Tom Stuart-Smith: Finding a language - one garden designer's journey
The Sissinghurst Series presents respected landscape and garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, whose award winning work continues to redefine what gardens can be.
- Booking essential
Early bird tickets will be available from Friday 18 July until midday on Friday 1 August 2025.
Join us for an afternoon with Tom Stuart-Smith, one of the most respected voices in contemporary landscape design.
With a career spanning public and private commissions across the world, from the Royal Horticultural Society’s flagship gardens to intimate domestic landscapes, Tom’s work reflects a unique balance between naturalism and structure.
His gardens are as much about ideas as they are about plants, shaped by an ongoing dialogue with art, architecture, and ecology.
This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from a designer whose work continues to redefine what gardens can be.
This event is part of The Sissinghurst Series for 2025, a series of horticultural experts speaking on topical issues in the gardening world today.
About the speaker:
Tom Stuart-Smith is known for his deeply thoughtful and layered approach, Tom brings together horticultural knowledge, spatial awareness, and a subtle understanding of place to create gardens that are both emotionally resonant and richly textured.
Times
Prices
| Ticket type | Ticket category |
|---|---|
| All Early bird ticket | £22.50 |
| All Standard ticket | £25.00 |
The basics
- Booking details
Call 0344 249 1895
- Meeting point
Please go to Visitor Reception to sign in.
- Accessibility
This event takes place upstairs in the Oast Exhibition Space. There are handrails on both sides of the steps. Seating inside will be provided.
- Other
This event includes admission to the site, but £4 car parking charges to non-National Trust members still apply.
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