Designers
Designers
Sue Loader
"I have been a keen gardener since childhood and now have a large garden in the New Forest. We have plenty of room to grow most of our own vegetables and to experiment with new plants and planting styles.
I studied Botany and Zoology at university, and retrained in garden design once my children were less dependant on me. At the end of my City and Guilds course I was awarded a Silver Medal for Excellence, the highest award possible at this level.
I have been designing gardens for seven years, including, in collaboration with the rest of our team, four gold medal-winning gardens for the New Forest Show.
In my spare time I am a passionate garden photographer, using my own garden as an outdoor studio and visiting many other gardens as well. I love to get in really close to capture the exquisite details in flowers and find it totally absorbing to observe them from a "bug’s eye view". It is always a dilemma at weekends…. do I weed the borders or photograph the flowers?
I was delighted to win a prize in the R.H.S. photo competition in 2004 and also in the Gardens Monthly photo competition in 2005."
