Robert Myers Associates

What Robert Myers Associates does

Robert Myers Associates is a privately-held, UK-based landscape architecture and garden design practice founded and led by Robert Myers, a Cambridge graduate and Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. The firm employs a small team (11–50 people) operating from a headquarters studio in Stoke Bliss, Worcestershire, with additional offices in London and Cambridge, and serves four primary client segments: private individuals commissioning residential gardens, rural estates requiring historic-sensitive landscape work, property developers seeking urban regeneration and public realm design, and institutions including cathedrals, universities and schools. Its project portfolio spans pocket parks and courtyards, roof gardens, education and science campuses, cathedral closes, and hospitality landscapes, alongside award-winning show gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show where it has won seven gold medals including a 2024 gold for the St James's Piccadilly garden sponsored by Project Giving Back.

The practice's underlying 'technology' is its design discipline and accumulated site knowledge rather than a software or platform product; core intellectual property resides in Robert Myers' personal design language ('simple, elegant, flowing, intelligent'), long-standing relationships with Cambridge University and its Colleges (including a 50-year landscape strategy for The Backs), and a two-decade library of high-profile commissions such as the Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace, CB1 Cambridge regeneration, Duke of York Square, the Uppingham School Western Quad, and the Turing Locke Hotel at Eddington. The firm operates a project-based professional services model, typically delivering landscape masterplans, public realm strategies, detailed design packages and contract administration on a fee basis, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is relationship-driven enterprise field sales via direct engagement with private clients and institutions, supplemented by collaborative briefs from high-pedigree architectural practices (notably DRMM and Orms Architects), and brand-building through RHS Chelsea show gardens and earned media coverage.

Revenue mechanics are entirely fee-based, with the firm deriving income from a mix of one-off commissions and long-tenure institutional engagements; the firm holds no external investment, has no disclosed subsidiaries or M&A activity, and exhibits no signs of venture-style scaling, instead operating as a sustainable boutique practice where reputation, repeat briefs and partnership networks are the primary commercial assets.

Name

Robert Myers Associates

Legal name

Robert Myers Associates Ltd

Website

https://www.robertmyers-associates.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Robert Myers Associates provides landscape architecture planning and garden design services for rural estates, cathedrals, and universities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Construction - Special Trade Contractors (1700), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Construction Project Management & General Contracting (HSAIABAK)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Garden design
• Urban regeneration
• Historic landscape restoration
• Roof garden design

Headquarters

HQ city

Cambridge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Services: Professional landscape architecture and garden design services for private clients, rural estates, developers, and institutions. Projects range from private gardens to large public realm and institutional landscapes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Robert Myers Associates is a professional landscape architecture and garden design practice delivering commissions for private individuals, rural estates, property developers, and institutions including cathedrals, universities, and schools. Projects span private gardens, large-scale urban regeneration, public realm design, roof gardens, and historic landscape restoration across London, Cambridge, Birmingham and the Welsh Marches. Services are project-based, combining masterplanning, placemaking, and design grounded in biodiversity, climate resilience, and sustainability principles.

Product overview

Robert Myers Associates is an international landscape architecture and garden design practice offering a comprehensive suite of services including core landscape architecture and garden design for private individuals, rural estates, developers, and institutions. The practice specialises in urban regeneration projects, roof gardens, education and science landscapes, pocket parks and courtyards, RHS Chelsea show gardens, cathedral and historic landscape design, hotel and hospitality landscapes, and cultural public realm design. Their design and environmental principles create places that bring joy and meaning to every project on every scale, with biodiversity, climate resilience, and sustainability integral to their design thinking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture and Garden Design Services Core landscape architecture and garden design services creating joyful, timeless spaces with elegant detailing across urban and rural environments for private clients, estates, developers, and institutional clients.
• Urban Regeneration and Public Realm Design Transformative urban regeneration projects covering large-scale public realm, green streets, parks and improved pedestrian and cycling connectivity, with historic preservation and cultural integration.
• Roof Gardens and Rooftop Terraces Design of rooftop terraces integrating green spaces, sustainable practices, and outdoor working or recreation areas, including green roofs, biodiversity enhancements, and stormwater management.
• Education and Science Campus Landscapes Landscapes for educational and scientific institutions that enhance learning environments, encourage discovery, and provide spaces for reflection and engagement, including campus masterplans and courtyard designs.
• Pocket Parks and Courtyard Design Design of small urban green spaces and courtyards offering moments of respite, transforming underutilised urban spaces into vibrant, functional areas that reconnect people with nature.
• RHS Chelsea Show Garden Design Creation of award-winning show gardens for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, including the Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace and gardens sponsored by Cancer Research UK, Brewin Dolphin, Fortnum & Mason, and Project Giving Back.
• Cathedral and Historic Landscape Design Landscape masterplanning and design for cathedral closes and historic sites, enhancing public spaces with sensitivity to historical significance while introducing practical elements for accessibility.
• Hotel and Hospitality Landscape Design Landscape design for hotels and hospitality venues including courtyard gardens, terraces, and public realm, working with architects to create multifunctional civic landscapes.
• Cultural Public Realm Design Design of public realm at major cultural and urban interchange locations, creating dynamic destinations that prioritise movement, dwell time, and civic presence.

