Andrew Wilson (garden designer)

Andrew Wilson is a British landscape architect garden designer, lecturer and writer. He is a partner in Wilson McWilliam Studio and founded The London College of Garden Design.[1]

Biography

Andrew Wilson has served as a judge for the Royal Horticultural Society at the Chelsea Flower Show,[2] Hampton court and Tatton Park. His judging experience also includes the Bloom Festival in Ireland. He is also the founding editor of The Garden Design Journal[3] and is a former chairman and currently a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers, the UK's professional body for garden design.

Publications and editorial work

He wrote a regular column for Gardens Illustrated and contributes to the Royal Horticultural Society's journal The Garden alongside the production of a series of books,[4] the most recent of which are Influential Gardeners,[5] The Book of Garden Plans[6] and the Book of Plans for Small Gardens,[7] The Gardens of Luciano Guibbilei[8] and Contemporary Colour in the Garden.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Anderton, Stephen. Learning the business of garden design The Sunday Times, 9 May 2009
  2. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. Chelsea Flower Show is the Catwalk of Garden Design, The Guardian. pg 35, Wed 20 June 2007.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. In the beginning – the birth of the garden design journal Garden Design Journal, November 2010
  4. ↑ Black A.C. Who's Who 2011
  5. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. "Influential Gardeners". Mitchell Beazley, 2002.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. "The Book of Garden Plans". Mitchell Beazley, 2004.
  7. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. The Book of Plans for Small Gardens. Mitchell Beazley, 2007.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. The Gardens of Luciano Guibbilei. Merrell, 2010.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Andrew. "Contemporary colour in the garden". Timber Press, 2011.

Selected projects

View of the elevated walkway at the new rose garden in the Savill Garden by Wilson McWilliam Studio