Our gardens are more important than ever to our physical and mental well-being, so there’s never been a better time to consider what you might want to get out of your garden and how you could put the space to better use.

After all, our gardens are more than just private green space, or a pleasurable view from our window. They can be a refuge for you and your family, an outdoor room for entertaining friends through from daytime into evening, or a place to grow healthy food and to nourish the soul.

There’s all sorts of green-fingered tips and tricks to make the most of your garden – and Sam Proctor, an award-winning RHS Chelsea exhibitor and one of only a few hundred fully registered members of the Society of Garden Designers in the country, is our go-to lady to help outdoor spaces bloom.

After leaving a City career in marketing, she’s been creating beautiful gardens for over a decade, honing her skills by taking the Diploma in Garden Design at the prestigious London College of Garden Design (she was awarded Distinction), before founding her design practice Chiltern Garden Design, which focuses on the Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Oxfordshire areas of the Chiltern Hills.

Her passion is creating gardens to suit the needs and lifestyle of her clients, never imposing a one-size-fits-all solution, but finding a style and scheme to fit the complex needs of busy people. She also has a weather eye on sustainability. At the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024, Sam brought her design inspiration for a Water Saving Garden to life, winning plaudits from industry experts and a Bronze Medal from the RHS.

Ready to give your garden a Chelsea-worthy glow-up? Give Sam a call – and let her love of the Chilterns landscape take root and flourish on your home turf.