the designer

The Designer: Fiona Stephenson Dip. IGD MSGD studied at the Inchbald School of Design and gained a diploma with merit in 1988. She is also a full member of the Society of Garden Designers. Her working philosophy is that "It doesn’t matter if you’ve got a tiny courtyard to a hundred acres of land it’s equally important to use it well - my vocation is to realise the full potential of each." She has fifteen years experience in the UK, south -west France and Australia in the full design, build and planting of a wide range of projects from London gardens to country residences, period gardens and tropical retreats. Fiona has designed and managed landscaped projects with budgets ranging between a few thousand to several hundred thousand pounds.