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Award-Winning Garden Designer in Surrey
Beautiful, Individual Gardens Designed Around the Way You Want to Live
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Bespoke garden design, beautiful four-season planting and distinctive water features, brought to life through immersive 3D visualisation.
At Kitti Kovacs Garden Design, I create exceptional outdoor spaces that balance beauty with everyday living. From contemporary family gardens and elegant entertaining spaces to tranquil retreats and expansive country landscapes, every garden is individually designed around its owners, their home and the surrounding environment.
Based in Surrey, I offer a personal garden design and build service across Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Berkshire, Kent, South West London and the wider Home Counties.
Gardens Designed for Living
A beautifully designed garden can transform far more than the appearance of your home. It can change how you spend your time, how you connect with nature and how you feel every day.
Whether you dream of a peaceful sanctuary, a welcoming space for family and friends, or a garden that effortlessly brings indoor and outdoor living together, the most successful designs begin with understanding the people who will use them.
By thoughtfully combining planting, architecture, natural materials and water, I create gardens that feel as good as they look, beautiful throughout the seasons, practical to maintain and designed to grow more rewarding with time.
Because a truly exceptional garden isn’t simply somewhere to look at. It’s somewhere to live.
My Design Philosophy
“For me, the best gardens combine people, plants, water, architecture and nature into one coherent landscape.”
Thoughtful Design. Beautiful Planting. A Garden That Feels Like Yours.
Every garden has its own character, opportunities and challenges. My role is to discover that potential and turn it into a cohesive landscape that feels naturally connected to your home and the way you live.
I believe in gardens that offer something more than visual beauty: a sense of discovery, a connection with nature, spaces for togetherness and quiet corners where you can simply be.
With sustainability at the heart of my approach, I combine carefully selected materials, resilient planting and wildlife-friendly features to create gardens that are as responsible as they are beautiful.
From compact courtyards to extensive country gardens, it’s not the size of the space that matters, but how thoughtfully it is designed.
See Your Future Garden Before It’s Built
From Imagination to Immersive 3D to Reality
Imagining how a new garden will look and feel from a traditional plan isn’t always easy. That’s why photorealistic 3D visualisation is an important part of my design process.
Long before construction begins, you can explore your future garden, see how the different spaces connect, understand the proportions and materials, and experience the atmosphere created by the planting and lighting.
With immersive 3D technology and virtual reality, your garden becomes more than a drawing, it becomes a place you can step into.
This allows me to refine every detail with you and gives you confidence in your decisions before investing in the build.
Award-Winning Design, Rooted in Real Life
Recognition from the RHS, BBC Gardeners’ World Live and Pro Landscaper reflects my commitment to imaginative design, sustainability, planting excellence and thoughtful craftsmanship.
But for me, the greatest reward is seeing a garden become part of someone’s everyday life, a place where families make memories, friends gather and people find moments of calm.
My show gardens provide an opportunity to explore ambitious ideas and innovative materials, while my residential projects bring that same creativity and attention to detail into beautiful, practical gardens designed to last.
10 awards, 6 further shortlistings
Explore My Gardens
Every Garden Has a Story. Every Design Begins with Yours.
From intimate family gardens to award-winning show gardens, my work brings together creative thinking, practical design and a deep appreciation of nature.
Explore a selection of my completed residential projects and show gardens, each reflecting a different landscape, lifestyle and design challenge.
Private garden · Surrey
Three Waterfalls
A one-acre family garden in Surrey designed around water, nature and wellbeing, with three waterfalls, an island Breeze House and a woodland sanctuary.
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Private garden · Cobham, Surrey
A Garden Made for Entertaining
A contemporary family garden in Surrey made for entertaining: two porcelain terraces joined by a curving brick path, a pergola with an outdoor kitchen, and a generous lawn framed by deep borders and Himalayan birches.
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Private garden · Redhill, Surrey
Challenge with a Slope
A steep, overgrown garden in Redhill, Surrey, transformed into a series of inviting outdoor living spaces, designed around a striking architectural extension, mature trees and beautiful four-season planting.
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Show garden · Sandringham, Norfolk
100 Sweet Summers
An RHS Silver-Gilt and People's Choice show garden at RHS Sandringham 2026: an oak building of 400 recycled wine bottles, handmade macramé, a pondless waterfall and nostalgic summer planting, on 99 square metres.
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Show garden · Birmingham, West Midlands
QVC's Reflective Retreat
A Platinum, Best Commercial Garden and People's Choice garden at BBC Gardeners' World Live 2025: a waterfall into a still pool, a sculptural glass water feature, and planting that thrives where water collects.
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Show garden · East Molesey, Surrey
ILLUSION 2050
An RHS Silver Medal garden at Hampton Court 2025, in the Garden of Curiosity category: a modern courtyard that asks what a garden will have to be by 2050, planted for a drier climate.
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Private garden · Surrey
A Shady Patio
A four-season retirement garden in Surrey built on two interlocking circles, moving from sunny prairie planting near the house to a woodland-edge garden beneath a mature pine.
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Private garden · Hampshire
Countryside Paradise
New outdoor living spaces for a Hampshire country home: a loggia, an oak-framed pool house, brick and flint raised beds, and fingers of wildflower planting with mown paths, all made to feel as though they belong.
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Private garden · Coulsdon, Surrey
A Family Retreat
A steep, L-shaped family garden in Coulsdon turned into a journey between levels: zig-zag steps, a pergola on the foundation of the old shed, and a meadow play garden where an unused pond once stood.
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Private garden · Ashtead, Surrey
Garden Hideaway
A multi-purpose family garden designed around privacy, movement and a calming journey through the landscape.
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What My Clients Say
Beautiful Gardens. Meaningful Transformations.
The most rewarding part of my work is helping people discover possibilities they may never have imagined for their outdoor space.
Every project is a personal collaboration, built on listening, understanding and bringing a shared vision to life.
“Kitti is a rare designer in that she truly listens to her client.”
She took the time to understand our family's requirements and translated them into an original garden that went beyond what we had imagined. The finished garden gives us enjoyment throughout the seasons while remaining easy to maintain. Her creativity, enthusiasm and ability to recognise the potential in a space made a real difference to the final result.
“Kitti guided us through a complex project with far more to it than we initially thought.”
Her design was inspired and refreshing, and she helped us find landscapers we could trust to bring it to life. Kitti remained involved throughout the project, offering advice and practical suggestions whenever they were needed. The finished garden exceeded our expectations, and we would happily recommend her to anyone considering a garden project.
“We wanted a garden that would support our family's wellbeing, a space where our four children, cousins and friends could come together.”
Kitti managed a complex build with restricted site access and delivered a beautiful garden for us. The planting is still young, but we can't wait to see how it changes through the seasons and grows over the years.
Ready to Discover What Your Garden Could Become?
Whether you’re planning a complete garden transformation, exploring ideas for a new outdoor living space or simply wondering what might be possible, I’d love to hear about your plans.
I offer a complimentary initial consultation where we can discuss your ideas, explore the possibilities and talk about how thoughtful garden design could transform the way you experience your home.
Based in Surrey, I work with clients throughout Surrey and the Home Counties, with selected projects further afield.