About me
I’m a gardener and a contemporary art curator.
Whether working with plants or artists, I seek to deepen relationships with place. I think in seasonal cycles and arrows of deep time, catapulting between the two. To me, places are layers of time, geological and cultural so I garden and curate to creatively evoke the stories within these layers.
I discovered my love for plants in 2022, working on a 16 acre estate in semi-tropical Auckland, New Zealand. Kiwis embrace native species, so I was caring for Phormium tenax, Corokia contoneaster and Sphaeropterus medullarus then encountering their wild forms hiking at weekends. It was the wettest summer on record, so it was a rapacious growing period, for me and the plants. I’ve since trained at Kensington Palace and interned at Great Dixter, Beth Chatto’s and Klinta Trädgård. I’m currently undertaking a bursary-sponsored study into endemic Caucasian steppe and alpine species as ‘solution plants’. I’m also studying for an RHS Level 2 Horticultural Theory certificate.
As a curator, I’ve collaborated with Turner-prize winning artists and leading institutions, like Victoria & Albert Museum and Folkestone Triennial. I am a seasoned lecturer, podcaster, workshop facilitator and panel host. Previous clients include ILAM College of Art (Christchurch, NZ) and NADA Art Fair (New York, USA). I was a founding member of a socially-engaged curatorial collective. I gained a Distinction in MA Curating and Collections at University Arts London in 2021. I held roles across the art world, from public organisations to private collections. I received my MA(hons) in History of Art from the University of Edinburgh in 2016.