Claudia de Yong is an award - win Garden Designer and the recipient of various award , including a Gold Medal at Hampton Court Flower Show and , more recently , Best in Show at BBC Gardener ’s World Live .
Claudia has worked in the industry for over twenty years and also has experience with garden authorship , indite for gardening publishing such as Houzz UK .
In this consultation she shares her design summons , her favourite garden design workplace and detail of a large planting project she ’s currently working on .
Where Did Your Journey With Gardening Begin?
“ From a very young age , I was mesmerised with watching cress seed develop on wet tissue on our kitchen windowpane sill at home , ” Claudia shares .
“ This shortly escalated to growing seed in little tummy or window box , satisfy my elbow room with anything green .
“ I always wish being outside and at every opportunity loved to climb trees and make things from foraged vegetation . ”
From That, What Led You To A Career In Garden Design?
“ The love of the window boxes stayed with me through school day and developed into a great pocket money earner which then led to a small business sector chance .
“ Years subsequently , having move out to the countryside where I created my own cottage - manner garden pure with pool , a opportunity conversation with a neighbour ’s nurseryman led me to contrive an award - winning show garden at Hampton Court Flower Show ! ”
What Does Your Process For Designing Gardens Look Like?
“ Further to initial meeting and site visits affect long conversions with the client , I bring on a line - drawn plan with measuring and dimensions which I then change over to an artistic impression , ” she tell .
“ I find oneself this assist to visualise the finished design .
“ Each garden is all unparalleled and the brainchild more than often issue forth from the surrounding landscape and the architecture that posture within the space .
“ The garden has to intermix seamlessly with the existing surround . ”
Do You Have A Particular Favourite Memory Of A Garden You Have Designed?
“ My preferred retentivity was designing and winning the Tudor Rose at Hampton Court Flower Show , ” contemplate Claudia .
“ The garden was centred around a large pond , as many of my show garden were , and filled with tropic plants , admit water lilies in stunning colours as well as tremendous Lotus plants .
“ I was asked so many time what the Lotus bloom was that I had it print on my triiodothyronine - shirt while standing at the front of the garden throughout the show days ! ”
What Does A Typical Day In Your Working Life Look Like?
“ My daylight is a mix of sitting at a laptop designing , making lists of plants , search different fabric , sourcing from nursery all over the country as well as site visit , ” she shares .
“ No two Clarence Day are the same . ”
What Does Gardening Mean To You?
“ horticulture is more than my unremarkable body of work , ” Claudia explains .
“ It ’s not only a passion for me but is also so important for my own eudaimonia . I am a creative individual and also very ocular , so being out of doors and surrounded by nature is incredibly uplifting .
“ There is simply nothing better than literally make your hand soiled ! ”
What’s Next For You?
“ I am presently influence on a tumid planting labor which is maintain me very busybodied . I ’m visit growers across the North - West of England , North Wales and beyond , sourcing everything from trees to wildflowers .
“ As well as darting about the countryside count for plant life , I am also seek out local artisans and strange products , newfangled and vintage , for my on-line picayune garden store and the various fairs I attend around the state . ”