Quantifiable outcome

• Magic Garden attracted over 250,000 visitors in first year, boosting Hampton Court visitor figures to record levels
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Project Giving BackcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Sponsorship partner for the 2024 RHS Chelsea Flower Show St James's Piccadilly garden 'Imagine the World to be Different'. The show garden supported efforts to raise £20m for The Wren Project.
• DRMM (david morley richardson morley)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStirling Prize-winning architectural practice collaborated on the Turing Locke hotel project in Cambridge. RMA worked with DRMM on the 180-unit Turing Locke and 150-room Hyatt Centric to create a multifunctional civic landscape.
• Orms ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked alongside Orms Architects on The Outernet project in central London, shaping a coherent and high-quality public realm at St Giles Circus in London's West End.
• The Burdett Trust for NursingminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSponsor of the Florence Nightingale Garden for Modern Day Nursing at RHS Chelsea, with theme of 'nurture through nature' reflecting the pioneering nurse's ideas about green spaces in hospital settings.
• The Duchy of Lancaster (Savoy Estate)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient for renovation of roof terrace at 105-109 Strand, part of The Duchy of Lancaster's Savoy Estate. Project includes refurbishment and extension with two-storey rooftop mansard extension.
• Great Portland EstatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient for rooftop terrace development at 76 Oxford Street/1 Newman Street, designed to support the Wild West End initiative promoting urban biodiversity.
• Artists and Craftsmen (Magic Garden)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with artists and craftsmen who created mythical and heraldic beasts for Magic Garden at Hampton Court Palace, including a steam-emitting 30-metre-long dragon and giant dragon's nest made in living willow by Tom Hare.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kim Wilkie Landscape Architecture: Kim Wilkie is a UK-based landscape architect with comparable heritage, estate, and garden design commissions, often collaborating on award-winning projects. Highly comparable in scale, niche (historic/rural estates), and design-led boutique model.
• Arne Maynard Garden Design: Arne Maynard is a leading UK garden designer with multiple Chelsea gold medals, working on country estates, historic gardens, and private commissions. Directly comparable client base (private estates, heritage) and similar award-driven brand positioning.
• Andy Sturgeon Design: Andy Sturgeon is a Chelsea gold-medal-winning landscape designer known for show gardens, residential gardens, and public realm work in the UK. Directly comparable boutique practice with strong RHS Chelsea pedigree and overlap on private/institutional clients.
• Cleve West: Cleve West is a Chelsea gold-medal-winning garden designer with strong media profile, working on private gardens and show gardens in the UK. Comparable boutique scale and Chelsea-driven brand.
• Sarah Price Gardens: Sarah Price is a Chelsea gold-medal-winning landscape designer known for naturalistically planted, ecologically driven gardens and public realm. Comparable on the sustainability/biodiversity positioning and Chelsea award pedigree.
• Gross Max: Gross Max is an Edinburgh- and London-based landscape architecture practice working on urban regeneration, public realm, and parks. Comparable on urban regeneration, public realm, and developer-led projects in the UK.
• LDA Design: LDA Design is a UK landscape, urban design, and masterplanning consultancy with broad developer and institutional client base. Comparable on urban regeneration, masterplanning, and BREEAM/biodiversity-led projects but at larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• BDP (Building Design Partnership): BDP is a major UK multidisciplinary design practice with a significant landscape architecture team serving developer, institutional, and public clients. Broad incumbent offering overlapping landscape services within a much larger architecture/engineering portfolio.
• Atkins (member of the SNC-Lavalin Group): Atkins is a global design, engineering, and project management consultancy with a sizeable landscape architecture practice operating across UK urban regeneration and infrastructure projects. Broad incumbent competing on developer-led public realm, though not specialising in heritage/private gardens.

Emerging players

• Hargreaves Associates: Hargreaves Associates is an internationally recognised landscape architecture firm known for large-scale public realm, cultural, and waterfront projects (e.g., London 2012 Olympic Park). Comparable on cultural/public realm landscape architecture, though typically at a much larger project scale than RMA.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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