After leaving school Nicola Hope studied Art and Design followed by Fine Art at Cardiff but longed for the University holidays when she worked as an assistant gardener at Highgrove for HRH Prince of Wales. She went on to study Organic Horticulture at Pershore College and Worcester University. Botanical travels to southern Africa, south-western China and alpine Italy followed and she found wonderful gardening positions at Sting's Lake House, The Abbey House and leading designer Anoushka Hempel's Cole Park. All the while she has continued to develop her own designs and has risen through the horticultural ranks to become an inspiring head gardener in a beautiful Cotswold garden
Nicola combines traditional design and extensive horticultural experience with innovative technology to produce her drawings and elevations.
She specialises in designing beautiful, functional and wildlife-friendly gardens, has a particular interest in productive fruit and vegetable gardening and has an all consuming passion for topiary!
More recently Nicola has had increasing success producing stunning botanical photographic images and greetings cards.
