20/05/2026
As Creative Director of Secret Gardens, I am constantly searching for work that expands the conversation around landscape and place. Over the past three years, extensive time spent visiting gardens throughout California has introduced me to a remarkable community of landscape architects and designers, many of whom have been generous in sharing both their projects and perspectives.
Among them, Bernard Trainor and the team at Ground Studio Landscape Architecture. During my most recent visit, I sat down with Bernard to discuss the ideas that shape his practice — the relationship between art, landscape and client, and the evolving challenges of leading a thoughtful design studio. His work reflects his passion and consideration for client needs, where each garden feels inseparable from the people it is created for.
And Bernard, apologies for the soft focus — perhaps it was simply too much shared experience for the lens to keep up with.
To the many creative minds I reconnected with, and the new faces I now consider friends, thank you. I look forward to seeing some of you again in September.😉. A big thank you to my dear friend Fleur Flannery from for making this amazing trip happen.
