Tom Massey, Landscape and Garden Designer, Tom Massey Studio
Since Tom Massey Studio was founded in 2015, Tom’s work has won multiple awards and widespread recognition. As well as leading his design practice Tom gives talks on garden design and related subjects, and lectures at the London College of Garden Design as a visiting tutor. Known for his bold, daring and thought-provoking show gardens, Tom enjoys pushing boundaries and searching for inspiration in unusual places. In 2018 Tom traveled to Domiz Camp in Northern Kurdish Iraq, to talk to people displaced from their homes, gardener to gardener, and understand why gardening and plants were so important to them in the harsh camp environment. This trip inspired Tom’s first RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden for the Lemon Tree Trust.
In 2021 and 2022 Tom appeared on two series of a primetime BBC2 garden design television series ‘Your Garden Made Perfect’. His designs for the series explored a range of themes, focusing on supporting wildlife, promoting biodiversity and experimenting with unusual growing mediums such as waste construction materials. In November 2022 Tom was named one of Pro Landscaper’s top 25 most influential people in the industry.
Released in April 2023 is Tom’s first book, Published by Dorling Kindersly and written in close collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society science team, ‘RHS Resilient Garden’ is a future focused book grounded in the latest RHS research. It details how to work with nature and adapt your outdoor space to give it the best chance to flourish, using design principles, methods and techniques to support wildlife and promote biodiversity.
