Helena Whall

Professional Garden Design One Year Diploma - graduated 2021

After graduating with a Distinction in 2021, and the Most Improved Student Award, Helena set up her garden design studio in Wantage, Oxfordshire, offering both garden and planting design, alongside a consultancy service in both design and horticulture.

Since leaving the Cotswold Gardening School, Helena has undertaken further
studies with leading experts in Naturalistic Planting Design and specialises in designing plant-led gardens to enhance biodiversity. Helena also provides her professional planting design service to other garden designers and landscapers.

Helena works across small and large residential projects, in both urban and rural  locations, in Oxfordshire and the surrounding counties, creating bespoke, beautiful and ecologically rich gardens for both people and wildlife.

In 2023, she was selected as a finalist for the Belvoir Castle Countryside Border Competition, sponsored by the London College of Garden Design.

Helena holds an RHS Level 2 Diploma in Horticulture.