Landscape Architect & Garden Designer
I am an experienced, versatile and creative designer based in Stratford Upon Avon Warwickshire providing beautiful gardens for discerning clients. I offer a friendly service where the client’s needs are at the centre of all decisions.
Susanna Brown is an established garden designer and landscape architect based in Stratford Upon Avon Warwickshire. With over 30 years experience designing both contemporary and traditional gardens, from large gardens to small courtyard gardens. Her aim is to create beautiful and atmospheric gardens that reflect the personal style and practical needs of her clients.
Susanna has created award winning gardens at Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show and Gardeners World Live in Birmingham. She has an excellent plant knowledge and enjoys creating bold and beautiful planting designs which range from highly ornamental to naturalistic planting schemes using indigenous species to reflect the local landscape and habitats.
From a very early age Susanna has loved art and gardens. Her first job was working in a local garden centre and then with a ceramic artist. She later studied horticulture at Pershore College and then a Post Graduate Degree in Landscape Architecture at UCE, Birmingham. Susanna has a strong practical background having worked in nurseries, garden centres and for landscape contractors.
Susanna’s career has included amongst other things radio and television work; working with Charlie Dimmock and Diarmuid Gavin and meeting along the way Alan Titchmarsh, Monty Don and Andy Sturgeon. Clients have included many celebrities over the years.
See below to view Susanna’s credentials in detail.
My design philosophy
- Use strong structural design
- Utilise clean and simple lines
- Use materials which compliment the house and surroundings
- Offer creative solutions to challenging situations
Credentials
Martin McLaren Scholarship – Oct 1992
East Coast of America studying Landscape and Garden Design Styles – Scholarship awarded by English Speaking Union
Good Ideas for your Garden
Readers Digest, Summer 1995 – Main contributor
Front Gardens by Gay Search
Featured garden
University of Central England, Birmingham – 2002 – 2009
Visiting lecturer on both graduate and post graduate Landscape Architecture courses. Involvement includes studio work, carrying out critiques and most recently specialist structural planting design lecturer.
Pershore College of Horticulture – Oct 1993 – Jul 1995
Part time lecturer in Garden Design evening class
As well as lecturing at the college, I have given talks and demonstrations to a wide range of groups and organisations which include: Reading University, Royal Horticultural Society, The English Speaking Union and local garden centres and gardening societies.
UK Style “The Weekend Gardener” – Designer and presenter for 5 half-hour programmes
BBC1 “Charlie’s Garden Army” – Project manager on community based garden project in Small Heath, Birmingham. View magazine article
BBC1 “Real Rakeovers” – Broadcast Spring 2000
Garden construction, team member on makeover series
HTV “Garden Calendar” – Broadcast Apr 1995 – Nov 1997
Interviewer & presenter horticultural feature slots. 30 week series
BBC2 “Gardeners World” – Broadcast Jul 1993, interviewer
BBC2 “Front Gardens” – Broadcast Jan – Mar 1993, designer, presenter and horticultural advisor for the series.
Radio Interviews – I have conducted numerous radio interviews and have also been involved with a live outside broadcast “troubleshooting” gardens and offering on the spot design solutions.
Hampton Court Flower Show – July 2000 – Australian Wine Bureau
NEC Gardeners World Live – June 2000 – Australian Wine Bureau
Hampton Court Flower Show – July 1999 – Australian Wine Bureau. View PDF
Chelsea Flower Show – May 1991 – Pershore College of Horticulture
