A garden made by hand.
I grow flowers organically in rhythm with the seasons. I design gardens for families and schools — spaces that invite movement, calm, and a quiet connection to nature. Every garden is shaped with care, using plants and layout to create a sense of openness and ease.
In my own garden, I work with nature rather than trying to shape it too tightly. I’ve planted to create something that feels like a painting — full of texture, colour, and movement. The plants lean toward the light, sway in the wind, and catch the frost in winter. I’m part of it all — the sewing, the planting, the waiting, the wilting, the growth; the small daily changes that come with each season.
I care about the bees and butterflies in my garden, and the worms in my soil and the birds who eat them, so I never use chemicals. I keep bees so I grow flowers rich in nectar and pollen. I try to source everything locally and I grow everything that I can myself – knowing when to sew, when to grow and how to work with the weather (and the pests who also love to pay my garden a visit).
a bit about me.
I graduated with a 1st in graphic design and began a 20 year career working for Vogue photographer Nick Knight. From there I founded my own design studio in South Kensington, with clients including Bloom & Wild, Avery Row and Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop. In my spare time, gardening made me feel calm and happy and so on a tight budget I changed my own South London garden from a depressing space dominated by concrete to a space buzzing with growth and colour. I grew cornflowers first and I remember vividly the flowers self seeding down the road and growing up through cracks in the pavement. The sense of what was possible was overwhelming.
This experience sparked a desire to pursue a more authentic and meaningful life, along with an RHS diploma in Garden Design. Together with my architect husband and 3 children, I moved to a 400 year old cottage in Gloucestershire and set to work ripping out decades of overgrown and spiky generic conifer type shrubs and bamboo to make space for my favourite plants trees and flowers for colour, scent and structure for my family and friends to enjoy all year round.
In summer 2023 I replaced designing on a computer to designing with plants full time and began working with local brands and business such as FarmED, Daylesford Organic, as well as designing gardens for private and commercial clients and for schools.
