About us

The studio is led by Olivia Kirkpatrick, a garden designer with a deep passion for horticulture, wellbeing and the transformative potential of gardens.

Olivia understands the reality of trying to balance a demanding career with family life — and the desire for a garden that gives more than it asks of you. She knows the feeling of finally finding five precious minutes to yourself and wanting to spend them quietly in the garden, rather than being confronted by another long list of things to do.

Her approach combines thoughtful garden design with the principles of horticulture and wellbeing to create beautiful, functional spaces that are designed for real life: richly planted, restorative and rewarding, while being considered and manageable to care for.

Each garden responds to its setting and the people who use it, creating a stronger connection with nature through planting, texture, light, space and seasonal change. Olivia's designs are informed by the growing scientific evidence around the relationship between gardens, nature and wellbeing, while remaining deeply personal and rooted in the character of each individual site.

After a fulfilling 15-year career delivering maternal and child health programmes across Africa and Asia, 2020 brought significant change, both globally and personally. Starting a family prompted a desire to work closer to home, and Olivia decided to turn a lifelong passion for gardens into a new career in garden design.

She graduated with Distinction from the Cotswold Gardening School and is a Pre-Registered Member of the Society of Garden and Landscape Designers.