Daniel March | Garden & Landscape Design Portfolio

About Me

I have recently graduated Landscape Architecture from University of Gloucestershire. I have worked a range of jobs within the industry from landscaping and horticultural work to working as a junior designer alongside my degree which has given me great industry experience. I am very driven to achieve within my career so any opportunity to learn new skill and widen my knowledge I will try to take with open arms. In addition, I feel that my current wide range of skills and knowledge of landscaping and horticulture would be an asset to your company. Finally, I am interested in keeping fit and gardening, as well as being an avid kayaker and exploring the outdoors from the water ways.

Education

2020 - 2023 | University of Gloucestershire

Ba (Hons) Landscape Arcitecture

2018 – 2020 | Writtle University College

Level 3 Extended Advanced Technical Diploma in Horticulture - MMD

Level 3 Advanced Technical Diploma in Horticulture - M

Experience

2022 - 2023 | NDA project designed by Sarah Eberle

Sub-contract landscaper

May 2022 | RHS Chelsea flower show MEDITE SMARTPLY ‘Building the Future’ designed by Sarah Eberle - Build team

2021 - 2022 | Modica Gardens

Junior designer and garden maintanence

2021 - Present | DH Studios

Garden Design and Build Projects

May 2019 | RHS Chelsea flower show ‘The Dubai Majlis garden’ designed by Thomas Hoblyn - Show team

Address |14 Earleswood, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1DN

Number | 07949066757

Email | dwmarch02@gmail.com

Skills

SketchUp 9 / 10

AutoCAD 7 / 10

Microsoft suite 9 / 10

Hand drawing 6 / 10

Adobe Photoshop 8 / 10

Adobe Illustrator 7 / 10

Adobe Indesign 7 / 10

Twinmotion 8 / 10

Collaboration 8 / 10

Self-motivated 8 / 10

Flexible & Adaptable 8 / 10

Resilient 8 / 10

Problem solver 9 / 10

Achievements

2023 | RHS Tatton Park - Long border category Gold medal and Best long border

2022 | RHS Tatton Park - Young designer category Short listed

2x | Jack Petchey

The project focus I explored was the four seasons,as Iwas inspired by how much the site evolves through the different times of the year. This is because the site consistently floods throughout most of winter, and then comes back to life stright afterwards. I knew I wanted to embrace the flooding aspect, however I wanted to ensure the site was accessible all year with raised walkways, and also feature different pockets dedicated to the different seasons.

To enhance the sites flooding quality I played with the levels, creating different interesting contours which control the rising water levels. I also raised land along the road site to create a woodland buffer.

The illustrations above highlight three crucial components of my concept design for Castlemeads, ranging from the new bridge that will connect the site’s northern side to quay street and increase accessibility from the quays’ retail area.

The second illustration shows how the site’s central spring wildflower area links all of the several pedestrian trails that encircle the site.

The third image shows an aerial picture looking across the new Castlemeads carpark, flood prevention pond, and new pedestrian bridge connecting Castlemeads to the rest of Alney island taken from above the A430.

Meaning of the garden

The primary inspiration behind the design of the garden is climate change and the rising sea levels. This is portrayed through the water columns and how they increase in height and intensity from one side of the garden to the other, and on one side of the garden the decking is on top of the water representing where we are now contrasted against the rear seating area to where the water columns surround and engulf the area suggesting where the water level will rise to unless things are changed.

The planting design of the garden is going to have contrasting colours either side of the path with ornamental grasses weaved in between, and trees that area resilient and good at recolonising areas. The blue coloured flowers to be on one side of the garden where the water is lower as is it more calming and relaxing, and the more striking, powerful red/yellow coloured flowers to be within the taller water columns. The decking area will have cushions on the edge so you can sit down and relax.

A cluster of different Betula’s creating a focual point a the end of the concrete path dividing the scheme

Water coloumns 350mm x 350mm that get larger and more consistant across the site becoming more and more dominent on the right hand side, representing how over powering water will be if we don’t act now on climate change and rising sea levels

Black ice gravel floor within the seating area creating a permable surface, with relaxed garden furniture

In-situ concrete path poured on site at 45’ to the design dividing the space into two very different spaces, conceptually acting as the no turning back point in climate change to re-enforce the deeper meaning of the garden.

