Last Updated on 5 July 2026 by PeteFree
Tom Massey is an Award Winning Garden Designer, Author and TV Presenter who is best known for Your Garden Made Perfect.
Tom grew up in Richmond, London and first studied Art at the University of Arts London before completing a BA Hons in Animation Production at the Arts Institute of Bournemouth
A career in freelance Animation and Design followed as well as being a Director of a Music Events Company.
Tom wanted a change of career and with a love of the outdoors, he studied for a Garden Design Diploma at the London College of Garden Design.
Tom Massey started garden design company Tom Massey- Landscape and Garden Design.
Tom Massey may have not been a Garden Designer for long but already has had several award winning gardens including a RHS Gold Medal and 2 Silver Gilts as well as various other awards.
In 2021 Tom Massey features in a new type of gardening programme Your Garden Made Perfect which was first shown on BBC2 on 04 February 2021.
Presented by Angela Scanlon as well as Tom Massey it features award-winning garden designers, Helen Elks-Smith, Pip Probert and Manoj Malde also for small spaces Joel Bird.
The programme returns for a second series on BBC2 on Friday 04 February 2022.
Angela Scanlon returns as the presenter as well as Garden Designers Pip Probert, Manoj Malde and Helen Elks-Smith as well as 2 new Garden Designers Steve Williams and Oliver Bond.
The budget small garden Designer Joel Bird is replaced this series by new Garden designer Tayshan Hayden-Smith.
Tom Massey regularly features in the top 50 Garden Designer lists and has his own Garden Design Company Tom Massey Studio where he works alongside his team of Designers.
Tom Massey is based in Richmond upon Thames
Tom Massey Awards
RHS Chelsea Flower Show
2025
The Avanade Intelligent Garden – Gold Medal, Best Construction Award
with Je Ahn
2024
WaterAid Garden – Gold Medal
2021
The Yeo Valley Garden – Gold Medal, Peoples Choice best Show Garden
2018
Lemon Tree Trust Garden- Silver Gilt Medal
RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
2017
Perennial Sanctuary Garden -Silver Gilt
2016
Border Control – Gold Medal & Best Conceptual Garden
Tom Massey Television Programmes
2021
First shown 04/02/2021
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
2022
Series 2
Episode 2
Episode 5
2024
Gardeners’ World Winter Specials 2023/24
Books
2023
RHS Resilient Gardening: Sustainable Gardening for a Changing Climate
2025
RHS Waterwise Garden: Sustain your Garden through Drought and Flood
All Photographs are copyright of BBC.com
