Garden designer, Olivia Stewart, has just been announced as one of three finalists in the Royal Horticultural Society Young Designer of the Year competition.
Olivia, who is a member of the Landscape Juice Network, will be designing a show garden at RHS Show Tatton Park.
Olivia will receive a grant of £12,000 to create her garden, provided by the North West Regional Development Agency, together with the RHS. The three finalists’ gardens will be judged by RHS judges at the Show and the winner will be announced as the first RHS Young Designer of the Year in July.
The initial inspiration for Olivia’s design for the Show stems from a recent camping trip to the Lake District, where the awe-inspiring landscape left a profound impact on her. Olivia credits both the stunning natural environment and the craftsmanship involved in the local stonework as key sources for inspiration. Olivia says: “I’m ecstatic to be in the final. It’s a wonderful opportunity but also very daunting.”
Olivia only realised her passion and flair for gardening in her twenties, but she soon forged a career maintaining all manner of gardens in all kinds of conditions, from private city and country gardens of all sizes, as well as woodland conservation. Olivia now runs Olivia Stewart Landscape Design.
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