Tom Stuart-Smith

Tom Stuart-Smith

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In their own words

Tom Stuart-Smith is a landscape architect whose work combines naturalism with modernity and built forms with romantic planting. He read Zoology at the University of Cambridge before completing a postgraduate degree in Landscape Design. Tom has since designed gardens, parks and landscapes throughout the world. Recent projects in the public domain include several projects at Chatsworth, a new public garden at the Hepworth Wakefield, and the masterplan for RHS Garden Bridgewater, which is one of the largest new garden projects in Europe. 2021 saw the completion of a new Islamic garden, Jellicoe Gardens in Kings Cross, commissioned by the Aga Khan Development Network and Argent, and 2022 will see the dramatic recasting of a garden by St Pauls Cathedral in the City of London which has a 100m² water basin at its centre, reflecting Sir Christopher Wren’s famous dome. Current projects include a new garden at Knepp that seeks to maximise biodiversity, and a castle on Loch Ness in Scotland.

Recognition

Gardens

  • A curving gravel path winds through a naturalistic meadow garden filled with tall grasses, scattered trees, and a mix of white and yellow wildflowers.
    360° tour available
    The Julia Rausing Garden
    Tom Stuart-Smith
  • A lush, naturalistic show garden features tall trees with reddish peeling bark, large grey-green leaves, dark red spiky flowers, and drifts of yellow, purple, and white blooms.
    360° tour available
    The Tate Britain Garden
    Tom Stuart-Smith
  • A winding brick path leads through a lush, shady woodland garden filled with white flowering shrubs and perennials, towards a timber cabin nestled amongst mature trees.
    The National Garden Scheme Garden
    Tom Stuart-Smith