Sensory and Play Garden for Adults with Complex Needs at Roy Kinnear House, Twickenham, UK The son of actor Roy Kinnear, Rory Kinnear, a very popular and talented actor, reached out to Mark Lane Designs Ltd to help design and create a sensory and play garden for the residents at Roy Kinnear House, a care […]

The creation of a sensory memory garden planted with 69,000 wildflower seeds; equating to 1,000 seeds for each of the 69 wards in Birmingham. Each ward will have 1,000 flowers. Biometric data from the garden is recorded as is the sound of growth of the seeds through to their blossoming.

Invited by the Daily Mail newspaper to design a Show Garden for an autumn RHS Chelsea Flower Show Given just a day to come up with a concept for a Show Garden for the new autumn RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021, Mark was delighted to be given the opportunity to come up with something fresh, […]

Landscape Design for a Mixed-Use Commercial Development, Sankey Street, Warrington

An exciting opportunity to design the gardens and landscape for a mixed-use development and an attached private hospital in Berkshire, using contemporary materials and a fully inclusive design.

A rare opportunity to design and consult on Princess Diana’s childhood home, Park House Hotel, Sandringham Estate, Norfolk, UK

A new Pocket Park in Kent, helping communities transform unloved, neglected or derelict areas into new green spaces for health and wellbeing.

The creation of a woodland therapy garden for Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, ICU rehabilitation centre – a first for the UK medical field

New green, well-being garden for the UK’s oldest independent school, The King’s School, Canterbury, Kent.

School garden for St Nicholas Special School in Canterbury, Kent, UK A sensory school garden with fishing pond, growing area and a place to reflect An unloved area of the school is turned into a sensory school garden. A large greenhouse, restored and repainted, sits at the entrance to the garden. A new growing area, […]

New sensory garden for the GB Paralympic Archery Team at the English Institute of Sport. Mental health in sport is being addressed through the design and creation of a new garden that the team can call their own.

An Amazon forest-inspired garden designed to attract wildlife and be a safe haven for a young person living with Mitochondrial/Metabolic disorder

Community garden for wellbeing. To turn an existing very large outdoor space, the Oasis garden, into a community garden for students, staff and visitors Community garden for wellbeing is so important in our modern hectic lives. This is the opportunity to work with the estates department at Canterbury Christ Church University and Kent Enterprise Trust, […]

A new sensory garden to excite and calm all of the senses.

The creation of a large outdoor green space for young people aged 11-19 with Moderate Learning Difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Speech, Language and Communication difficulties.

Concept plan for Adidas headquarters in the UK. A well-being garden for staff and visitors and social events.

The creation of a sensory garden for a school that educates primary school aged children with a range of moderate and severe learning difficulties, and profound and multiple learning disabilities.  This is a garden to encourage attention, foster curiosity and increase opportunities for movement.

A re-design of the existing gardens that wrap round the entire site, making sure access needs are accounted for, especially for bed-bound patients.

An existing area within the playground is to be transformed into a ‘Faith Garden’ where pupils can learn about all religions, as well as music and art.  This essential play space and outdoor learning environment will offer pupils more opportunities to play safe, feel welcomed, while also being attractive, exciting and educational.

A sensory garden for a large disability charity. The creation of a new garden; to unite a new hydrotherapy pool to the large parkland beyond.

To create a new outdoor space in an incredibly awkward area between buildings where a large A/C unit is housed. Seating for staff and patients, abundant planting and screening will be ‘squeezed’ into a long rectangular space, working with an existing newly laid pathway and edging.

A new relaxing, minimalist, safe courtyard garden, with an apple tree at the centre, an ‘S’-shaped bench, outdoor chalkboard and woodland planting