Intelligent, creative landscape designers such as Anton James, Vladimir Sitta and Kate Cullity, and English garden designer Dan Pearson.

Your plant loves?

Perennial planting such as Miscanthus sinensis always look beautiful.

Your plant hates?

Yucca elephantipes.

Favourite garden inspiration?

Travel and the arts. I have a visual arts degree, majoring in film, which enhances my passion for creating images, stories and memories.

Proudest garden moment?

Our Parsley Bay Garden [in Sydney's Vaucluse] featured work by sculptor Francesco Petrolowas and was included in Landscape Architecture Australia magazine's first publication dedicated to residential design. To be included alongside some of Australia's best landscape architects was a great honour.

Ever had a design disaster?

In the early days, I used a creative approach to design a garden but I hadn't asked if the clients were getting a dog. After it was installed, two Staffordshire bull terrier puppies had destroyed everything!

What are you working on right now?

A garden in Centennial Park, Sydney. The home is being restored based on the Arts and Crafts movement. We are using a patchwork of planting and sculptural elements to form a harmonious relationship with the house.

What else do you want to learn?

I recently visited Kew Gardens in London and realised how many plants I haven't learnt about, so I would have to say ... more plants.

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