Form follows nature.
With his award-winning gardens displayed at the prestigious RHS shows, Sebastian has exhibited his affinity to create wild spaces with a bold and artistic twist.
His designs and concepts are always guided by the genius loci, a certain longing to capture its essence and to craft immersive places that allow the clients visions to come to life.
Through thrilling ideas, textures and materials as well as a deeply considered approach to functionality and planting, Sebastian is capable of crafting a clients ideal garden.
Sebastian is here to help craft your vision of a dream space: Either as a concept, a small part of a garden or the whole space. His focus lies upon creating visionary and authentic spaces for small businesses, bespoke hotels that enhance the environment as well as taking on a hand of private gardens.
Process of making a garden.
Phase 1:
A free initial consultation for your garden space — whether it is a re-design, a brand new place or a particular area within your garden.
Phase 2:
Ideas are brought to paper, sketched and thoroughly discussed — tailored to your particular needs.
Phase 3:
Sebastian will create a bespoke offer tailored to the scope of the project, the needs and the budget.
Phase 4:
Making the garden a reality through skilful landscapers or your own hands.
Different Needs
Different Designs
Each project is tailored to your individual needs and could look like the following:
* A partial planting scheme to enhance an existing garden space or balcony: Such as planting borders or containers.
* A full design for small to medium sized gardens that includes all the necessary plans, sourcing of bespoke landscapers and gardeners to bring the vision to life.
There are many ways to create your dream garden and Sebastian works with any size: from tiny (from 150m2 to small and medium-sized (up to 7500m2) spaces.
Dive into his previous work below or get in touch with Sebastian.
What my clients say:
“It’s amazing what a few square meters of change can do to the overall look of the garden. The perennials around our seating area, which were planned by Sebastian Conrad took some time to settle in.
Many hot and dry weeks have given them quite a hard time, despite regular watering. When it suddenly became autumnal in July, with a lot of rain and mild temperatures, the perennials underwent an incredible development. With so much leaf mass, so many flowers, our expectations for the first year were far exceeded. Apart from that, what excites us is how wonderfully the new planting merges with the garden. The previously empty, boring area now creates a perfect connection between the already existing elements such as the vegetable garden and the perennial bed on the fence.
There are so many new, exciting perspectives that allow us to perceive and experience our garden in a completely different way.”
CURRENT PROJECTS
“CABIN ONE” - COMING SOON
“Cabin one”
is a small space for escaping, featuring a sustainable and ecological tiny-house in the wonderful landscapes of the upper palatinate, Germany.
Currently in the making it will feature wild, native hedges, small fruit trees as well as regional shrubs as part of the local regulations to foster sustainable landscapes within new-builds.
As a rhythmic element deadwood-hedges lead though the space, creating habitats for wildlife, alongside the ornamental and mediterranean inspired planting, crafting areas in the garden to venture into and rejuvenate within.
Stay tuned for more to come.
“Villa Kleiner Schakal” — Coming soon
“Villa Kleiner Schakal”
is a small villa in the countryside of Pelopponese, Greece. Surrounded by vast grecian landscapes it is currently renovated through the artisan craftsmanship of the owners, turning a former birth-place into a bespoke hideaway.
The garden and the planting will reference the openness perceived amidst the vast skies and distant mountains whilst bringing rhythm and texture into the space. As a self-sustaining piece of land it aims to bridge the gap between wilderness and cultivation.
More to come soon.
“OLD SMOKEHOUSE” — in the making
“Alte Räucherei”
is a historic smokehouse located in the north of Germany close to the sea.
Inspired by its strong heritage this garden is bringing in a sea of textures.
The house and atelier have been carefully renovated to stay true to its roots reclaiming materials wherever possible.
In crafting a textural planting palette, the pier leading to the gravel terrace acts as a desire line to draw away from the more formal house into the borrowed landscapes and through texture-rich plantings.
Native wild hedges as boundaries will enhance the relaxedness and easfulness of the space.
Stay tuned for more to come.
“Villa delle Limonaie” — Establishing
“VILLA DELLE LIMONAIE”
This private garden in Italy was designed for the first time around 10 years ago. In 2019 Haute Jardin had the pleasure to rejuvenate some of its planting and is continuing to develop the space.
It plays with a borrowed landscape that is dominant in the region represented by cypress trees and steep slopes. Rocks frame some of the high elevations of this region allowing this garden to play with a large planting palette. With its vistas the garden becomes larger than the existing boundaries and allows nature to move into the property with ease.
“Zu den Wiesen” — establishing
“zu den wiesen”
is an old heritage home that was renovated by the photographers and stylists Susann Probst & Yannic Schon known as Kraut Kopf
They reached out to create a guideline for their space that once was filled with the history and stories of makers before them — pinning down the “handmade wilderness” through new planting beds, solitary trees and wild hedges the space now becomes a curated one where Susann and Yannic are pouring in their own labour and energy developing it alongside the concept and guide provided. It does not feature any hard landscaping but plays with the idea of formality and the name of the property which translates “to the meadows”.
It will be a long-term development with the first beds planted in Spring 2022 and more to be added gradually to allow for eco-tones and the development of wildlife alongside it.
Images courtesy of Kraut Kopf
“DAS BRUNNERS”
“DAS BRUNNERS”
“Das Brunners” is a courtyard garden located within a boutique hotel. Its planting was inspired by the native landscape surrounding the city. With grass-laden meadows, greenery and textures is uses the idea of guiding nature through structural shrubs and planting that allows wildflowers to settle — brought in by urban wildlife and its climate
It is still in development and looked after to ensure a healthy and abundant population and ecosystem.
“WHAT IF”
“WHAT IF”
This space was crafted around the idea of an artists garden.
Meandering gravel pathways are framed by informal and wild planting without being untamed. With the use of materials such as Cotswold stone boulders, oxidised steel and glass the garden displayed the playful curiosity — also reflected in the art work created by Kate Rees.
The planting and use of materials was highly commended by visitors and peers alike. It won the prestigious RHS Gold medal at the
RHS Malvern Spring Festival in 2019.
“THE URBAN ESCAPE”
“THE URBAN ESCAPE”
As an award winning garden this space reflected an urban environment.
The use of bold materials such as clay walls and porcelain tiles as raised planters elevated the informal planting scheme and allowed Sebastian to play with various heights crafting an easy atmosphere. Key plants include Anthriscus sylvestnis, Geum rivularis and Melica altissima alba.
It was commended for its ambitious and bold ideas and won an RHS Bronze medal at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival in 2018.
Get in touch
I am here to design your dream garden, imagining an abundance of curated wilderness tailored to your desires, need and resources.
I am looking forward to hearing from you and to work with you:
email: sebastian@hautejardin.com
phone: +44(0)178 88 18 426
Sebastian is available to work world-wide.