Thoughtfully designed landscapes rooted in people, place and purpose.
My journey to garden design has been anything but ordinary.
Before becoming a garden designer, I spent thirty years producing television programmes including Location, Location, Location, Strictly Come Dancing and Top Gear, travelling widely and telling stories through places, people and ideas. Along the way, I came to believe that every creative act draws on the same four qualities: the Curiosity to be inspired, the Courage to experiment, the Craftsmanship to shape it, and the Commitment to finish the job. Those principles underpin my work as a garden designer just as much as they did my work in television.
Through every step, I've focused on staying true to my values and making space for thoughtful, lasting work.
Design Philosophy
I design gardens that work for your actual life, not Pinterest projects that look impressive in photos but feel empty when you're standing in them.
My approach starts with listening, to you and to the site. I need to understand how you really want to use the space and what the site’s strengths and weaknesses are. Only then can I design a garden that sits well in the landscape, and that you genuinely want to spend time in, season after season.
Every commission is treated as fundamentally different. There's no house style, no formula. What matters is the clarity of thinking that underpins the design. I create gardens that hold opposites in delicate equilibrium. Formal structure magnifies wildness. Heritage features gain depth alongside something contemporary. The tension is what creates interest, depth and soul.
I design for the climate we're moving into, not the one we're leaving behind. Sometimes that means choosing plants from further afield that are better suited to our changing conditions and need less water, feeding or fuss to thrive. To me, that's a more sustainable approach than forcing struggling plants to survive where they no longer want to be.
I'm also a trained horticulturist, because gardens don't stop at the design stage. They're living, evolving places, and I love seeing how they grow and settle into themselves over time.
I work across domestic and public commissions, from small interventions to comprehensive landscape remodelling.
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