Garden Designer

Company Description

Figment Cottage Gardens specializes in transforming yards into botanical fairy tales through timeless cottage garden design. With a nature-centric approach, the company creates gardens that support local wildlife while delighting clients. Offerings range from native and formal cottage gardens to deer-resistant and wild cottage styles, tailored to each property and homeowner. Figment Cottage Gardens is dedicated to making homes more beautiful, inviting, and ecologically thoughtful.

The Garden Designer role is a part-time remote position focused on creating thoughtful, cottage-inspired garden plans for residential clients. You will need to read a brief to develop garden concepts and produce detailed planting and layout plans. The Garden Designer will research appropriate plant varieties, consider wildlife-friendly and site-appropriate options, and ensure designs align with client goals such as native species use or deer resistance—sun/shade/wet sites etc.

The role also involves preparing visual presentations or sketches, collaborating with any on-site installation partners, and updating designs based on client feedback.

• Must be based in the US or UK
• Must work in Morpholio and Vectorworks
• Portfolio samples of work
• Candidates should possess skills in Gardening and Plantings, including plant selection, seasonal interest planning, and basic horticultural knowledge.
• Candidates should possess skills in Garden Design and Landscape Design, including spatial planning, aesthetic composition, and functional outdoor space design.
• Candidates should possess skills in Landscaping, including understanding of hardscape-softscape balance, site conditions, and practical installation considerations.
• Experience designing cottage, native, wildlife-friendly, or deer-resistant gardens is highly beneficial.
• Strong visual communication skills, such as drawing, rendering, or using design software to present garden concepts.
• Ability to manage projects remotely, communicate clearly with clients, and meet deadlines in a part-time schedule.
• Familiarity with local climate and plant zones, and an interest in sustainable and ecological gardening practices. (we work in zones 4-9)
• Relevant education or training in horticulture, landscape design, or a related field is a plus, as is prior professional garden design experience.