A focual Salix x sepulcralis var. chrysocoma to add height into the left hand side balancing the overall scheme

Betula

Betula papyrifera

pendula

Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii

Salix x sepulcralis var. chrysocoma

Stipa gigantea

Kniphofia uvaria

Delphinium 'Bella Andes Blue'

Stipa tenuissima

Iris ‘White Excelsior’

Geranium 'Rozanne'

Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’

Rudbeckia ‘Little Goldstar’

Coreopsis ‘Early Sunrise’

Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’

Iris sibirica ‘Blue Moon’

My drainage plan in response to a site in Redhill, Surrey, is shown to the right. I wanted to lower the quantity of water being removed from the site and the number of surface drains as part of my plan. I therefore made the majority of the paving materials permeable so that there would be less surface water that would be standing around in period of heavy rain. In addition to making my paving materials permeable, I have included a 1 in 80 fall toward the planting beds where it was appropriate.

The two cross sections below illustrate a few essential aspects of my new scheme, ranging from how I designed the stairs to the permeable hoggin path, resin bound gravel car park, and retaining wall that is cladded in charred timber.

Daniel March Design Studio

County Council 11 Woodhatch Rd, Cockshot Hill, Reigate RH2 8EF

Drawing Title Construction Sections Drawing No.

Drawn By DM s4005961

Strength

• University campus within 500m

• Near by supermarkets

• Redeveloped hospitality hub full of visitor’s and near by retail areas

• The site is situated within an ANOB

• Pittville Park within 300m

• Connection main roads

• Views of the Trinity Church

• On route to the horse racecourse

Opportunity

• Possible connection between the new hospitality hub and the horse racecourse

• Connecting to the nearby national cycle network | route 41

• Views to historical buildings

• Connect to green spaces creating a green corridor into the city

• Connection to the Pittville pump room

• Redesign the connection between the site and exisiting houses

• Design a scheme that embraces the views to the cotswold hills and the ANOB

Constraints

• Existing narrow pathway | increases anti-social behaviour

• Noise pollution from the roads passing through the site

• Existing retail area is all concentrated around the high street | meaning less visitors walking around the area

• Listed Buildings surround the site

A community orchard space

Residential and office building to the west of the site with a basement car park for all of the residents and workers, with a green roofs for wildlife

A large amenity lawn area for people to gather

A new proposed bus stop a tthe centre of my scheme

A multi-story car park above and below ground to hold the majority of the vehicle allowancewe needed for the site

A covered enterance from the main road creating a space for artist to come and express themselves through their art in a safe way

A sunken open air amphitheatre for proformance groups and other local groups to come and proform to an ordinance

A new proposed ornamental forest to increase the tree coverage within the site as well as encouragingmore wildlife to the area, And at the centre a large circular water feature

A secondary layer below the street level for retail shops as well as a area for a wider range of night life to the city

Our planting border conceptually represents that some people have lost their vital connection with nature, due to modern-day technology overruling our lives. The technological screens in our modern lives distract us and block our sensory interaction with nature. This leads to a key element of our design being three large wooden screens which artistically show how dominant technology is in our lives and how they obscure our interaction with nature. The frames themselves decrease in size, once again demonstrating people’s technological tunnel vision, whilst also creating depth and dimension in that space.

We as Landscape Architects believe that modern-day technology inhibits our ability to relax and disconnect from busy life, therefore a reclaimed bathtub will be embedded at one end of the garden to demonstrate the relaxation we can feel within nature away from our screens, hence the name The Pocket of Piece given to the border.

Our planting creates a sense of serenity and enriches the human senses; sight, touch, hearing and smell, without being overwhelming. We have carefully selected plants that have an array of contrasting leaf shapes and textures to encourage people to interact with the border, whilst taller plants have been designed to obstruct direct views to create eye level interest.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhsflower-show-tatton-park/news/2023/sensory-long-borders-tatton

Best Long Border

Robinia pseudoacacia ‘frisia’

Reclaimed bathtub with running water to create sound within the border, reinforcing the emphasis on relaxation

Rocks placed within the planting to bring a natural element into the design

Reclaimed timber formed into rectangle screens, symbolise mobile phones and other modern technology that is prominent in today’s society

Centaurea cyanus

Anemone coronaria ‘Mr Fokker’

Angelica gigas

Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’

Eremurus x isabellinus ‘romance’ Iris germanica ‘Immortality’

Lagurus ovatus

Verbascum phoeniceum ‘Violetta’

1 Cheilanthes lanosa

2 Colocasia ‘black magic’

3 Dryopteris affinis

4 Fargesia nitida

5 Festuca glauca ‘Intense Blue’

6 Hakonechloa macra

7 Heuchera ‘Lime marmalade’

8 Phyllostachys bambusoides ‘Allgold’

9 Robinia pseudoacacia ‘frisia’

10 Senecio candidans

Echinops ritro ‘Veitch’s Blue’

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Noel Sutton’

Ornithogalum saundersiae ‘Giant chincherinchee’