About

Jane Ashley is a well-established London garden designer, who designs beautiful, life-enhancing gardens that provide far-reaching transformations of the site. Her gardens are always created with an imagination and a care that fully reflects what clients want for their garden use, that are sympathetic to the space and locality, and display a deep engagement with our wonderful natural world and its biodiversity.

She is versatile and ambitious in her design process, working across a range of distinctive styles from the formal to the naturalistic, from the bold and exciting to the tranquil and calming. Her work is grounded in both her profound enthusiasm for and knowledge of plants and her practical expertise in other garden aspects, such as water features, irrigation and lighting. She is also deeply focused on sustainability and aims to reflect this in her designs.

Jane trained at the prestigious KLC design school based at Hampton Court, where she was awarded a diploma in garden design with distinction. She studied horticulture at Capel Manor College, where she took the Royal Horticultural Society diploma in principles and practices of horticulture and was awarded a commendation. She has also studied landscape construction at the London College of Garden Design, obtaining the construction design certificate.

She creates her designs using Vectorworks computer-aided design software, producing 2D plans and 3D visualisations that provide both clients and landscapers with a full understanding of her visions.

She has often been quoted in the gardening media for her knowledge and expertise in horticulture and creating imaginative but practical garden environments.

Jane’s garden design practice is based in Ealing, London W5. She designs gardens across Richmond, Twickenham, St Margarets, Kew and the wider West London area, as well as further afield for larger projects.

Jane gets great pleasure from sharing her extensive knowledge and love of plants with her clients and designing beautiful gardens for others to enjoy.

Prior to becoming a professional garden designer, Jane used her creative talents as an award-winning radio producer employed by the BBC making documentaries for Radio 4. She has also worked as a television producer and government economist. She has a degree in economics from Cambridge University and an MSc in economics from the London School of Economics. But her life’s enthusiasm always has been and still remains gardens.