Water
Ponds: One is not enough
Tom Stuart-Smith's passion for ponds brought an unexpected discovery. Not swimmer's itch, but the realisation that the least designed part of his garden has turned out to be its most successful.
Tom Stuart-Smith
I'm a landscape architect and garden designer working throughout the world.
Planting Design
The Perils of Perfecting Spring Colour
When timing, taste (human and animal alike), and a changing climate conspire to undermine even the most carefully laid plans, often to delightful effect.
Planting Design
The Things We Leave Standing
Cutting back starts with the mush, but many plants are left standing for their winter form and seedheads. This is a walk through those that offer structure, contrast and presence.
Garden design
Winter Gloss
In praise of a slightly random collection of evergreens
Inspirational gardens
Tom Stuart-Smith on the Crisis Facing Rousham
One of our finest historic gardens is at risk of losing its tremendous setting: garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith hopes to change that.
Garden design
Context is Everything
Even a 'blank canvas' is not a blank canvas.
Garden design
Gardens, Novels, Woods and Parents
We live in a world where we gasp for freedom from control - and if we can’t find it in a garden, what hope is there for us?
Inspirational gardens
The Plant Library: Creating a New Garden at Home
In the spring of 2020, amidst the global pandemic, we started building a community garden in an old orchard near our home in Hertfordshire, just 20 miles from central London.