What Southern Green does

Southern Green is a chartered landscape architecture consultancy headquartered in Gateshead, England, operating since 1998 with a staff of 11-50. The firm delivers landscape planning, masterplanning, and design services across public-realm, healthcare, education, heritage/conservation, residential, and commercial sectors, with specialist capabilities in Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA), Heritage Lottery Fund bid preparation, conservation management planning, heritage landscape restoration, and adventurous play design. Notable technical credentials include ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certifications and the UK's first BREEAM Outstanding healthcare facility at Houghton PCT.

The firm's business model is professional services fees billed on a project-specific, quote-based basis, with revenue won primarily through competitive public-sector tendering and direct commissions from anchor clients. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: it operates as a specialist consultant within multi-disciplinary design teams and cultivates long-running engagements with local authorities (Watford, Scarborough, Newcastle), NHS trusts, the National Trust, English Heritage, and Historic England — most recently appointed by Historic England as Lead Consultant for the Gunnersbury Estate Masterplan and engaged by Blocwork and Platform4 on Newcastle's Forth Goods Yard regeneration.

Marketing is modest and portfolio-driven: a project showcase website, LinkedIn/Instagram/Facebook presence, seasonal MailChimp newsletters, and sustained participation in industry awards (RIBA, Landscape Institute, Civic Trust, RICS, Lord Mayor's Design Awards) for reputation-building. The firm is privately held by founders/management, with no disclosed external investors, subsidiaries, or M&A activity, and operates across most English regions from a single Gateshead headquarters.

Name

Southern Green

Legal name

Southern Green Ltd

Website

https://southerngreen.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Southern Green is a chartered landscape architecture consultancy in Gateshead, UK, delivering masterplanning, public-realm, heritage restoration, and healthcare landscape design primarily to UK public-sector clients including local authorities, NHS trusts, and heritage organizations through competitive tendering.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Landscape Architectural Services (54132)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE), Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Master planning
• Landscape design
• Heritage conservation planning
• Public realm design

Headquarters

HQ city

Gateshead

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Landscape Architecture Services: Revenue generated through fees for landscape architecture consulting services including masterplanning, design, conservation management planning, and project delivery for public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Southern Green is a chartered landscape architecture consultancy that delivers master planning, landscape design, conservation management planning, and project management services. The firm serves public sector bodies (local authorities, NHS healthcare trusts, education providers), housing developers, heritage organizations, and private estate owners across the UK. Service delivery spans feasibility, concept design, detailed design, technical specification, and construction stage support.

Product overview

Southern Green is a chartered landscape architecture firm offering landscape planning, design, and project delivery services. The company specializes in public realm schemes, historic parks and landscapes restoration, residential gardens, healthcare and education facilities, sport and leisure projects, playful landscapes, commercial developments, landscape planning and assessment, and regeneration and masterplanning. Southern Green operates as a single integrated service practice rather than a platform with modular products, providing end-to-end capabilities from concept through implementation across all project types.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Master Planning Strategic master planning services for landscape and development projects, including feasibility, concept design, and spatial framework planning for public and private sector clients.
• Landscape Design Detailed landscape design services from concept through detailed design and specification, covering planting, hard landscape, and amenity space design.
• Landscape Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Specialist LVIA services including photomontage preparation and night-time view analysis to support planning applications and environmental assessment for development projects.
• Conservation Management Planning Conservation Management Plans for heritage landscapes, registered parks and gardens, and sites of special scientific interest, supporting long-term stewardship of culturally significant sites.
• Heritage Lottery Fund Bid Preparation Bid preparation and supporting consultancy for Heritage Lottery Fund (and successor National Lottery Heritage Fund) applications for landscape and heritage projects.
• Adventurous Play Design Specialist design of adventurous and natural play spaces for schools, parks, and public realm projects, supporting children's outdoor activity and learning.
• Public Realm Design Public realm design services for town centres, streetscapes, and civic spaces, delivered for local authorities and public sector clients.
• Healthcare Facility Landscape Design Sector-specific landscape design for NHS trusts, hospitals, and healthcare facilities, focusing on therapeutic outdoor environments, accessibility, and patient recovery spaces.
• Education Facility Landscape Design Landscape and outdoor learning environment design for schools, colleges, and universities, including play and curriculum-supporting outdoor spaces.
• Residential Development Landscape Design Landscape design for housing developers and residential schemes, including amenity space, planting, and BREEAM-compliant landscape strategies.

