A garden architect in Brussels

The Brussels garden, a unique profession

Designing a city garden in Brussels is not the same as designing a country garden

In Brussels, the practice of landscaping changes in nature. The plots are narrow, often deep but limited by adjoining walls. The soils are altered. Light is scarce, constrained by neighbouring buildings. The context is urban before it is botanical.

Our Brussels clients rarely seek a large garden. They seek abreathing spacein the heart of the city: a corner to have coffee in the morning, host friends in the summer, let children play out of sight of neighbours.

That is why for every Brussels project we start by reading the constraints — orientation, wall height, soil condition, overlooking views — before imagining any planting.

The Brussels gardens we work on

Typology of city gardens in Brussels

In Uccle, Ixelles, Auderghem, Watermael-Boitsfort or in the two Woluwes, we mainly encounter four types of gardens:

1. The narrow city garden, between party wallsLong and narrow, dominated by neighbouring walls. Managing the boundaries is central.

2. The deep garden behind a master houseOften in a strip, with potential for staging through successive sequences.

3. The redeveloped garden on an old parking lot or mineral courtyardCompacted soils, rubble, little topsoil. Requires a technical overhaul before any planting.

4. The buried or semi-buried gardenInherited from successive constructions, often below ground level. Managing light and drainage becomes crucial.