THEN
Garden concept with stone paving, trees and poolside seating
VELAYEN / NATURE-LED LIVING

A little closer
to nature.

We feel better when we're closer to trees and nature.

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PEOPLE / PLACE / NATURE / MOMENTSGARDEN STUDY · Ideas for everyday outdoor living
THE VELAYEN PERSPECTIVE

Stay outside.
A little longer.

Designing spaces that make you want to stay outside a little longer.

Another coffee in the morning. A few more pages of a book. Dinner outside with family. Or watching the sun go down, without wanting to go indoors.

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Pondside seating and pathways at Kaew Boutique
KAEW BOUTIQUE / A place to pause.
LIFE WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE

We don’t just design gardens to look beautiful. We create spaces people want to spend time in.

Coffee before leaving home, dinner with family, or a quiet moment alone. We start with the moments you want, then consider the shade, seating, paths and planting that make room for them.

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Spaces to live.
Places to belong.

Every place has a life of its own.

Kaew Boutique courtyard layout and curved paths

Kaew Boutique

Hardscape & landscape ↗
Seating beneath mature trees at Farm Cafe Kanchanaburi

Farm Cafe

Kanchanaburi ↗
AVACONIC landscape works, Bang Phra, Si Racha, Chonburi

AVACONIC

Bang Phra · Si Racha ↗
IN THE DETAILS

A closer look.

Look a little closer at the details we work on.

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Farm Cafe / Light beneath the trees
Farm Cafe / Light beneath the trees
AVACONIC / Greenery along the way
AVACONIC / Greenery along the way
Kaew Boutique / A path beside the garden
Kaew Boutique / A path beside the garden
Material & Craft / Materials and light
Material & Craft / Materials and light
Timber and glass details
Timber and glass details
Material & Craft / Stone textures and leaves
Material & Craft / Stone textures and leaves
The same garden concept in evening light
DESIGN BEYOND DAYLIGHT.

A garden.
More than a moment.

From daylight to your own time

DUSK · Light and atmosphere in the garden

LIGHT / OBJECTS / MATERIALS / TIME

Light, materials and time
that bring a garden to life

Leaf shadows moving across stone, timber warmed by the sun, and soft evening light. These details change how time among the trees feels throughout the day.

We bring light, objects and the honest character of materials into conversation with nature. Timber shows its grain; stone keeps its texture; surfaces change with use. A bench or a small object finds meaning in the right place, leaving room for trees to grow—and a reason to stay a little longer.

TWO WAYS TO BEGIN

Good design.
Your way.

Start with the right design
Choose the way that suits you

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DESIGN / TEAMWORK / RESPONSIBILITY

Designed together.
Made as a team.

Our designers and delivery team work within the same company and discuss the details together. Direct communication reduces handovers and helps us adjust plans more readily.

We work towards what we have agreed. When something needs adjusting, we listen, speak openly and take responsibility for finding a way forward together.

The team working on the Kaew Boutique project
KAEW BOUTIQUE — Work in progress
Discussing drawings and site details at My Order, Bang Phra
MY ORDER / BANG PHRA — Design discussions on site
My Order / Talking through the drawings
My Order / Talking through the drawings
Chokul Shabu / Work in progress
Chokul Shabu / Work in progress
My Order / Our team on site
My Order / Our team on site
Site notes / Timber floor details
Site notes / Timber floor details

Working together
with a shared understanding

What we make clear together
so you can decide at each stage

  • The brief and budget we plan around

    We discuss who will use the garden, what you want to do, your budget and the site's constraints, to shape a design around the space and your life.

  • An agreed design and scope

    Agree drawing deliverables, revision rounds, design fees and the direction of the work before starting the agreed scope.

  • Know the next step—and who to speak with

    Take the drawings to your own team, or ask us to assess construction next, with an identified coordinator and a clear way to raise anything that needs adjustment.

VELAYEN JOURNAL

A little knowledge.
A better beginning.

Read about gardens before you begin
The VELAYEN and Vela Design team together on site
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PLACE

Good things grow
when we work together.

Committed to working together
Taking the work you entrust to us seriously