About Bea...
I am a qualified Garden Designer based in Cumbria, with a Diploma in Residential Garden & Landscape Design. I have run my own practice for over 10 years and have experience designing and planting up gardens of all shapes, sizes and budgets.
I grew up in Cumbria, but lived down South for several years, so have designed gardens to suit all extremes from sunny and dry to windy and wet!
Always keen to learn and absorb new ideas, I love visiting gardens, talking to nurserymen, and working closely with skilled local landscapers. I am a committee member of the Cumbria Gardens Trust which works hard to conserve and protect historic gardens in the county. Also the Cumbria Wildlife Trust and have helped with design work for their Gosling Sike and Cold Spring Sites.
I grew up in Cumbria, but lived down South for several years, so have designed gardens to suit all extremes from sunny and dry to windy and wet!
Always keen to learn and absorb new ideas, I love visiting gardens, talking to nurserymen, and working closely with skilled local landscapers. I am a committee member of the Cumbria Gardens Trust which works hard to conserve and protect historic gardens in the county. Also the Cumbria Wildlife Trust and have helped with design work for their Gosling Sike and Cold Spring Sites.
I am an active member of the RHS, and after visiting Chelsea and Hampton Court Flower Shows for several years really enjoyed the chance to join the designers and landscaping team (below) building the David Harber Show Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2015.
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"Dutch New Wave" style perennial planting at Chaumont Sur Loire
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Strong use of colour - lemon yellow Angelica flowering against a purple fence at the Floriade 2012
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Inspiration:
Current design duos Charlotte Harris/Hugo Bugg and Lula Urquhart/ Adam Hunt have recently made me think more about sustainability, leading the way with their environmentally sensitive designs that still look amazing.
I love the contemporary use of grasses and perennials by Garden Designers such as Piet Oudolf , James van Sweden and Wolfgang Oehme. The academic research into rainwater gardens and robust perennial planting by Nigel Dunnet and James Hitchmough are particularly relevant in these times of changing climate. I admire the contrast between structural and soft planting in gardens by Dan Pearson and Arne Maynard, and enjoy following the work of leading garden designers on the international stage eg Ron Lutsko, Ulf Nordfell and Dominique Lafourcade.