Who We Are.

Alan Rudden Garden Design is a multi-award-winning design practice based in Dublin. We have worked on a broad range of Irish and international design projects to date. Our studio offers a complete garden and landscape design service for private homeowners, taking their gardens from brief, to concept right through to completion. Our goal is to achieve the perfect balance between structure and planting; creating practical, aesthetically beautiful spaces that are complemented by dynamic planting schemes.

The studio has been awarded a total of nine show-garden medals to date, and eight additional show garden awards. A Gold medal and Best In Category at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, London. Eight gold medals at Bord Bia Bloom, Dublin along with two highly-coveted Best In Show, best Show Planting awards, best In Category and the Designers Choice award.

Led by Alan Rudden, we are an experienced and dedicated team, committed to creating the best gardens possible for our clients. We take on a limited number of new designs annually so we can fully commit ourselves to each project, and be available to our clients at each stage of the process.

Alan Rudden

MD & Lead Designer

Alan is a trained horticulturist with almost 20 years’ experience in the industry. He cut his teeth, in the first half of his career, by constructing and planting his own designs to a very high standard.

This extensive, practical knowledge of garden construction has been a key contributor to the success of his design practice. He knows how to bring a design from concept through to completion. His extensive experience also means that he understands and can effectively collaborate and communicate with each profession at every stage of the process to realise the design, and make it happen.

Alan has designed numerous award-winning gardens, achieving a Gold Medal at RHS Hampton Court, London and eight Gold Medals at Bloom. His accolades include two coveted “Best in Show”, two “Best Show Planting”, two “Best In Category” and the “Designers’ Choice” award.

Alan has been invited to participate in and design a garden for the Singapore Garden Festival 2024.

Magdalena Galica

Senior Landscape Architect

Magdalena brings a wealth of knowledge with over thirteen years’ experience in the landscape architecture field. She has a proven track-record for design and delivery of residential spaces as well as those in the public amenity, commercial, tourism and education sectors.

Graduating in 2006 from her Landscape Architecture course in Krakow University of Technology, she began her working career in an interior design studio in Dublin in 2008, before moving to one of the biggest landscape and urban planning consultancy practices in Ireland: Brady Shipman Martin. Here, she honed her professional skills for ten years. She passed her Irish Landscape Institute professional practice exam in 2017 and in 2018 she joined Mitchell and Associates, where she worked for nearly two years.

During her time in those two practices, Magdalena was involved in work of all scales and stages, in a broad range of projects bringing them from initial concept to master planning and detail development to delivery. She has extensive experience in the tender and construction stages of projects, developing detailed design solutions, preparation of packages of tender, construction drawings, supervision of site works and liaison with the objective of executing high quality, well crafted landscapes.

Robert Rudden

Office & Planting Manager

Robert is a horticulturist with eight years’ experience in the landscaping industry. He has always had a love of plants and studied horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin where this passion flourished.

Over the past nine years he has been involved in the creation of numerous high-end private gardens and award-winning show gardens both in Ireland and the UK. This experience gives Robert a great insight into the process of how a garden is taken from the initial design through to construction and then completion. He brings a wealth of knowledge to his new role as office manager in our busy design studio.

Being a plant person he is also heavily involved in the planting service we offer. He works on each stage from start to finish and takes an active role in sourcing and hand picking the plants right through the setting out and planting. He is on site throughout the process to ensure our planting design is implemented as intended.

Jack Taylor

Visuals & Render Partner

Our UK-based independent render partner, Jack Taylor works out of Nottingham, England and specialises in the creation of 3D computer-generated images and animations of design proposals for garden designers.

He has been working with Alan Rudden Design as a 3D visualiser for almost four years, and they collaborate weekly. This professional relationship allows for the creation of highly accurate and detailed renders.

Jack has created a range of renders for Alan Rudden Design from courtyard gardens to properties overlooking the sea. Jack and Alan have developed a unique four-stage presentation method which offers the client a truly immersive experience, allowing them to see first-hand the layout, aesthetic and functionality of the design.

The client has the opportunity to see design in various lights from daylight to sunset to night, and from multiple perspectives, including aerial, before going ahead with the construction of their dream garden.