Collaborating with our clients and fostering long-term, joyful relationships we are ever mindful that these are built on trust, consistency and a quality service.
Building on these foundations, we are a team of highly-skilled, qualified and passionate people. We bring a diverse array of expertise and positive energy to our work, embodying the core principles of reliability, trust and quality.
You will have a dedicated manager and team of two horticulturalists that work towards evolving your outside space to meet the needs of you and your family. Taking a holistic approach to managing gardens, we ensure that your recreational needs are met and that wildlife flourishes.
Dru leads the aftercare side of our business and brings over a decade of experience in the horticulture industry. An RHS-trained horticulturist, Dru ran his own successful, multi-team garden maintenance business for over 9 years and developed a passion for environmentally sensitive practices. His wealth of knowledge on garden management ensures that all of our clients receive an industry-leading service whilst our horticultural teams are well-equipped to perform their job to the highest of standards.
Harry founded LDN Horticulture in 2016 and is the lead designer at our sister company Harry Holding Studio. He has been noted as a ‘rising star’ within the industry, receiving awards from House & Garden, the SGD and other industry bodies. The studio exhibited with the 'School Food Matters Garden' at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023, winning Sanctuary Garden / All About Plants People's Choice Award and a Silver-Gilt medal. Harry is returning to Chelsea in 2024 to design the RHS Feature Garden. His designs are plant-driven and ecologically minded, focusing on creating resilient, immersive and enchanting spaces.
Martina is a qualified architect and garden designer, having studied in her native Italy. She has extensive experience working in the horticulture retail industry for renowned companies such as Petersham Nurseries and is an avid gardener, with a bountiful plot that she manages back home in Italy. As our Garden Development Manager, she brings her expertise and wealth of experience to the role - dedicating herself to helping our clients evolve their gardens to best enhance their lives.
Favourite plant: Daffodils especially Narcissus Pheasant’s eye
Most influential garden: Keukenhof
Top tool: Niwaki hori hori
Dream garden in 3 words: Nigel Slater’s garden
Top gardening tip: Plan ahead and plant lots of bulbs for year-round colour
Favourite plant: Globe Thistle
Most influential gardener: Alan Titchmarsh
Top tool: Patio knife
Dream garden in 3 words: Bees, bees and bees
Top gardening tip: Use Vinca as a climber
Favourite plant: Mosses
Most influential garden: Knepp Estate (especially love the “nibbled” shape of the yews in the walled garden)
Top tool: My Felco handsaw
Dream garden in 3 words: Soft edible forest
Top gardening tip: Embrace the ground cover plants: they have a lot of beauty and benefit to offer
Favourite plant: Crocosomia ‘Lucifer’
Most influential gardener: Poppy Okotcha
Top tool: Long lopper
Dream garden in 3 words: Wet and wild
Top gardening tip: : Look at how plants in the wild are thriving and try to replicate the conditions
Favourite plant: Japanese Acer
Most influential garden: Japanese style gardens
Top tool: Hand shaping scissors
Dream garden in 3 words: Harmonious, tranquil, symmetric
Top gardening tip: Use as many sustainable gardening practices as possible!
Favourite plant: Pelargonium
Most influential gardener: My grandma
Top tool: Freshly sharpened secateurs
Dream garden in 3 words: Lost Gardens of Heligan
Top gardening tip: It is the soil not the plants that should be fed, watered and tended, and if the soil is good, then the garden will be good
Favourite plant: Epimediums
Most influential garden: Prospect Cottage
Top tool: My trowel
Dream garden in 3 words: Lots of texture
Top gardening tip: A tale as old as time but choosing the right plants for the space you're gardening in is key
Favourite plant: Daphne
Most influential garden: Joaquin Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden | Medellín, Colombia
Most influential gardener: Charlie Dimmock
Top tool: The human hand
Dream garden in 3 words: Shabby, chic, pots
Top gardening tip: Take before and after photos
Favourite plant: I cannot choose just one plant so - Acer griseum, Eranthus hyemalis, Azalea mollis
Most influential gardener: Alan Titschmarsh
Top tool: Niwaki hori hori
Dream garden in 3 words: Arid, alpine, succulents
Top gardening tip: Having your hands in the soil increases contact with Mycobacterium vaccae (soil bacteria) which triggers the release of serotonin and boost your happiness :)
Industry-leading horticulturalists nurturing London gardens