Catriona Rowbotham is an experienced architect turned garden designer and tutor at The English Gardening School bringing years of design and construction knowledge and problem solving experience to create uplifting external escapes filled with soft and abundant planting.

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Kind Words

“Catriona understood that we wanted something sensory for our children and created just such an entrance of different smells, textures and visuals that combine so well together. The delight for us are the planters- so specifically created and so ‘Small Steps y’! The icing on the cake is the vibrant water feature that brings additional auditory delight and visuals too. Our children love the tinkling sound of the water. The surprise has been seeing how the planting has established. Catriona had the vision to know what would work well and how it would look. We appreciate it all - it is a joy”

ANITA COPPOLA MBE, HEAD OF SMALL STEPS

“The garden feels like it has always been there; there’s a sense of appropriateness, and with its newly defined areas there’s now a coherence as well as an ease to using the garden – whether that’s having a cup of tea, sunbathing or grabbing some herbs. Catriona’s knowledge of plants and flowers is invaluable – we wouldn’t have known what to put where. It is so good for our wellbeing just taking a moment to breathe out there. We’ve noticed a lot more birds in the garden, and of course our neighbouring squirrels!”