Keith has led an active academic life, gaining qualifications from Hadlow, Pershore and Rodbaston colleges. His early training was as a plantsman in trees and shrubs, which remain his special interest.

He has won top R.H.S medals building gardens for the Malvern Spring Show and the Garden's World live show at the N.E.C Birmingham.

Keith has also spent over 20 years developing the award winning three acre 'ideas' gardens at Hartlebury, Worcestershire and has, at the same time, been continuously improving a five acre specimen plant nursery adjacent to the show gardens.

In 1997, Keith was voted the national chairman of The Association of Professional Landscapers of which he is also a founder member. Keith runs his successful landscaping and garden design service, directly employing his own landscape teams, alongside the popular nurseries and gardens.

Keith Southall.
Franchesca is a fully qualified designer having studied at Pershore College of Horticulture. Examples of garden designs can be studied in the Design Studio where you can also enjoy a drink and light snack.

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Keith & Franchesca

Keith and Franchesca, pictured in the gardens at Whit Lenge House Cottage

AWARDS

We have created several show gardens at major garden shows including Malvern Spring Show and Gardeners World Live where we have won a string of RHS awards over the past 15 years as well as winning awards for our own show garden here at Whit Lenge. Come and see it for yourself soon.