Starting in landscape construction, I soon realised I preferred plants to paving.

I began my studies at Writtle, diploma through to degree, while maintaining established gardens within a family friend’s business and beginning to build my own.

I then led the maintenance division of my uncle’s firm in Chelsea and Kensington; where precision is non-negotiable and quality is expected.

From there, I partnered with a friend, working in larger rural estates in Thaxted and Saffron Walden. Different scales. Different expectations. Different standards.

Seeing how a range of gardens are managed (and where things can go wrong) shaped how I approach my own practice.

In recent years, my work has centred closer to home, refining a client base that values considered, horticulture-led care.

Now the focus is intentional: operating as a horticulturist, not simply a gardener.

Gardens often suffer from under-considered planning and a lack of long-term logic: awkward lawn shapes, imbalanced repetition and congestion or sparsity. Tunnel-vision instead of broader, garden-wide observation.

Maintenance is keeping your garden in check. Horticulture is keeping it structurally sound: how space flows, how elements correlate and how a garden adjusts across the seasons.

Placement dictates size as much as size dictates placement. Plant knowledge dictates timing. Frequency dictates quality.

Consistency matters – in layout, in planting, in care, and in communication. I’m honest about what should be achieved and how to achieve it.

From the outset: discussion, quotation, agreed scope, scheduled work, invoice. Costs are clear. Expectations are defined.

Horticultural decisions are explained in plain language. My aim is clarity both in your garden maintenance and in the service behind it.