Tom is a British landscape designer, horticulturist and gardener who set up this garden design practice shortly after graduating from The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. His work is underpinned by his innate understanding and knowledge as a plantsman and horticultural master. He has an inherent discernment for the intangible ‘spirit of place’  that characterises a landscape.

An established figure at RHS Chelsea and RHS Hampton Court, he has received three gold, four silver gilt and two silver medals. In addition, he also won the coveted People’s Choice Award for his Arthritis UK sponsored garden.

He received a nomination for The People’s Choice of The Decade Award in 2020.

In May 2022 he was awarded a further gold medal for his garden, The Boodles Travel Garden at RHS Chelsea.

He is a Fellow of the Society of Garden Designers (MSGD).

Tom places great importance on working with and supporting his local community. He regularly engages in local planting initiatives, acts as a judge for East Anglia In Bloom events and proactively supports horticultural education for the young.

Keen to encourage and develop the healing and well-being qualities associated with landscape, Tom has designed a therapeutic garden for a Children’s Hospice at Haven House, in collaboration with the Greenfingers Charity.

He has a regular presence in the press and receives frequent invitations to speak publicly to share his knowledge for Garden MasterClass and many other organisations.

Tom invited Jane Fitzgerald White to become a partner at Thomas Hoblyn Garden Design as it was originally founded, so in 2026 it became Hoblyn & White with Jane sharing joint responsibility of the studio.

Clare Foster is Garden Editor at House & Garden magazine and a freelance garden journalist.

After starting her career in book publishing, she spent nine years at Gardens Illustrated magazine (1996-2005), latterly as Editor. She has been at House & Garden since 2005, where she is responsible for all the garden-related content of the magazine.

As well as writing about plants and gardens, Clare has always gardened herself, first on an allotment in London, and now in a cottage garden in West Berkshire. She is the author of several garden books, including, most recently, Pastoral Gardens, published by Montgomery Press, and presents a Create Academy course on How to Grow Flowers from Seed. Clare is a Trustee at Maggie’s Oxford, a national cancer care charity known for its architecturally designed buildings and award-winning gardens.