Declan Buckley (designer) explained

Declan Buckley is a garden and landscape designer whose work has been written about in the Evening Standard,^[1] The Daily Telegraph ^[2] and The Independent.^[3] The Guardian mentions Buckley's talent for transforming dark urban spaces.^[4] He was a speaker at the 2009 Conference 'Heavenly Gardens in Hellish Places' at Imperial College London.^[5] His garden design column 'The Urban Plot' ^[6] appeared regularly in The Times. Images of his projects have been used to illustrate features in many books including Sharp Gardening by Christopher Holliday.^[7] His own garden was selected for the Modern Gardens Open Day on 26 June 2004, when 200 of Britain's most exciting private gardens were opened to the public.^[8] He designed the setting for The British Library 2004-2005 exhibition 'The Writer in the Garden',^[9] showing how gardens inspired authors and how authors in their turn shaped notions of the garden.

Notes and References

1. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-121775970.html Pattie Barron
2. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/3350004/Gardening-Stepping-stones-in-autumn.html Elspeth Thompson
3. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/property/me-and-my-home-mark-sainsbury-491043.html Chris Arnot
4. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/19/gardens1 Martyn Cox
5. http://www.hortweek.com/news/search/929125/Conference-explains-create-designs-hostile-sites/ Horticulture Week
6. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article422929.ece Declan Buckley
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=UlJ3aGVF4CIC&dq=declan+buckley+garden+design&pg=PA110 Christopher Holliday
8. http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/gardens/article443719.ece Stephen Anderton
9. http://www.spectator.co.uk/arts-and-culture/all/12827/part_2/genteel-ghetto.thtml Ursula Buchan