Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Gardener & Historian

Todd Longstaffe-Gowan takes on a range of diverse projects both in Britain and abroad. Many of them have included an element of conservation; Todd brings to his garden design a sense of the complexities of our relation to the past that is informed by his training and experience as an architect, landscape architect, cultural geographer and historian. He has a strong interest in the sculptural and dramatic potential of landscapes, and in the ways in which their aesthetic possibilities relate to the uses, activities and symbolic functions for which they are destined.

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Todd Longstaffe-Gowan forms part of the multidisciplinary team, lead by Eric Parry Architects, that have recently submitted plans for a new £750m mental health hospital and medical research campus. More information can be found here

The Gradel Quadrangles at New College, Oxford were recently named one of ’The World’s Most Beautiful Campuses’ as part of the 2025 Prix Versailles awarded annually by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). More information can be found here

Todd’s new book Lost Gardens of London is available to buy now