SAM OVENS LANDSCAPE DESIGNER

Based in Cornwall, Sam Ovens Landscapes is an award winning landscape design studio, offering a comprehensive and innovative service throughout the UK and Internationally.

With a focus on contemporary, environmentally sustainable design, the studio creates outdoor spaces that are both memorable and enduring. Projects include refined, modern gardens across private and commercial settings — from intimate London courtyards to expansive coastal landscapes and country estates.

At the core of our work is a deep respect for place. Every design responds to its environment, architecture, history, and the people who inhabit it.

We create landscapes that are calm, purposeful, and quietly expressive — balancing simplicity with imagination. Each space is designed to evolve over time, offering richness and interest throughout the seasons and a lasting sense of character.

Working in close collaboration with architects, ecologists, and skilled craftsmen, we deliver thoughtful, cohesive environments that feel both timeless and contemporary.

Sam Ovens founded the studio following a lifelong connection to the landscape, having grown up on a working farm in Cornwall.

He studied BA Garden Design at Falmouth University, after initially training in product design, seeking a more meaningful and enduring form of creative expression.

Since graduating in 2012, Sam has received a number of industry accolades, including RHS Young Designer of the Year (2014), as well as multiple RHS Gold Medals. He has designed main avenue show gardens at both the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the inaugural RHS Chatsworth Flower Show.

His work is defined by a commitment to clean, contemporary design and a strong emphasis on environmental sensitivity.

Sam draws inspiration from both natural and built environments, with a focus on creating landscapes that reconnect people with the spaces around them — designs that are not only seen, but experienced.