Leonie Cornelius

Leonie Cornelius is an award-winning garden designer and author, internationally recognised for creating landscapes of exceptional quality, depth, and refinement. She has been awarded multiple Gold Medals for her work, reflecting a career defined by design excellence and critical acclaim. Leonie is the author of the best-selling garden design book Dream Gardens, which has become a trusted reference for both design professionals and garden enthusiasts. The book showcases her distinctive approach to garden-making — one that unites strong spatial structure with richly expressive planting and a deep understanding of how landscapes are lived in and experienced over time. Her work has been widely exhibited, with multiple design stands and show gardens presented at leading architecture, garden, and design exhibitions, both indoors and outdoors. These exhibitions demonstrate Leonie’s versatility and conceptual strength, translating her design philosophy across scales — from immersive landscape environments to architecturally led installations. Through her studio, Wild Eden by Leonie Cornelius, she designs gardens that are elegant, intuitive, and enduring. Her work is characterised by a sensitive integration of natural materials, carefully considered spatial planning, and layered, seasonally responsive planting. Each project is approached holistically, ensuring the garden forms a seamless extension of the architecture while responding intelligently to site, context, and client lifestyle. Planting lies at the heart of Leonie’s practice, with schemes that evolve gracefully and support biodiversity without compromising aesthetic clarity. Her gardens are designed not only to be visually compelling, but to offer calm, connection, and long-term value. Leonie’s work reflects a commitment to craftsmanship, ecological awareness, and design integrity at the highest level — creating landscapes that are timeless, meaningful, and deeply rooted in place.