Founded by Dominic Chadwick in 2022, barrow and bee brings together an understanding of our native wildlife, changing climate and current horticultural practices.
We offer design, landscaping and maintenance services across London, with sustainability at the forefront of our practice.
Discover Our Gardens
We regularly maintain over 30 gardens across Greater London.
Our maintenance is hands-on and covers everything in your garden; from tree maintenance and lawn care, to seed collection and propagation.
Unique Design for Urban Spaces
All of our garden designs are a culmination of the clients’ vision and our understanding of sustainable horticultural practices.
We want our designs to last in your garden, evolving through the seasons as the gardens mature, with interest all year round.
Our environmentally-informed design approach is to plant and build with biodiversity in mind – utilising recycled materials, a mix of native and non-native plants, as well as organic building materials where possible. All of our designs are implemented both in-house and with trusted collaborators.
“What is quite special about Dominic is his lovely attitude of super reliability and commitment to understanding his clients’ views on how they want their garden to be. One could either leave a whole project to him, or even micro manage things together with him. He is excellent at either approach. Added to it is his lovely personality and sense of humour, which makes it a pleasure having him around in the garden.“
“We are delighted that barrow and bee, a horticultural gardening company owned and operated by Dominic Chadwick, is in the area. We were looking for a gardener to regularly manage our garden when we met Dominic on the street packing away his tools. As Founder/Director, Dominic is an engaging, friendly person who actively listens to our concerns. He has provided us with sound professional service for the past eight months. He is knowledgeable and accommodating and we are very pleased with the quality of his work. The ethos on which he is building his company is to be applauded and we would highly recommend Dominic to look after your garden.”
Our Team
We are proud to work with a close-knit team of trained horticulturists, designers and landscapers. Get to know a little bit more about us below.
Designers
Led by Dominic Chadwick, the design team consists of a handful of passionate individuals committed to delivering excellence for our clients – on time and within budget. All of our designers have extensive horticultural knowledge, ensuring apt placement and year-round interest for a fruitful and timeless garden design.
We understand that redesigning a garden or designing a completely new landscape is a huge and personal undertaking for our clients. We work with our clients at every stage of the project, with thorough planning, preparation and communication.
Following one-to-one tutoring from renowned designer and member of SGD John Wood, we create striking hand drawn and 3D rendered designs for our clients, offering clear visualisations for every stage of the design process.
Horticulturists
Our gardens are cared for by a hand-picked group of horticulturists, all qualified with an RHS Level 2 diploma or equivalent, along with extensive on-the-job experience. We pride ourselves on the effectiveness, reliability and talent of our team.
We work in your gardens with the environment in mind – we don’t operate with petrol-powered tools or vehicles. Our gardeners are trained to drive electric cargo bikes to visit our gardens across London, and we all work with our own battery-powered tools or hand tools.
Collaborators
We are proud to have worked with a number of esteemed collaborators.
See below for some of the organisations that we have worked with.
