Bespoke gardens for Worthing, Findon, Ferring, Goring-by-Sea and Lancing, designed by your local studio.
Studio Hummingbird is a garden and landscape design studio based in Worthing, led by garden designer Victoria Rumens. We design gardens across Worthing, Goring-by-Sea, Ferring, Findon, Findon Valley, Durrington, Tarring and Lancing: gardens that suit the way you live, the character of your home and the conditions of this stretch of coast.
Because we are local, we are never far away. We can pop back to check on a planting, meet your landscaper on site, or see how the garden settles in through its first year. We are also a proud member of Independent Worthing, supporting small local businesses.
Every Worthing garden starts with a different problem. Here are some of the ones we have solved close to home.
Clients who had moved from Nottingham and missed their old garden. We gave a compact, shady plot a waterfall, stepping stones, raised beds, a gravel garden with cottage planting and an outdoor lounge, with irrigation and lighting so it works day and night.
See this garden →Uneven ground, a Pittosporum leaning from the sea wind and no shelter. Now there is a fire pit for evenings with the grandchildren, coastal planting that softens the slope and a gentle path to a new garden office.
See this garden →Designed for full accessibility, with planting that holds memories of the client's childhood home and their late mother, and a garden office professional enough to welcome customers.
See this garden →An overgrown garden whose layout had been broken up by an extension and a conservatory. A gravel walk through naturalistic planting now leads to a hidden courtyard, a secret garden within the garden.
See this garden →A new-build plot with nothing but lawn and one field maple, turned into porcelain terraces, a water feature, raised vegetable beds and a patio placed to catch the evening sun.
See this garden →Our back garden in our newish home was absolutely awful: rotten decking, artificial grass, and no plants. Having created a new garden in our last home I had some ideas about what I wanted and what I didn't. Victoria listened to all that and worked with my ideas, but also added lots of her own suggestions that I wouldn't have thought about. She helped and guided every step of the way, from concept design to final planting. The result is a little piece of paradise that has transformed my day-to-day life hugely. I love looking at and being in the space, watching it transform and bloom. None of that would have been possible without Victoria's help. I highly recommend her.
Victoria gave us a garden overview report which was really professional and thorough, we now have the grounding to move forward when we are ready. I think that Victoria is easy to work with and has great ideas, she will make a great project manager.
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Worthing sits between the sea and the South Downs, and the gardens here have their own challenges. Knowing them is a large part of getting a design right first time.
Near the seafront and in Goring and Ferring, salty wind scorches the wrong plants and bends trees. We plan shelter first and choose plants that thrive by the sea. Our guide to coastal garden plants in Sussex explains what works.
Gardens towards the Downs, in Findon Valley, High Salvington and Findon, are often thin and chalky; lower down the soil turns heavier. The planting is chosen for the ground you actually have.
Many town gardens are narrow, overlooked or north-facing. With careful layout, levels and planting they can feel far bigger than they are.
New homes often come with a blank lawn and poor soil, and many older plots slope. Both are easier to solve on paper than halfway through a build.
A 90-minute visit to your garden for clear direction and next steps. More about the Clarity Visit
To-scale drawings and planting plans for you or your landscaper to build from.
From concept to completion, with the build coordinated with trusted local landscapers.
Layered, seasonal planting chosen for your soil, aspect and how much time you want to spend gardening.
Before anything is built, you see your new garden in 3D, so there are no surprises and no costly mistakes. If you want to know what to budget, our garden designer cost guide sets out typical fees, and the full list of services is on our services page.
Based in Worthing, Studio Hummingbird designs gardens across the county. We also work in Horsham, Brighton, Chichester, Shoreham-by-Sea, Storrington, Pulborough, Arundel and Tangmere.
Tell us about your garden. Book a free discovery call, or send us a message and we will come back to you.
