About Juliet Sargeant

After 20 years of designing and teaching about gardens, Juliet established the Sussex Garden School to share her unique approach to plants and her love of landscape.

Her passion for plants is infectious; you will definitely feel inspired, enthused and equipped to make the most of your own garden.

Juliet’s previous career in hospital medicine, informs her approach to designing gardens and communicating the importance of landscape to our health and well-being. She creates truly individual spaces, which help us to connect with the landscape and enjoy the full potential of our gardens. Juliet believes that access to good quality greenspace is a priority for healthy living and happy communities.

In 2016, Juliet designed the Modern Slavery Garden for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It was Chelsea’s first social campaign garden and was awarded a Gold Medal and the People’s Choice Prize.

Having stepped down as Chair of The Society of Garden Designers, she is now on the RHS (Royal Horticultural Soc.) selection panel for show gardens and acts as a judge. She has won awards from the SGD in 2012 and 2015, for sustainability and hard landscaping design, and in 2017 Juliet was made a Fellow of the SGD for her contribution to garden design & horticulture.

Juliet is a regular panellist on Radio 4’s Gardeners Question Time, and her presenter experience includes BBC Gardeners World; regular coverage of The RHS Chelsea Flower Show; BBC Inside Out; Ch4’s Operation People Power and most recently Ch4’s Village of the Year.

Here at The Sussex Garden School, we are very excited to announce that Juliet and the design team will be creating a show garden at The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Festival in July 2024.

We have been commissioned by Disney Theatres to celebrate 25 years of The Lion King show in London with a ‘Circle of Life’ garden.

It is a great opportunity for us to showcase all the wonderful, vibrant colours that can be achieved with drought-tolerant plants.

Come and visit the garden at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Festival from 2nd to 7th July.