The Garden Design Confessional

Darren meets Arabella Lennox-Boyd at her home in Lancashire to discuss her garden for the Frank Gehry designed Maggies Dundee. Arabella talks openly about her career, her love of plants and the way in which she both instinctive and analytically creates her gardens. She shares some great insights in to her process and reflects on the lessons learnt spanning the last five decades. To find out more about Arabella and her work please visit her website here To find out more about Maggie’s visit their website here To find out more about Darren Hawkes see the link here The Garden Design Confessional is produced by Karen Pirie

Darren talks to Kim Wilkie about life, the cosmos and getting levels correct at Maggie’s Swansea. Kim leads us through his thinking process and shares his understanding of how we find our place within the landscape. We talk in depth about his work with Maggie's as well as some other notable projects. To find out more about Kim and his work visit his website here To find out more about Maggie’s visit their website here To find out more about Darren Hawkes see the link here The Garden Design Confessional is produced by Karen Pirie.

Darren talks to Marie-Louise Agius at the garden she designed for Maggie’s in Leeds.  They laugh about the difficulties of getting started, talk about how chance meetings can lead to something wonderful and discuss the woodland garden she created for Maggie’s. To find out more about Marie-Louise see the link to the studio’s website here To find out more about Maggie’s visit their website here  To find out more about Darren Hawkes see the link here  The Garden Design Confessional is produced by Karen Pirie. 

Darren and Dan meet at Maggie’s West London to discuss design, plants, and how to deal with overload.  Dan talks through his process and some great anecdotes along the way. To learn more about Dan and his studio’s work see his website here.  For his latest writing and musings see Dig Delve To find out more about Maggie’s visit their website here To find out more about Darren Hawkes see the link here The Garden Design Confessional is produced by Karen Pirie.

Darren talks to Sarah Price at Maggie’s Southampton about working during the pandemic, the big moments of her career and the influence of dance on her design style. To find out more about Sarah’s work see her website here To find out more about Maggie’s visit their website here To find out more about Darren Hawkes see the link here The Garden Design Confessional is produced by Karen Pirie