DMD creates immersive contemporary spaces that bring people and plants together. All designs are uniquely site responsive, utilising existing conditions as the foundation for innovative designed environments that are inspiring and engaging, based upon clients needs and the requirements of changing lifestyles.
DMD brings a wealth of cross-disciplinary experience to creating dynamic gardens and landscapes, combining an aesthetic vision derived from long-standing practices in art and design with a functional sensibility and an ecological understanding of the science of plant communities.
Thinking beyond the obvious and attention to detail are key to the process, in order to ensure that every project embodies a distinct experience, through the use of imaginative spatial design and a diverse and arresting palette of familiar and unusual plants.
All designs are forward thinking in terms of adaptability and sustainability. Ethical, biological and organic principles ensure that the environment is respected throughout the process, and that the well-being derived from gardens is enhanced not only for clients, but also for all the other forms of biodiversity that inhabit them.
Darryl Moore FRSA is an award winning garden and landscape designer.
His diverse skillset and wide ranging knowledge base is formed from studies in Art History, Philosophy, Mechanical and Sound Design, along with a Post Graduate Diploma in Garden Design.
Darryl is also an award winning garden and horticulture writer and garden photographer. He is a feature writer for Garden Design Journal and has been published in The Guardian, Homes & Gardens, The English Garden, Pro Landscaper, The Garden and RSA Journal. He is a member of the Garden Media Guild and former member of GDJ Editorial Panel.
He is Director and founder, along with Adolfo Harrison, of the innovative urban landscape organisation Cityscapes. Creating temporary and permanent parks, gardens and installations that ensure ecological, economic and social sustainability, working in collaboration with leading designers, artists and London's major cultural institutions. Project partners have included British Library, Royal Horticultural Society, Barbican, Investec, The Old Vic, Pommery, Team London Bridge, The London Eye, Network Rail, Siobhan Davies Dance and The Architecture Foundation. Projects have been recognised for their success with awards from the RHS and SGD.
As a public realm landscape designer, Darryl has worked on projects for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Southwark Council, London Borough of Haringey, London Borough of Hackney and Canal & River Trust, as well as sitting on area regeneration steering groups advising on stakeholder engagement and spatial design.
Darryl was the Royal Horticultural Society Floral Marquee Innovation Mentor, providing inspiration and support for nurseries in the design and logistics of creating innovative plant displays at RHS Flower Shows.
As an experienced professional gardener he has developed expertise in creating and maintaining planting communities based upon contemporary principles of sustainable ecological horticulture.
He has extensive experience in event management. Also as a sound artist and installation artist he has performed and exhibited internationally.
Darryl is a Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Adolfo Harrison and Darryl Moore spoke to Pro Landscaper about founding social enterprise Cityscapes, what it aims to achieve, and the captivating array of projects it has already created across London
Garden writer Darryl Moore is co-launching Cityscapes, a four-month event starting in May billed by some as a rival to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
Designer profile: Darryl Moore
Garden designer and Kiwi expat Darryl Moore aims to change the way urban parks and gardens are designed through the creation of installations in collaboration with designers, artists and cultural organisations.
For the second year running, this gardening event sees designers working on location to create unique gardens for the urban enviroment, which Londoners and visitors alike can enjoy
About DMD
Darryl Moore FRSA
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DMD provides a fully bespoke design service from conception to completion, responding to both the client and site requirements.
DMD employs a holistic approach to the design process, fusing a creative sensibility to shaping spaces through the use of innovative hardscaping and architectural structures, with a dynamic and sustainable approach to planting.
The process starts with an initial site visit to form a brief for the project. A survey is then undertaken to provide a basis for a concept design proposal. Upon approval of the design, detailed construction and planting drawings, schedules, specifications and full costings are prepared. Tendering and planning applications are undertaken where necessary. After overseeing the appointment of specialist contractors, DMD will project manage the build process and oversee the planting, to ensure that the project is finished to the highest standards.
The process follows the guidelines and costings of industry standards established by the Society of Garden Designers and the Landscape Institute.
DMD can also provide a specialist planting consultation and design service for projects that only require a horticultural intervention, such as upgrading existing planting schemes or making new planting areas, with a focus on creating sustainable ecological plant communities.
A fully comprehensive professional planting aftercare service can be arranged to maintain and develop planting schemes, to ensure that they are always looking and performing their best, adapting to their environments as part of healthy ecosystems.
Darryl is a feature writer for Garden Design Journal and has been published in The Guardian, Homes & Gardens, The English Garden, Pro Landscaper, The Garden and RSA Journal.
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