Established 1992 · Sustainable Estates

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Sanctuary

Country estates, eco-residences, and wild gardens for those who hear the trees more clearly than the city.

Our Services

Tended with Care

Four practices, all rooted in the same belief: that a home is a living thing.

01 — RESIDENTIAL

Eco Homes

Solar-passive architecture, reclaimed timber, rainwater harvesting. Verified to LEED Gold standard.

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02 — ESTATE

Country Estates

Acreage homes, manor houses, and working farms across the British Cotswolds, Tuscany, and Vermont.

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03 — LANDSCAPE

Heritage Gardens

Gardens with provenance — designed by Jekyll, Page, or Wirtz. Restoration plans included where needed.

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04 — RETREAT

Quiet Retreats

Off-grid cabins, lakeside lodges, and forest sanctuaries for sabbaticals and creative work.

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Our Roots

A Practice Planted in 1992

Three Decades of Listening to the Land

Emerald Grove was founded by Margaret Holloway, a former landscape architect, who believed that great country properties needed advisors who understood ecology as well as economics.

Our team is small — only fourteen advisors across three continents — but each is a polymath: a former conservationist, an heritage carpenter, a botanist, an architect.

We don't list houses. We steward them, until the right family arrives.

1992
Seed Planted
Founder Margaret Holloway opens a one-room office in the village of Stow-on-the-Wold.
2003
Sapling Grows
First international branch opens in Tuscany. Acquires the Wirtz garden archive.
2014
Roots Deepen
B-Corp certified. Carbon-neutral operations. Vermont and Loire Valley desks open.
2026
Forest Mature
14 advisors, 3 continents, 600+ estates stewarded. Still no glossy brochures.
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Let the Wind Carry Your Note

Tell us what you're looking for. A steward will respond within two days — we don't believe in haste.

  • HeadquartersThe Old Mill, Stow-on-the-Wold, UK
  • Telephone+44 1451 0000 00
  • Lettersgrove@emerald-grove.com
  • HoursBy appointment, Tuesday-Saturday