Andrew is a British garden designer and educationalist based in London and Wales.
Originally studying photography, he graduated in garden design from the University of Greenwich and later with a Masters in writing from Kingston University. He became assistant designer to the late John Brookes who taught him how to look and read a space. Andrew uses this to learn from the local vernacular, treating each garden as if it is his first design.
With over thirty years of experience, Andrew designs large and small gardens in the UK and internationally. Recently the studio has completed a city garden commanding views of the River Thames, a courtyard for the prestigious Langham Hotel in London and a 5-acre estate overlooking the Somerset countryside.
Andrew has exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show, his 2018 ‘Savill’s Uk David Harber Garden’ paving the way for a more sustainable approach to show gardens with wellbeing at their heart. His garden ‘Abstracted Conglomerate’ at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show in 2006 was the first conceptual garden to challenge our perception of what a garden could be.
He has a passion for communicating the design process and lectures in both the UK and abroad, leading short workshops, tours and longer courses in garden and landscape design. Andrew is Managing Director of the world-renowned Inchbald School of Design in London and is Chairman of The Society of Garden Designers.
"His work is often described as naturalistic, creating a conversation between house and garden, ultimately with the landscape beyond. Having spent much of his childhood growing up in the English countryside, Andrew’s gardens are influenced by his choice of native plants juxtaposed with a signature strong structural design."
"Andrew has recently completed a garden and extended landscape for a sculptor in Oxfordshire. The garden is designed to link various architectural styles together with the simple use of unifying materials and plant palettes. Clever use of clean lines and level changed delineate the garden from the landscape beyond where mown paths through native meadows encourage adventure."
