An award winning writer, Louise is available for comment or feature writing on any aspect of sustainable garden design - from paving to planting, water conservation to wildlife.
Recent news is listed below.
New Writer Award Winner
December 2007
Louise is thrilled to have been presented with the New Writer Award for 2007 from the Garden Writers Guild (GWG)). For more details on the prestigious awards, which cover all media from TV to radio, print to digital, see the GWG awards website. The judges comments are also available.
Garden Design Journal
September 2007
Is all wood good? In September's issue, Louise explains how to source wood ethically, and what is really in that timber 'treatment'. A copy of the article is available here (PDF, 140Kb).
Society of Garden Designers: Workshop
September 2007
On 13th September Louise gave a workshop for the North East region of the Society of Garden Designers. More workshops are being planned for autumn 2008. Information will be available nearer the time on the Society's website.
Green Building Bible shortlisted for RIBA book award
May 2007
Louise contributed a chapter on sustainable garden design for this book, and is delighted that it has been shortlisted for such a prestigious award. Further details on the Green Building Bible website.
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
May 2007
At this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, Louise has been invited to give a talk entitled Sustainable Design: Our Future. Louise is speaking at the show’s new Garden Design Forum on Thursday 24 and Saturday 26 May. To book tickets to visit the flower show, visit the RHS website. Booking details for the talks will be advised shortly.
Richmond Borough in Bloom
May 2007
Louise is delighted to be part of the panel at the Richmond in Bloom Gardener's Forum, being held at Squires Garden Centre on Tuesday 8th May. For more information on the event and how to buy tickets, download the flyer (PDF, 3.8Mb).
Garden Design Journal
March 2007
In a recent article in the Garden Design Journal, Louise examines the issue “Is Indian Sandstone morally acceptable?” The Garden Design Journal is the leading UK magazine on garden design. A copy of the article (PDF, 128kb) is available here.
University of Cardiff
February 2007
Louise gave a guest lecture to the MSc in Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design class. The course is primarily for built environment professionals – more details are available from the University of Cardiff.
Green Building Bible
Louise has written on sustainable garden design for the new edition of Green Building Bible, "the most popular book on green building in the UK today". The 2nd edition was Amazon's best-selling eco-building book. This new 3rd edition is now available on Amazon or direct from the publishers. For more details on the book and how to order see the Green Building Press.
Society of Garden Designers: Environmental Symposium
Friday 17 November 2006
Louise presented a paper on her vision for the future of garden design.
For more details see the Environmental Symposium event details on the Society's website.