Wild Hill Garden Design is a Devon-based design studio led by me, Sam Burnett. I hold an RHS Diploma in Horticulture and also a professional Garden Design Diploma from the Garden Design School (run by renowned garden designer Robin Templar Williams). I have worked in horticulture as a plants woman and gardener for almost a decade now, having settled back in the South West following a globe-trotting career in hospitality and marketing.
Life has taken me from growing up on the wilds of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall to living and working in Europe, America, Africa and Japan. My eye in design has drawn on the influences of the places I have known, and also on the importance I hold in working with nature, encouraging biodiversity and minimising harm to the environment. As a parent, I realise the importance of outside space for youngsters and the family as a whole, so my designs will always make the most of the space available and will create a garden for all seasons.
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Mid-Devon and its bucolic, rolling hills gave not just the name to my studio but an ethos in my designs: to create gardens that are naturally beautiful and with a little bit of wild.

I am available for border and garden design work, garden consultations and also companion gardening for clients who are looking to increase their confidence in their outside spaces. I can also be contacted for ad hoc gardening work subject to workload.