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Living Woods North EastcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 March 2026Partnership with Living Woods, an organization dedicated to creation and sustainable management of woodlands across the north east of England. Southern Green team members volunteer for tree planting events and collaborate on woodland creation projects. Thousands of trees have been planted through this partnership.
• North East Community ForestcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 March 2026Collaboration on woodland creation project at Emmaus Youth Village, Allensford. The North East Community Forest administers the Government's Trees for Climate grant funding. Partnership involves masterplan development and community-driven environmental projects.
• Emmaus Youth VillagecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 March 2026Partnership with Emmaus Youth Ministry on woodland creation project at Allensford, Consett. Southern Green developed masterplan for 7,500+ trees across 8.24 hectares of woodland creating space for nature, learning, and community engagement.
• BlocworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 5 February 2026Client for Forth Goods Yard regeneration project in Newcastle. Blocwork is the development client for this major public realm scheme on the edge of Newcastle's city centre.
• Platform4coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 5 February 2026Client partner for Forth Goods Yard development project alongside Blocwork. Platform4 is involved in the Newcastle regeneration masterplan.
• Watford Borough CouncilcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership with Watford Borough Council delivering multiple projects including Cassiobury Wetlands restoration, park improvements, and community sports hub village. Southern Green has worked with WBC on various HLF-funded regeneration schemes and ongoing landscape improvements across the borough.
• Environment AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Cassiobury Wetlands project ensuring necessary ecological and environmental approvals for wetland habitat restoration. Partnership essential for chalkstream restoration and water management aspects of wetland projects.
• Herts and Middlesex Wildlife TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Cassiobury Wetlands project to ensure ecologically sound approach to wetland restoration and habitat creation for wildlife.
• English HeritagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Belsay Awakes project - ambitious heritage rejuvenation of Grade I Registered Park and Garden in Northumberland. Partnership involved concept proposals for play area, garden revitalisation with Plantsman Dan Pearson, and extensive conservation work.
• National TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with National Trust on multiple heritage landscape projects including Seaton Delaval Hall 'The Curtain Rises' HLF project, Gibside Liberty spatial planning, and various estate improvement works.
• Historic EnglandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAppointed by Historic England as Lead Consultant for Gunnersbury Estate Masterplan review. Historic England serves as client for heritage assessment and masterplan development projects.
• Studio HardiecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing collaboration with Studio Hardie on play space design. Joint projects include Belsay Awakes adventurous play, Seaton Delaval Hall play installations, Harwoods Adventurous Play, Oxhey Adventurous Play, and The Canons Playground. Partnership involves interpreting client designs into bespoke play installations.
• Xsite ArchitectureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating with Xsite Architecture and wider design team on Woodside Community Sports Hub Village project in Watford. Partnership for £6.3m community sports facilities design and delivery.
• Jupiter PlayminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Jupiter Play for development of adventurous play area concepts. Jupiter Play helped transform sketch designs for bespoke equipment into reality at Oxhey Activity Park.
• Landscape InstitutecoreOthersProfessional body affiliation demonstrating chartered landscape architect credentials. Southern Green operates as Chartered Landscape Architects with membership in the Landscape Institute.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gross Max: London-based landscape architecture practice specializing in public realm, parks, and urban design, with award-winning projects for public sector clients. Direct competitor for UK civic and heritage commissions of similar scope to Southern Green.
• re-form Landscape Architecture: UK landscape architecture practice with comparable specialism in public realm, regeneration, and masterplanning projects. Similar firm size and client profile, frequently shortlisted on the same competitive tenders.
• Grant Associates: Bath-based chartered landscape architecture practice of comparable size, focused on public realm, ecology-led design, and masterplanning with extensive UK and international project portfolios. Closely aligned in scale, services, and client verticals to Southern Green.
• Land Use Consultants (LUC): Large UK environmental planning and landscape consultancy offering LVIA, masterplanning, and heritage landscape services to public sector clients. Comparable services and competitive overlap, particularly on Landscape Visual Impact Assessment work.
• J&L Gibbons: Landscape architecture and urban design practice focused on public realm and landscape planning in the UK. Similar size and orientation toward public sector masterplanning, making them a credible alternative on Northern England and national tenders.
• Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape: Award-winning UK landscape architecture practice working on public realm, gardens, and heritage sites. Comparable scale and project types, with overlapping client base in heritage and high-end public commissions.
• Chris Blandford Associates (CBA): Specialist UK landscape consultancy with strong LVIA and environmental planning capabilities serving public sector and developer clients. Direct competitor for landscape and visual impact assessment work central to Southern Green's offer.
• Townshend Landscape Architects: London-based landscape architecture practice with strong portfolio in public realm, residential, and heritage projects. Direct peer in size and service mix, frequently competing for the same UK public sector commissions.

Broad incumbents

• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy with significant landscape architecture, urban design, and masterplanning capabilities, including LVIA. Competes as lead consultant on major regeneration and infrastructure projects where Southern Green is typically a sub-consultant.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Large international multi-disciplinary design practice with a substantial landscape architecture team offering integrated urban design, masterplanning, and public realm services. Competes for the same large public sector commissions but bundles landscape into broader bids.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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