Tom Stuart-Smith in Conversation

Join us for an in-conversation with internationally renowned landscape architect, Tom Stuart-Smith. During this talk with The Hepworth Wakefield’s Cultural Gardener, Katy Merrington, he will discuss the innovative projects that he has worked on since designing The Hepworth Wakefield Garden.

Tom will share new learning from recent projects, such as the experimental Walled Garden at Knepp, which is redefining how a garden can function as a dynamic ecosystem. Along with plant recommendations from his own Plant Library and community garden at The Orchard in Serge Hill, where over 1200 plant varieties form a unique learning resource.

About Tom Stuart-Smith OBE

Tom Stuart-Smith OBE is a landscape architect whose work combines naturalism with modernity, and built forms with romantic planting. Tom has designed gardens, parks and landscapes throughout the world and recent projects in the public domain include several projects at Chatsworth and the masterplan for RHS Garden Bridgewater, which is one of the largest new garden projects in Europe. Previous projects have included Her Majesty the Queen’s Jubilee Garden at Windsor Castle, Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire, the Bicentenary Glasshouse Garden at RHS Garden Wisley and the Keeper’s House Garden at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Tom has designed eight award winning gardens for the Chelsea Flower Show, all of which were presented with gold medals and three ‘Best in Show’. Tom is a Vice President of the Royal Horticultural Society, a Trustee of the Garden Museum, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a Fellow of the Landscape Institute, and a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers. In May 2021, Thames & Hudson published a critical monograph of his work, written by Tim Richardson, which features twenty-four gardens from around the world. Throughout his career Tom has also developed his own family garden at home in Hertfordshire, which is open to visitors each summer, by appointment.