Helen Parsons
- Landscape Designer
- Helen Parsons Landscape Design
- Wallingford
“Helen believes in the restorative power of plants, gardens and landscapes. She loves cycling with husband at home and abroad (coffee stops essential), is inspired by her two ‘kids’ who have left home, and values time laughing with friends and family.”
Helen believes that a well‑designed, biodiverse and sustainable garden should work as hard as the building it surrounds. Ironically, she now spends far too little time in her own.
She designs dynamic gardens that act as an extension of the architecture, uncovering the potential of a site and helping clients get excited about possibilities they hadn’t imagined.
After an early career as an in‑house solicitor—and managing her own barn conversion—she retrained in 2011 and launched her studio in 2016 with an honours degree in Garden Design, an RHS horticultural diploma and Chelsea Flower Show experience.
Helen specialises in projects where landscape and building need to be considered together, using gardens to solve site issues, improve water management and create meaningful outdoor spaces. Her work often includes rain gardens, integrated drainage features and the creative reuse of materials.
Collaboration with architects and builders is something she genuinely values, bringing a practical, solutions‑focused approach and a belief that gardens should be both beautiful and functional.
The only thing that irritates her more than a leaf blower is the phrase “That’s the way we’ve always done it.” She sees gardens as places for innovation, problem‑solving and small interventions that can create a literal and metaphorical ‘buzz’.
If you ever need an easy conversation starter that won’t trigger a leaf‑blower rant—ask her about rain gardens.
