The Garden Design Studio

A unique boutique garden shop and design studio

Opened in June 2025, in the middle of the gorgeous village of Goring on Thames, this unique shop and studio offers a fabulous space for the public and garden designers to browse, be tempted and be inspired.

Front of house is a stunning and unique retail shop with a fabulous range of inspiration for your house and garden. The emphasis is on UK produced goods that are from small producers and artisans, to ensure that the shops offering is truly unique, eye catching and sustainable with plastic being kept to a minimum.

What we stock

The range is ever changing but includes:

  • English grown house plants

  • Locally sourced cut flowers

  • Peat free English grown outdoor plants that simply ooze colour and instant appeal

  • Bonsais of all shapes and sizes

  • Terrariums

  • Stunning unique ranges of ceramics and glassware

  • Garden furniture

  • Niwaki tools

  • Bulbs and seeds

  • Living picture frames

  • Greetings cards made from paper coated in wild flowers for sowing later

  • Seasonal offerings whether it be Christmas, Easter or Halloween

Garden design inspiration

Meanwhile the spacious Garden Design Studio has on display a stunning range of materials to inspire garden owners and fellow designers alike to transform garden problems into garden solutions.

And of course face to face advice is freely available together with a range of portfolios and media articlesthat chronical the award winning creations of The Garden Design Company.

 

Finding us

Located with easy parking and direct trains to London, Oxford and Paddington, and on the junction of two National Walking trails with some mouthwatering pubs, cafes and hotels, what a place to visit.

The Garden Design Studio
10 High street
Goring
Reading
RG8 9AT

What three words: fork.swinging.timer

Tel: 07901 003364
Email: admin@thegardendesignco.co.uk
Insta: thegardendesignstudio10

We are open Monday to Friday 10am until 4pm & Saturday 9am until 4pm

Read our latest newsletter 2024/ 2025

From our latest garden transformations, to Greenfingers projects, exciting new designers and GDC in the media…

Read our comprehensive design guide

An incredibly visual guide to garden design showing illustrative masterplans, sketches, 3D visualisations, lighting plans and more…

Have you seen our eco bug hotels?

This fab bug hotel was commissioned especially for Blue Peter and we had a fun day assembling it in the famous Blue Peter garden…

GDC in the media

We’ve been lucky enough to have several of our projects featured in the media. To read some of these articles visit our media page.

Country Homes & Interiors featured this award winning project in a six page spread detailing the extensive renovations to the 1880s coach house… read the article.

Country Homes & Interiors featured this fabulous project in an eight page spread. What used to be an overgrown tennis court was transformed into a secret garden… read the article.

Homes and Gardens featured our longest running project in this six page spread. Set high up in the Chilterns. The six acre site is set in one of the highest spots in the chilterns… read the article.

Our oldest project, this garden is just stunning and so well maintained by the clients who have looked after it so well. Small wonder then it was featured in Homes and Gardens… read the article.

Winning Again

All our news from BALI and other 2024 highlights

Newsletter 2024-2025
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