winning Gardens in Cheshire & Greater Manchester
In October 2025, we shared some exciting news: our designer David has been recognised with three awards at the prestigious 2025 APLD International Landscape Design Awards. He received two Silver Awards in the Residential #3 (Over $100,000) category, alongside a Silver Award in the Specialty Projects category, cementing his work alongside some of the most inspiring designers and studios from around the world. Contemporary Family Garden, Monton, Greater Manchester One of the r
David Keegan
1 day ago3 min read
How to Start Planning Your 2026 Garden—Now
Winter can feel like a pause button in the garden. Yet from a garden designer’s point of view, winter is not an ending, but a valuable reset of the entire gardening year. Contrary to popular belief, your friend or neighbour’s garden that feels effortless in summer and seems to “just work” when the sun shines are almost always the result of decisions made months and months earlier! That’s because winter planning removes urgency from the process. It replaces reactive planting w
David Keegan
Jan 244 min read
How to Cultivate a Pollinator-Friendly Garden
Our designer David ’s personal motto is, “It’s all about the plants.” And over the years, that idea has evolved and deepened. Today, “plants” also means the vital, bustling life of pollinators that sustain them, and vice-versa, because bees, butterflies, hoverflies and the likes are the heartbeats of a thriving garden. For DK Garden Design, we don’t just think of cultivating a pollinator-friendly garden as an aesthetic choice, we see it as a meaningful contribution to the sur
David Keegan
Jan 44 min read
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