Gemma Haigh

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ABOUT GEMMA HAIGH

As an interior landscape designer, houseplant stylist and plant expert, I\'m aiming to inspire a greener future by helping your plants live happily ever after 🪴With an RHS Chelsea Silver-Gilt medal, I\'m the houseplant consultant and interior landscape designer who can help you turn your houseplants\' fate around. From plants that are brown, crispy and neglected, to stunning fronds that are fresh, green, and healthy, I have the horticultural know-how to choose plants you CAN keep alive.Offering houseplant consultations in person and online, I give your houseplants the second chance they deserve. Working with clients across Surrey, West London, Hampshire and Sussex, I specialise in bespoke design and advice to help you get the most out of interior plantscaping in either a home or business setting.Coming from a project management background in heritage and marketing, I\'ve amassed an extraordinary skillset that I implement with flair and creativity. My top attributes are installation, communication and problem solving, and I\'ve internalised a lifetime of knowledge from my upbringing in a horticultural family.Additionally to my frontline work with houseplants, I take on copywriting for digital and print media. With almost 10 years of experience in writing to engage and persuade, I understand audience engagement and SEO. Throughout my writing career, I\'ve produced relatable, charming, and thought-provoking content, that delivers a strong message and clear tone. Highlights have been writing for Patch Plants, European Waterways, Longacres Garden Centres and my own text for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024.I\'m the founder of The Plant Parlour brand on Instagram, having built a community of 7.8k houseplant-loving followers on my page. The company has a website, where I offer consultation and styling services for business and private clients. With a blog and shop accessible on the site, plant lovers can now shop for recommended products from one location.In another life, I worked as a curator in the heritage sector. A high point of my career was being presented with a prestigious Fellowship award by the Understanding British Portraits network, to re-interpret female portraits by John Russell RA. During my time at Guildford Heritage Services, I wrote a 2022 exhibition and published an exhibition guide, reviewing stereotypical gender roles and reimagining female sitters in-line with modern feminist concepts.