DW Play. Engage. Design. | Davies White Landscape Architects

Davies White Ltd are a RHS Gold Medal and BBC People’s Choice award winning Chartered Landscape Architects practice. We have extensive experience of delivering projects from inception to completion and specialise in children’s playful landscapes and gardens. We offer award winning hands on community engagement services and can offer full Design & Build services when required.

Since winning our first RHS Gold Medal and BBC People’s Choice Award we have gone on to win over 15 national design, engagement and construction awards for our innovative play space projects. Since 2007 our projects have been used as a benchmark for innovative play space design by many commissioning organisations.

Flagship projects include Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games Legacy Play Park, Somer Valley Play Park near Bath, Dinton Pastures Country Park near Wokingham, Mos O’balloch Nature Play on the Shores of Loch Lomand, Southampton Common Nature Playground and various projects at Ferry Meadows County Park near Peterborough.

Our Commitments

Create high quality beautiful places
Give our clients excellent service
Deliver genuine community engagement
Work, design and build in harmony with the environment

Meet The Team

Adam White CMLI FLI PLI

President of the Royal Chartered Landscape Institute. The UK’s professional body representing all landscape architects, scientist, planners and managers. Made a Fellow in 2012 for his work promoting children’s health and wellbeing in the public realm.

Andrée Davies

An experienced landscape architect who has been guest lecturer at the Prince of Wales Institute of Architecture. Andrée studied at Leeds Metropolitan University and is also a graduate of the English Gardening School at the Chelsea Physic Garden, London.

Testimonials

“Adam White has been instrumental in changing perceptions around quality play space design over the past 10 years. He has influenced policy makers and inspired designers with his lectures and workshops. His advanced thinking on children's health and wellbeing through the development of his ideas around natural play cannot be underestimated”
The Landscape Institute
”Wow this is magical. What a great place for the children to come and enjoy at St George's Hospital. Well done to Adam, Andrée, the team at St George’s and course all the children. Thank you for inviting both Emma and I along to be part of this special day!”
Mark OwenTake That
“I have worked with Davies White on a number of projects and their friendly, professional approach to community engagement and design adds real value to their projects and creates a genuine sense of ownership within the community”
Fran DaviesNatural England
“Davies White create truly innovative and exciting nature play spaces. Their Hanwell Playscape is a beautiful pieces of design in its own right.”
John HopkinsOlympic Development Authority
“Davies White always ensure the innovation of their design work is realised on the ground. They continue to impress us with their engagement with the trust staff and local park users throughout the delivery.”
Teresa WoodNene Park Trust, Peterborough
“We were very impressed with the services offered by Davies White Ltd. We were delighted to win an award at the BALI National Landscape Awards for the Davies White designed and delivered Dinton Pastures Nature Playground.”
Arnab MukherjeeWokingham Borough Council
“It has been fantastic to work with such inspirational designers to transform our outdoor terrace into an iconic, oxygen-giving sea of green in the concrete jungle of central Hammersmith. I am delighted at how good it has looked for so long, to have Davies White on board guiding the maintenance is brilliant.”
Jessica HepburnExecutive Director, Lyric Theatre