Arabella Lennox-Boyd, born in Italy, is one of the most important landscape designers in the United Kingdom. With over fifty years of career, she has designed more than 700 gardens worldwide. Among her accolades are six gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show and the Best in Show award in 1998. She has received numerous commissions for landscape and garden projects in highly diverse contexts, ranging from commercial assignments – such as the rooftop garden at No. 1 Poultry in the City of London – to public gardens, including the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Hyde Park, Maggie’s Centre in Dundee, and the Airfield Garden and Farm in Dublin. She has also worked on small urban gardens, large country estates, large-scale masterplans, and green spaces in Mediterranean and tropical climates. Lennox-Boyd was awarded the prestigious RHS Veitch Memorial Medal for her contribution to horticulture and an Honorary Doctorate in Design (HonDDes) from the University of Greenwich, where she is also a member of the Assembly. She received the International Prestige Prize Torsanlorenzo in recognition of her long-standing commitment to innovation in design, as well as the prestigious Premio Firenze Donna for her outstanding achievements both as a landscape architect and as an entrepreneur.
Campo di Fiori selvatici per la chiesa dei Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo sull’isola Bisentina.
For the garden next to the Church of Saints James and Christopher, Arabella Lennox-Boyd envisioned a space that respects the island’s history and sacredness — a bold yet sensitive intervention. A temporary installation in which nature, seemingly spontaneous, transforms an abandoned formal garden (originally created in the 1980s) into a flowering meadow. Instead of weeds, a carpet of annual flowers brings color to the space, crossed by winding paths leading to the church and inviting a symbolic walk of rebirth. The choice of annual flowers, with their short cycle and rapid blooming, makes it possible to quickly create a romantic and evocative setting to celebrate the reopening of the church, offering a poetic and immersive experience. The seeds, sown by hand in March, begin their process of germination and then bloom from June to November.
