Keith L Wood Landscape Design

Keith is a chartered Landscape Architect providing a high quality Landscape Design Service to Architects, Developers, Housebuilders, Housing Associations, Retail Clients, Community Groups and Private Clients.

Landscape Design Services

Concept Landscape Design

Using the latest Landscape Design Software Keith can provide sketch landscape ideas and robust landscape solutions to suit the Client's requirements / aspirations. All sites are personally visited and preliminary discussions are held with the Client's to assess the site qualities and possible site detractions that he has identified.

Landscape Masterplan

Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team Keith can provide a landscape design input and has been involved with a range of Landscape Masterplans in the Retail, Business Parks, Housing and Leisure Developments.

Detailed Landscape Design

Keith has a keen interest in planting design and has specialised in providing site specific planting designs to suit a range of sites, climates and clients. Combining Keyscape LandCADD software and his own plant knowledge Keith has provided this service to a wide range of projects from large scale industrial planning applications through to small scale private garden clients.

Tendering / Construction Stage Landscape Design

Utilising the NBS Landscape Specification system Keith is able to combine his landscape designs and prepare tender information in collaboration with the project team.

Keith has considerable experience in collaboration with Landscape Contractors in the 'Design and Build Sector' including Highland Landscape Design.

Landscape Contract Supervision

Using his considerable contract knowledge Keith can provide a stand-alone or collaborative contract supervision service for the implementation of landscape designs to completion.

Garden Design Services

Keith has provided a garden design service for a range of private clients ranging from small scale balcony designs to larger new build house gardens. Garden Design Services are often prepared in association with recommended landscape contractors such as MacColl Landscaping and Endrick Landscapes.

Plant Supply Advice and Selection

Keith has provided a specialist plant supply service for a number of clients in association with a Dutch based plant supplier for a few private clients.

Once the garden design was developed with the client including plant images and planting styles, Keith negotiated with Greentrade EU to provide the mature topiary and mature specimen shrubs direct from Holland and within the agreed budget figure.

The resulting formal garden was an instant success!

Keith L Wood Landscape Design

1 Old Branziet Cottage, Balmore Road, Balmore

Torrance, Glasgow.

G64 4AH

Email: keith.l.wood@btopenworld.com

keithwood16@gmail.com

Telephone:01360 / 620358

Mobile: 07584 054586

For a no-obligation discussion to see if Keith can be of assistance in developing your site, garden or retail / housing site then please contact him on either of the above numbers or by email.

Location

Keith has been operating as a Chartered Landscape Architect since gaining his professional qualifications in 1989 and throughout his career he has sought to provide high quality practical landscape designs to suit the site location, aspect / climate and to suit the Client's budget /aspirations.

To date this has included working for both Public Authorities and Private Companies and Clients on a range of Housing Developments, Retail and Leisure Developments, New Build Hospitals, Hospital Ward Gardens, Large scale Industrial Developments, Showhome Garden Design and Garden designs for private clients.

This has extended to most areas of Scotland and has recently included sites around London, Rugby, Wales and Stockton .

All sites are personally visited to assess the existing site ground conditions, site climate and aspect, and adjoining areas are reviewed to assess whether the site location will have a significant affect on the proposed planting and landscape design.

Keith has a considerable plant knowledge and he is always keen to learn about new plants / planting solutions that may be useful in new projects.

Keith has been working closely with Highland Landscape Design in a 'Design and Build' capacity, throughout the Highlands, Aberdeenshire and they have undertaken a wide range of projects in collaboration.

Summary CV

Keith graduated from Heriot Watt University / Edinburgh College of Art in 1985, gaining a second class BA (Hons) degree in Landscape Architecture.
Keith carried out his initial professional training period with Scottish Special Housing Association in Glasgow and gained his Chartered Status* in 1989. (*CMLI)
Keith is a member of the Landscape Institute and his Landscape practice is registered (No. 814).
Following periods of employment at McCarthy and Stone and ASH Environmental Design Partnership Keith established his own practice, initially providing freelance landscape design services and commissions of his own.
Keith has collaborated with a number of Construction Companies and Landscape Contractors in the Design and Build Sector and between 2009 and 2013 Keith was employed by Highland Landscape Design to provide a Landscape Design service.
Keith re-established his practice in 2013 since then he has worked with a wide range of Architects, Engineers, Construction Companies, House Builders, Community Groups and Private Clients.
Keith has developed an extensive working knowledge of Keysoft LandCADD landscape software and is often commissioned to be part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide the landscape design advice. The use of the Keysoft software allows him to exchange and export drawings easily with the Project Teams.
Keith has considerable detailed design experience and has provide a Tendering and Construction design and supervision service for a range of clients. Additional NBS Landscape Specification software, Excel, Word and Adobe software are used daily to export information to the project teams / clients.