LANDSCAPES THAT RESPOND
TO PEOPLE, TO PLACE, TO CHANGE
Landscape architecture, for me, starts with what's already there — the people, the site, its history — and designs in room to change: flexible enough to adapt as needs shift, seasons turn, and environments and communities change. The result is a practice of collaborative design, through which as-yet-unimagined possibilities emerge and take root over time.
This practice extends across housing, health care, education and life-long learning, food and farming, and public space, in the UK and internationally — alongside research exchanges with centres and organisational partners working at the intersection of ecology, design and transformative change.
A housing landscape where drought-tolerant planting creates areas for restorative solitude and opens onto shared courtyards for food sharing and culinary skills exchange.
A playable space that tends a child's curiosity, enriches their early social encounters, and grows their confidence as they explore imaginatively with water that feeds growing trees.
A hospital garden that enables patients to sense the seasons through blooming and seeding herbs, offering sanctuary to those who care for them, and nectar to night-flying moths.
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HERITAGE
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HEALTH CARE
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GARDENS
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URBAN DESIGN
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EDUCATION
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PLAYABLE SPACE
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RESTORATIVE ESTATES
ABOUT
My practice has its roots in a Geography degree at the University of Cambridge, and in a PhD entitled Just Design. This thesis explored the practical philosophies of environmental design through a US–UK comparison of community design and affordable housing, and included time as a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design.
From here, I moved into landscape architecture, and over the past three decades have worked across healthcare, housing, education, public realm, farming and community contexts — from the landscape for Maggie's Oxford with Wilkinson Eyre Architects to co-developing design guidance for inclusive schools and Greening the Romford Ring Road.
I have held research positions including Research Associate at Coventry University's Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience and Researcher in Residence at Stellenbosch University, alongside guest teaching units at Anglia Ruskin University and Central Saint Martins.
Since 2018 she has been an active member of her family's farming collective, deepening her understanding of the relationships between land, food, ecology and culture. Her research and reflections have been published in the Journal of Awareness-Based Systems Change, Subtle Agroecologies and Geohumanities, among other books and journals.
Selection of commissioners
Arts Council England | Campaign to Protect Rural England | Centre for Accessible Environments | Children’s Museum, Cairo | Churchill Hospital | Creative Partnerships | Doddington Hall | Earth Trust | Institute of Education | London Borough of Havering | Liverpool House Action Trust | Liverpool Architecture & Design Trust | Maggie’s Centre Oxford | National Trust | PlayLink | Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust | What If? Projects | Wildlands