Hello

I grew up in Moray, in the North-East of Scotland, where my fascination with trees and woodland contrasted with the ocean seascapes of my hometown. Woodland dens held a sense of mystery for me, and that curiosity led me to study Arboriculture and Urban Forestry in 2014 and to volunteer with Trees for Life, helping restore fragments of the Caledonian Forest. These experiences gave me a grounding in forest science, ecology, propagation, and conservation practice and opened my eyes to the wider world of plants and their interactions. 

 

In the years that followed, I balanced musical endeavours, landscape sketches, busking and travelling off the beaten track with small gardening jobs and work with larger landscape maintenance companies. I picked up a foundation of carpentry skills along the way, a craft I still enjoy returning to, and gradually found myself drawn into horticulture in more sustained ways. 

 

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By 2020, in the wake of COVID-19, I launched my own gardening business focused on sustainability, no-dig methods, small-scale native woodland design and organically grown produce from my allotment. At first, with just a bicycle trailer in place of a van, it was a challenge but the business grew steadily. By 2024, I was managing a full schedule of maintenance and landscaping jobs. However, I realised I had become disconnected from what had inspired me in the first place: the fascination with plants themselves and the creative practice that runs alongside my interest in the botanic world. 

 

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That realisation led me to begin formal studies in Horticulture at Elmwood Campus in Cupar. This step reconnected me with botany, biodiversity, conservation, plant communities, and landscape design and ultimately led me to specialise in Plantsmanship with SRUC and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. 

 

Alongside these studies and projects, I’m continuing to develop my creative practice in painting and music as a way of exploring plant communities and landscapes from a different angle. Whether through science, design, or art, my aim is to understand and interpret the patterns of the natural world. 

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Over the next five years I want to bring the different parts of my work together into something more whole. I’m deepening my botanical literacy, learning plant communities, their ecologies and how they shape the landscapes I study while at the same time pushing my creative practice. My aim is to build a body of work that moves between field study and studio: drawings, paintings and sound that grow out of close observation of plants and place. I’d like to begin exhibiting, releasing music, and developing independent research that explores how creative practice can interpret and communicate the living world.

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