About Brighton Garden Designer
Combining award-winning design, horticultural expertise and practical experience to create beautiful gardens designed around how you live.
Inspired by Nature, Designed for Life
Brighton Garden Designer is an award-winning garden design practice creating beautiful, practical outdoor spaces across Brighton, Hove and Sussex.
Led by Alison McKnight, the practice combines more than 15 years of garden design and horticultural experience with a thoughtful, highly personal approach. From complete garden transformations to planting-led projects, every garden is designed around the architecture of the property, the character of the space and the way you want to live.
Meet Alison McKnight
Alison has been designing and caring for gardens since 2008, beginning her career working with private gardens in Hampstead and across North London before training in professional garden design at the London College of Garden Design, where she graduated with distinction.
Her experience also includes many years working on gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, including Gold Medal-winning gardens and a Best in Show garden. This combination of hands-on horticultural knowledge and professional design training shapes every Brighton garden designer project.
As a sole-trader practice, clients work directly with Alison throughout the design process, creating a genuinely personal and collaborative service.
Experience You Can Trust
Designing Gardens Since 2008
More than 15 years' experience designing and caring for private gardens.
Chelsea Flower Show Experience
Experience working on RHS Chelsea Flower Show gardens, including Gold Medal and Best in Show gardens.
Award-Winning Design
Best Garden Designer 2026 – Sussex.
Professionally Trained
London College of Garden Design — Distinction.
Gardens Designed Around You
No two gardens — or clients — are the same. Every project begins with understanding how you want to use your outdoor space, the character of your home, the level of maintenance you are comfortable with and what you want to invest.
Whether you're transforming an entire garden, creating a courtyard or patio, or simply improving the planting, the aim is the same: a garden that feels naturally connected to your home and genuinely enjoyable to live with.
