Anya Nixon
I create contemporary gardens for people who want thoughtful, curated outdoor spaces. My design approach is carefully considered and restrained, and informed by interior and exterior architecture. I place an emphasis on natural materials and extensive planting to deliver a garden that is beautiful, but also works for daily life.
Biography:
My practice builds on diverse previous experience. I have always loved art — I studied it at A-Level, intending to pursue it further — but I also enjoy academic study, and ended up with a degree in Law and French Law from UCL. After graduating, I picked up art again and completed the summer school foundation course at the Slade School of Fine Art, before working as a finance lawyer for 15 years.
Garden design is where those two parts of my life meet. The years I spent in law gave me a rigour and precision that shapes how I approach every project — how I listen to a brief, structure a design process, and see a project through to completion. The creative sense has always been there alongside it, expressed now in the way I think about space, material, light, and planting.
Instagram: @nixonstudio_
A concept for family friendly outdoor living in Peckham, London. Wooden beams weave through the design, unifying the house and garden, and playing with an earthy, restrained palette of plants and materials.
