Harry and Sue Rich with their children, Heath (left) and Indigo, at an opening in the stone wall that surrounds the dining terrace.
From there, they quickly rose through the British and wider European scenes, balancing intimate residential projects with more high-profile commercial ones, like the grounds surrounding the spa at Heckfield Place, in Hampshire, and a walled garden for Stockholm’s beloved Ett Hem hotel. In 2015, they created a garden to accompany Chanel’s Mademoiselle Privé exhibition at London’s Saatchi Gallery, designed to represent key influences in Coco Chanel’s life. They gained recognition for their keen balance of structure and naturalism, implementing interpretations of traditional English garden design—hedges, topiary, and mixed borders—that feel both organic and novel. Through all their projects, their abiding ethos has been observing and responding to the site and its existing ecology and growth patterns.
“We learned quite young that nature really does it best,” says Harry. “You need a sense of place to design a garden. You have to know where you are to really understand it.”
During Harry’s three years and David’s seven years based in London, they spoke often about their dream of making a home garden in Wales. They envisioned a place where they could experiment with the plants and palettes of their childhood, with enough space and time to learn the land’s patterns and processes.
Honeysuckle grows along the top of the property’s stone retaining wall.
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