Jo Thompson

Garden Designer, Plantswoman, Author, and RHS Gold Medal Winner Jo Thompson is one of the UK's leading garden designers, celebrated for her romantic, painterly planting and instinctive, atmospheric approach to landscape design. A multi-gold medal winner at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, she is often described as a modern successor to Gertrude Jekyll, with work defined by layered textures, exquisite planting, and her signature use of roses. She is the author of The Gardener's Palette and The New Romantic Garden, and the writer of The Gardening Mind, her acclaimed Substack newsletter, the leading gardening newsletter globally. She is an RHS Shows Judge and Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers and the Landscape Institute.

Why do you think the British Homes Awards are important? How to they stand out against other awards in the industry?

Because a home doesn't stop at the back door. The Awards have championed what makes a house a home since 1999, and the garden is another room, and a much-loved one, so it's wonderful that this is now recognised properly alongside the architecture and interiors.