Tessa Pinner on English Garden Charm in the South (#58)

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TESSA PINNER BIO

Tessa Pinner is a garden designer, horticulturist, and artist whose work blends classical design principles with the romantic charm of English gardens. Drawing on a background in fine art, sculpture, and luxury events, she creates gardens that marry thoughtful structure with lush, diverse planting—beautiful, practical spaces designed to be lived in and loved. After completing formal horticulture training and spending five years with a high-end landscape design and construction firm, Tessa launched her independent consulting practice in 2023.

A lifelong student of the arts and sciences that inform garden creation, Tessa has pursued fine garden training at Great Dixter in England and Chanticleer Garden in Pennsylvania. Her approach is rooted in the belief that gardens are not simply compositions to admire, but living places where beauty, ecology, and everyday life meet.

Tessa is also the cohost of The Garden Gab Podcast, where she and fellow Southern garden designer Molly Hendry explore gardening, design, and the pleasures of cultivating a beautiful life. Together, they are leading a garden tour of England in 2027, inviting fellow garden enthusiasts to experience some of the country’s most inspiring gardens firsthand.

Tessa lives in Greenville, South Carolina, with her husband and three young sons. You can learn more about her garden design and consulting work at www.tessapinner.com and join the conversation at The Garden Gab Podcast.

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The Plantastic Podcast is a monthly podcast created by Dr. Jared Barnes.  He's been gardening since he was five years old and now is an award-winning professor of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX.  To say hi and find the show notes, visit theplantasticpodcast.com.You can learn more about how Dr. Jared cultivates plants, minds, and life at meristemhorticulture.com.  He also shares thoughts and cutting-edge plant research each week in his newsletter plant•ed, and you can sign up at meristemhorticulture.com/subscribe.  Until next time, #keepgrowing!